Opinion category, Page 586
Letter to the editor: What has Biden accomplished?
Joe Biden has spent 47 years in office and, in my opinion, accomplished nothing except to enrich himself and his family while his masters oversaw the destruction of the American dream for the middle class. Biden watched millions of good U.S. manufacturing jobs moved offshore. The bulk of the jobs...
Letter to the editor: They all knew who Trump was
They all knew who Donald Trump really was. The following is what they said about him before they seem to have buckled under to his bullying and abandoned their last shred of dignity: • Lindsey Graham: “He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. I think he’s a kook. I think he’s...
Lori Falce: The framework of the court
A catafalque is decorated structure designed to hold a casket. It is to a funeral what the head table is to a wedding — the place where all eyes focus in the celebration. But the most famous catafalque in America is not elaborate. Draped and swagged in black fabric that...
Colin McNickle: A good time to scuttle ‘prevailing wages’
Government jurisdictions of all sizes find themselves struggling with how to recoup lost tax receipts because of coronavirus pandemic-related shutdowns and restrictions. But there are sound public policy prescriptions to recover from such shortfalls. And poor ones. A researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy proposes a sound, common-sense...
Laurels & lances: Involved, closed, rejected
Laurel: To youth involvement. Young people are often painted as being unconcerned with what is going on in the world around them beyond their smartphones, Starbucks and avocado toast. That’s why we should encourage and support when our kids are participating in something bigger than themselves. Abby Rickin-Marks, a Fox...
Letter to the editor: Trump shows love for America
Letter-writer William Werts lists his reasoning for voting for Joe Biden, even though he has never voted for a Democratic candidate for president (“Pro-lifer plans to vote for Joe Biden,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE). He implies that President Trump is a racist. Please show me the proof. He mentions putting children...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s damage
Of all the damage that I think President Trump has done, from exacerbating economic inequality to allowing the pollution of our environment, to dismantling worker protection regulations, to being responsible for tens of thousands of American deaths and a worsening economy, the damage that is crushing my heart is his...
Letter to the editor: Seeking proof of Trump’s lie count
I see that some letter-writers have been hoodwinked by the Democratic Party that President Trump has lied 20,000 “verifiable” times, according to The Washington Post. Do they realize how absurd that talking point is? If you total the number of days he has been in office, it is around 1,330....
Letter to the editor: Backing Biden for president
I gave up my position as an Allegheny County judge Sept. 4 because I could not sit by as the worst president in history runs for reelection (“Don Walko to resign from Common Pleas Court to pursue political advocacy,” Aug. 25, TribLIVE). Here are what I see as some of...
Editorial: House blew chance to overturn Wolf veto
This time, no one gets to say Gov. Tom Wolf is a dictator. Pointing to the governor as an iron-fisted authoritarian has been common over the six months since schools shuttered and coronavirus lockdowns were instituted. We have seen the Wolf administration’s response as being more of a pinball game...
Jonah Goldberg: GOP deal with Dems on court vacancy would make sense, but will never happen
I’ll confess: There was a time when I would have considered the question facing Republicans a no-brainer. Of course they should seize this opportunity to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a conservative. Moving the courts — especially the Supreme Court — rightward has been a conservative lodestar for...
Dana Siler and Mark Reynolds: Wildfires underscore urgency to rein in climate change
Gentle rain and a cool breeze encourage tomatoes to grow and grass to be lush and green here in Pittsburgh. It is hard to imagine that our friends, relatives and fellow Americans in California, Washington and Oregon are waking up to apocalyptic, orange skies, air so smoky that air quality...
Letter to the editor: Fears for Social Security, Medicare, government
If the Republican candidate is elected president, I believe Social Security will disappear and Medicare with it. I shed tears considering that if the Republican candidate is elected, the last shreds of a three-branch government that we know and believe in will continue to slip into an autocracy with martial...
Letter to the editor: Why the Republican rush to replace Ginsburg?
It appears to me that the unseemly rush to appoint a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it apparent that the Republican leadership has no confidence that President Trump is going to be reelected, and that there may even be a loss of Republican seats in both...
Letter to the editor: Democrats must be stopped
Letter-writer Diana Steck provided a list on “What it means to be a Democrat” (Aug. 30, TribLIVE). If she still believes these things, I think she is living in the past. I used to be a Democrat until the radical progressives hijacked the party and moved it so far to...
Letter to the editor: Steelers’ honoring of Rose offensive
The decision to “honor” Antwon Rose Jr. by displaying his name on Steelers helmets is unfortunate. Contrary to popular opinion, Rose was not shot after stealing a bag of pretzels from the corner grocery store. Immediately before the unfortunate police encounter, evidence suggests Rose was a participant in a botched...
Letter to the editor: Getting kids back to school, us back to life
This letter may be more about censorship of practicing doctors in America — hydroxychloroquine, for example — than going back to school. Hydroxychloroquine and other treatments are available. Covid-19 is not going away. Vaccines may not be a panacea. Look at flu vaccines. Are we going to let this virus...
Editorial: Frozen salaries could be start for Harrisburg cooperation
It often seems like no one in government can get on the same page. The president clashes with Congress. The Senate wars with the House of Representatives. The Republicans battle the Democrats. It all repeats at the state level. Every year, over and over, on issue after issue after issue....
Pat Buchanan: Last best chance to capture Supreme Court
President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are on the cusp of making history. With Trump having named two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, they have an opening to elevate a third justice to fill the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, thereby securing...
Dan Brouillette and Peter Navarro: Trump’s manufacturing, energy revival supports Pa. workers
Imagine a world in which millions of American energy and manufacturing jobs were sent overseas, all to help countries like Communist China prosper. Well, you don’t have to imagine that, you lived it. That was the grim reality Pennsylvanians faced before President Trump took office. Between 2000 and 2017, under...
Jonah Goldberg: Israel deals result of changing tides, but Trump still deserves credit
By any conventional or historical measure, the recent breakthrough between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is a good thing, and the Trump administration deserves its share of praise for it. The refusal of much of the media to take this moment seriously only lends credibility to President...
Letter to the editor: Do the math and open up Pa.
One recent day on the Pennsylvania Department of Health website, the total number of covid-19 cases in the state since April 1 was reported as 146,214. This number is an accumulation of every case reported since April 1. Not active cases today. Let’s do the math: total cases 146,214 x...
Letter to the editor: Loss of Ginsburg is tragic
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of three Jewish justices on the Supreme Court who modeled her life after the key tenet of her faith as found in the book of Deuteronomy: “Justice, justice, thou shalt pursue.” It was a most difficult path for her from the start of her career...
Letter to the editor: Fair and just government?
A plague descended upon the land (coronavirus). Much of the country shut down. In order to better provide milk and cheese for his family, John purchased five goats. Bill took his family to Disneyland. Incidentally, Bill paid for their vacation with a MasterCard. Some time later, a nice government agent...
Editorial: Open records aren’t for sale, Sen. Scarnati
There isn’t a price tag on the Bill of Rights. Speech, religion, assembly the right not to incriminate yourself, the right to a speedy trial — none of them is a quid pro quo. You don’t have to put up collateral to get them. Transparency works the same way. The...
