Letters to the Editor category, Page 284

Regarding Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission CEO Mark Compton’s op-ed “Safety drives every decision at turnpike commission” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE): Speed cameras in work zones are for revenue. If not, then why do we not do things like adopt the zipper merge, and post 85th percentile speed limits? Low speed limits cause...

U.S. Senate, I figured you would do this. The only thing is, I’m sure he is guilty of the impeachable crimes. Are people forgetting that the House impeached him and took the articles of impeachment to the Senate for removal from office, which in past impeachments did not lead to...

This year, you can’t fault our new Westmoreland County commissioners for inheriting a bloated budget and almost zero reserve funds. Someone in Harrisburg should’ve admonished the former commissioners for falling below the recommended $20 million reserve fund threshold for emergencies. Will their current plan to build up the Mon Valley,...

My lifelong dream was to work in politics. During the past two decades I have worked on a dozen political campaigns, been an intern for a U.S. senator, served as a staffer for a Pennsylvania lieutenant governor and spent several years as an aide to a Virginia legislator. I now...

We should all be pleased that Gov. Tom Wolf has allocated public money, namely $3 million, to study gas industry effects and cancer, especially child cancers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As a chemist, I can only imagine how complex it will be to study multiple possible effects of a controversial heavy...

Going back to the ’80s for a mile-high perm and a John Hughes film? Sign me up. Going back to undo 36 years of regulations? That’s a scheme that’s risky at best. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 790 would undo years of progress on environmental and health protections on oil and gas...

It’s what I said, it’s what I meant, I do not like the president. Listen, listen and you may, Listen and you may, I say. Would you like him here or there? I would not like him anywhere. I don’t care what you insist, I’ll continue to resist. Is there...

In light of the Republican side of the Senate refusing to hear witnesses, can we expect that the symbol of the Republican Party will now be the ostrich instead of the elephant? Many people of all political persuasions were anticipating hearing depositions under oath. We are now disappointed that we...

It has been stated that people hate the POTUS because of questionable ethics, morals and common decency. Now, being a deplorable who voted for President Trump, I don’t always agree with him, and there are times when I think he should keep his mouth shut. But he is trying to...

Ancient Greece had its Sophists: clever, brilliant orators who could convincingly argue either side of a litigious issue. Fast forward 2,400 years, and we have Alan Dershowitz, who raises sophistry to a new level, e.g. Clinton, no proof of crime required to impeach — Trump, proof of crime required to...

Our nation is facing a youth e-cigarette epidemic, setting up our kids to become the next generation hooked on tobacco, and continuing the cycle of tobacco addiction and the diseases that come with it. The federal government isn’t doing enough to protect kids. The American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco...

As we start this presidential election year, I have a serious question to ask. Why do people hate President Trump? I honestly don’t understand it. I didn’t agree with everything President Obama did or stood for, but I did not hate him. He was our president; he was my president....

I have journeyed to Washington, D.C., a number of times for the March for Life in support of the pro-life movement. In the 1970s I was a bus captain, and my daughter accompanied me on one of the trips. I was shocked when I read that the pro-life community was...

In October, California was the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products, which bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur starting in 2023. Many designers have banned using fur because of animal cruelty, including Armani, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Karl...

I am compelled to respond to A. Atkinson’s letter “Democrats’ hate” (Jan. 11, TribLIVE), which said I am full of hate. That’s the furthest thing from the truth, and anyone who knows me knows that. However, President Trump made me hate him, and at least I admit it. Trump is...

During his inaugural address President Trump spoke about the relationship between the people of this country and the government class in Washington. He used the line, “Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs.” Although accurate, I would have added, “Their prosperity has not...

Thank you for your coverage of the March for Life and the statements by President Trump about his position on abortion (“Trump, a late convert to cause, attends anti-abortion rally”). You repeated Trump’s statement from 1999 that he was “pro-choice in every respect.” We witnessed at the March for Life...

Regarding John Steigerwald’s insensible and disheartening piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“It might be time to show skepticism about CTE research.”): To date, we have come to realize that 1) the world is not flat, 2) asbestos is bad, 3) cigarettes cause cancer and 4) lead will poison you. Humanity...

Science tells us human life begins at conception, so that makes abortion the beginning of many evils. It is the beginning of child abuse and the beginning of attacks on our environment (nature) as far as human beings are concerned. In addition, Judeo-Christian teaching states that God has a relationship...

Progressives believe it is unjust for some people to amass huge fortunes because concentrated wealth causes more poverty in others. But such an idea is absolutely false, and here’s why. The potential to become wealthy motivates people to work harder, take risks, invent things and innovate — and that benefits...

Regarding the letter “A more compassionate Republican Party” (Jan. 11, TribLIVE): Being humane, compassionate and caring are admirable qualities. They embody the definition of love. As a country that began by asking God’s blessing, we have been the “city on a hill” for the world through which every continent has...

Some people who voted for President Trump didn’t admire his character. However, they knew the next president would appoint judges to the Supreme Court, and it was important that they were conservatives and followed the Constitution. In the 1930s, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was having trouble getting key parts of his...

I am writing to thank area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, collected more than 8.9 million shoebox gifts in 2019. Combined...

Thank you for covering this year’s women’s march (“Women’s March rallies for 4th year in Downtown Pittsburgh, with anti-war, anti- Trump focus,” Jan. 18, TribLIVE), albeit on the back page. The guy you photographed had the sign correct: “Impeach & Remove.” I was there along with 1,000 other people, at least...

Well, impeachment is upon us. I was worried about what Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of the Republicans would come up with. I heard an awful rumor that they were going to have 12-hour days so a lot of the testimony would be heard after most people were asleep. That...