Letters to the Editor category, Page 285

Watching the Democratic Party leadership is a lot like watching a movie titled “The Three Stooges Meet the Keystone Cops.” The Russia hoax blew up in the Dems’ faces. The Steele dossier was paid for by the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the Clinton campaign and was never verified....

Regarding the article “Police: Pittsburgh woman accused of arson in Greenfield apartment fire case” (Jan. 16, TribLIVE): The American criminal justice system is founded on the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. Yet news outlets print the names of arrested adults, regardless of acquittal or conviction. A...

I disagree with everyone who says the Democrats hate President Trump. Nancy Pelosi said she hates no one. Hate can be changed with love or doing good to those who hate you. Pelosi does not hate; she and her friends in the House who voted to impeach Trump have a...

Don’t you know that the world will stop rotating if Donald Trump isn’t reelected president? Don’t you know money is America’s god? Does it matter how many sins Trump has committed in the past or will commit in the future? We have become a nation of sins. When the church...

Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler, is correct to oppose Gov. Tom Wolf’s October executive order to direct the Department of Environmental Protection to take steps to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. First, the initiative is a carbon cap-and-trade program that does not solve the greenhouse gas problem; it merely...

I hate to bring Hillary Clinton into the conversation again, but I have this thing about her. The Republicans had two years when they controlled the House and Senate and could have indicted her, but didn’t. Why not? Was she too big to challenge? No, the Republicans simply have no...

Regarding the article “Tempers flare briefly on 8th day of jury selection in Wilkinsburg mass shooting case” (Jan. 15, TribLIVE): I am disgusted by the murderous acts that Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas are charged with committing. Nobody should be exposed to the experience that the victims suffered and that...

Many changes have been made to gun regulations over the years, but when will people finally think it is enough? After working with a bipartisan nonprofit, I know positive change can be made. Now I see, though, that there are many things wrong. But it isn’t the guns; it is...

As I read Bob McBride’s letter “Trump haters should be mindful of facts” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE), I had to laugh when he brought up the word “gullible” to broadly paint anyone who believes that the House has indeed presented enough facts to impeach President Trump. Talk about gullible. A crowd...

Three cheers to President Trump, our responsive commander-in-chief, and our military for the successful planning and execution of the drone strike in Iraq that took out Iran’s top general, terrorist Qassem Soleimani. Naturally, the subversive liberals in Congress could only find fault to add to their anti-Trump rhetoric. They seem...

Regarding the letter “Voters wanted Hillary Clinton as president” (Jan. 17, TribLIVE): If this is the case, why doesn’t the Democratic Party run her again? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...

As a Boy Scout leader, I publicly pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. It is a pledge I take very seriously, solemnly and reverently. I am proud to wear the flag on my uniform and genuinely, albeit imperfectly, try to live up to the national...

I am the mother of two children with special needs, one much more significant than the other. My daughter has multiple disabilities that will be lifelong and are life-threatening. Her care is costly. Her needs are great. She will need care all of her life, and her medical expenses will...

Even Rush is missing the “donkey in the room.” Most people believe that the Democrats want to regain power in Washington. Wrong! If President Trump wins again, the Republicans hold the Senate and take the House, and Bill Barr is attorney general. Guess what follows? Orange jumpsuits for lots of...

In his clever letter “Jesus wouldn’t have a shot for president” (Jan. 12, TribLIVE), James Cataldi asserts that Christ’s opposition to abortion and “acknowledging and depending on (shudder) God” would make it impossible for him to win the Democratic nomination. The writer does a fine job of looking at but...

After reading about Real ID horror stories, my wife and I were ecstatic to find how easy it was to obtain our Real ID Pennsylvania driver’s licenses with the required gold star. We took our information to the New Kensington Driver’s License Center: birth certificates with raised seals (we had...

I appreciate all the New Stanton residents who supported me, but I chose not to run for reelection to borough council because of the road council is taking. No one seems to want to hear any other views but their own. I think that when council does anything, all the...

In response to letter-writer Gabrielle Kitchen’s comments (“Capitalism is a sin,” Jan. 4, TribLIVE) on my letter about capitalism and the Ten Commandments (“Socialism & religious values,” Nov. 9, TribLIVE): She believes “capitalism can be truly evil,” implying that capitalists worship money over God. Capitalism is merely the acquisition of...

A Dec. 9 article in The Washington Post, “Americans broadly accept climate science, but many are fuzzy on the details,” indicates that, while most Americans are concerned about human activity warming the planet, they don’t understand why that’s happening and what to do about it. Those of us who are...

A while back, Donald Trump was asked to attend an impeachment proceeding. He ignored the request and ordered others in his administration to do the same. Is this the expected behavior of an innocent man? Trump recently celebrated the country’s 3.5% unemployment rate. Is it 3.5% among the 18-25 age...

Letter-writer Robert H. Poppenga (“ ‘Dark Waters’ perpetuates falsehoods,” Jan. 5, TribLIVE) wrote about test results on cattle owned by West Virginia farmer Wilbur Tennant which found that the herd suffered from poor nutrition and subpar veterinary care. I recall that being said in the film as the reason Tennant...

For the past three years, President Trump and his family have been verbally attacked, ridiculed, castigated and lied about by the Democrats, the biased mainstream media and the entertainment industry. And the Democrats have tried every way they know how, ethical or not, to remove him from the office he...

The state Senate has a major decision to make: allow the plastics and fossil fuel industries to get a massive tax break or improve the environment for years to come. Pennsylvania needs clean air and water, something with which we have struggled for too long. At a time when environmental...

If you are an adult of voting age, the 2020 election could be the most important one of your life. If we don’t replace Donald Trump as president, I believe this country is headed toward becoming an authoritarian dictatorship. This is not the time for moderation. Without a really big...

The Senate trial on the two articles of impeachment against President Trump has begun, some 34 days after the House vote. There is a lot of clamor from the left for witnesses and documents, the stated purpose of which is to present even more evidence than what is already characterized...