Letters to the Editor category, Page 32

The presidential candidates for the two major parties in the November presidential election are now set. The significant majority of voters in this country don’t like either one of them. We are now, thanks to our primary process, reduced to choosing not whom we like the best, but rather whom...

Republican leader Marjorie Taylor Greene recently stated that “Our Founding Fathers would’ve been considered Christian Nationalists, and I agree with them!” Greene has embraced a trope of exclusion that is factually and historically wrong. While many of the Founding Fathers were religious, they did not intend to create a Christian...

They say basketball is only a game. Tell that to Jeannette Jayhawks sophomore Kymone Brown, playing with flu-like symptoms after watching practice from a computer screen all week and finishing with 10 points in an unthinkable and absolutely unbelievable 48-46 overtime upset win over Greensburg Central Catholic (“Jeannette shocks rival...

Don’t vote as a ‘fan’ In this forum, people write that they either favor President Trump and bash President Biden, or favor Biden and bash Trump. Whomever you vote for, I ask that you not vote if you are a fan. Fans vote for their favorite regardless of the candidate’s...

The 2019 Act 77 election law enabled “mail-in ballot voting” in Pennsylvania. Many Republicans are totally against this practice. I am against this practice. However, we are stuck with it. Until Republicans actually win control of the Pennsylvania House, Senate and governorship, it will not change. Recent elections substantiate the...

In response to the letter “Vote out county commissioners” (March 13, TribLive): I have been beating that drum for several years, pointing out that I believe Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew were using the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds to keep taxes down so that they would be reelected...

Everybody is disgusted with our Westmoreland County commissioners. Their tax increase is ridiculous! This affects a lot of people on fixed incomes. When my husband and I make a purchase, we budget for it. I guess our commissioners just raise taxes. When I filled out my tax rebate in February,...

Palestinian supporters misunderstand the term Palestinian. In 70 AD, the Romans vanquished the Jewish kingdom of Israel. Most of the Jewish people migrated throughout the world for the next 2,000 years of the diaspora. But, throughout that time, the land was occupied by Arabs, Christians and a few Jews. The...

A specter is haunting the city of Pittsburgh — the specter of organized renters and unhoused people. All the powers of ruling-class Pittsburgh are teaming up to stop us. From real estate developers to landlords, from technology to health care CEOs and elected officials, all are leaning in to enforce...

The way all the Pittsburgh pro sports teams have played in the last several years is about as bad as it gets. In my opinion the owners are in it just for the money. I am so upset the way the owners are doing business. Every team — baseball, football,...

In 2014 our three commissioners decided to avoid lawsuits in our prison system by allowing a watered-down sanctuary status. In 2019 and 2023, I ran for county commissioner and spent $102,000 of my retirement money to wake Westmoreland up on a number of issues. I mailed 140,000 flyers to every...

It takes one person to start a movement. That one person could be you. Today, with divisiveness being stoked by politicians and the media, change may seem hopeless. But it does not have to be this way. The power others seem to hold they have because we give it to...

I fear the dangers to our republic are coming from within. Our policies toward immigrants are encouraging more folks to cross the border illegally. Some of these people are receiving pre-loaded credit cards, transportation and housing in the sanctuary city of their choice. California even offers these “newcomers” financial aid...

Once again the mayor of Washington, D.C., has proclaimed March 20 MeatOut Day to her 700,000-plus residents. MeatOut, launched in 1985 by Farm Animal Rights Movement, has grown into one of the largest annual grassroots educational programs encouraging the end of the use of animals for food. On the first...

In 2005, Donald Trump sent a handwritten letter to former Miss Wisconsin Melissa Consin Young, who was lying gravely ill in a hospital room. She described the letter in 2016 during Trump’s presidential campaign, noting that he wrote, “To the bravest woman I know”; “I remember, such a wonderful, beautiful...

I recently traveled toward Pittsburgh on Route 28 and was saddened to see that no one seems to care about the trash along the roadside. Grass and weeds will soon grow, and the mowers will chop up what they ride over. That will spread the trash to more places. I...

Let us be honest. Every time the conservatives extend an olive branch to the so-called moderates in Harrisburg, the moderates respond with machetes. There should be no concessions given to Democrats. I am talking about the Republicans collaborating with the enemy by meeting in the middle. The uni-party needs crushed,...

Most of the media coverage of President Biden’s recent State of the Union speech focused on his prepared speech. Little attention was given to what was said in those rare moments when he went off-script. However, these moments provide insight into his true character. They are not written in advance...

We need to make dunce caps for Art Rooney, Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin. They are an embarrassment. Six years to figure Mason Rudolph is their best quarterback. His league-leading play at the end of last season wasn’t enough to list him as No. 1, let alone make a contract...

The article “Property owners get sticker shock from West­moreland hike” (March 7, TribLive) focuses on reaction but provides no information about money spent. Residents are rightfully outraged; they are being asked to cover ever-increasing costs with little or nothing to show for it. There needs to be accountability for county...

In this forum, people write that they either favor President Trump and bash President Biden, or favor Biden and bash Trump. Whomever you vote for, I ask that you not vote if you are a fan. Fans vote for their favorite regardless of the candidate’s credentials. Fan voting is voting...

Consider President Biden’s stamina, his schedule so full, reporters traveling with him — some half his age — worn out. Others describe him as “vigorous intellectually,” “an intellectual firepower,” “his mastery of the geopolitical world astounding.” Research shows two-thirds of Americans over 85 do not have dementia. That reality is...

Recently, I saw the movie “Cabrini” because I was raised Catholic, had Italian relatives and married an Italian. I highly recommend the movie for what it shows of the life of the heroic Mother Cabrini and her nuns. But more than that, I want people introduced to the discrimination and...

Stupidity is a cruel word which means lack of intelligence, and I like to think that nobody is stupid. Well, our politicians have proven me wrong again. When Donald Trump tells Republicans to nix a bipartisan immigration bill, I guess because it’ll be an election issue and they listen to...

Vote out county commissioners Taxes paid by Westmoreland County homeowners are monies we entrust to our commissioners to spend wisely. County commissioners are stewards of our money. Unfortunately, commissioners Sean Kertes, Doug Chew and Ted Kopas have not done their jobs. They have, along with previous commissioners, squandered our money...