Opinion category, Page 587
Tom Purcell: Autumn’s beauty can restore the better angels of our nature
Autumn has arrived — and it couldn’t come soon enough. I love this time of year — the brilliant colors, the chilly air, the sweet yet tart taste of apple cider and the smell of oak burning in a fire pit. I love childhood memories of Devil’s Night mischief and...
Nancy Patton Mills: We need Joe Biden in the White House
It’s easy to rattle off all the promises that President Donald Trump has made to Western Pennsylvania. He promised to bring back manufacturing jobs. He promised to stand up to China and be tough on trade. He promised to stand up to a corrupt political system and fight for the...
Noah Feldman: Sedition laws are the last resort of weak governments
Attorney General William Barr can’t seem to get out of the headlines. Maybe he doesn’t want to. Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Barr suggested to federal prosecutors that they consider charging protesters with sedition — an archaic criminal charge that hasn’t been regularly used by federal...
Letter to the editor: Lock up local ‘alligators’
If Pennsylvania Trump supporters are truly interested in “draining the swamp,” they need to look no further than our version of the Everglades. How many more years will we continue to ignore the obvious evils and dangers presented by the ruthless alligators such as Jake Corman, Jennifer Kocher, Ray and...
Letter to the editor: Appreciating DMV’s role in organ donation
September is DMV Appreciation Month, and we encourage you to thank DMV employees for the lifesaving role they play in the lives of more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. They are, quite literally, the key to registering organ and tissue donors in Pennsylvania. Our DMV...
Letter to the editor: Democratic Party the enemy
Letters for and against Trump are myriad, but I see virtually no pro-Biden letters. That is understandable, since there is virtually nothing pro about Biden. To me, he’s a man of obvious cognitive impairment who has been a government parasite for over 47 years, accomplishing essentially nothing except the enrichment...
Letter to the editor: Wendy Bell is her hero
I’m a 96-year-old white female, and I’ve found a new hero, or several. First, it was Walter Williams, who never disappoints. Next is Wendy Bell. She said what so many believe, but have difficulty putting into words. Elizabeth Hayes Hempfield...
Editorial: No ‘total victory’ in ruling on Wolf’s pandemic orders
A legal ruling is seldom a total victory for one side or the other. It shouldn’t be. The court’s responsibility is to listen to both sides and come to a fair and equitable decision. That usually falls somewhere between the two ideas of what is right. The recent decision about...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to KDKA for removal of Wendy Bell
The best news of the month was the releasing of talk show host/commentator Wendy Bell from KDKA Radio (“Wendy Bell taken off the air by KDKA Radio,” Sept. 4, TribLIVE). She portrayed herself as a caring, kindly, knowledgeable person, but I think she is none of those and is a...
Letter to the editor: Some questions about Trump
Four more years of Donald J. Trump? Does he speak before he thinks? Does he find pleasure in imitating those he dislikes? Does he know little about the workings of our “checks and balances” system of government? Does he feel that “talent” supersedes experience when referring to the office of...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 21
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 21....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 21
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 21....
Noah Feldman: William Barr’s election warnings are death by 1,000 legalisms
Even before Attorney General William Barr’s reported suggestion that protesters be prosecuted for sedition, and that the mayor of Seattle could be targeted with a criminal investigation, the AG was up to his usual stunts. His repeated comments on ballots and voting demonstrate his distinctive way of distorting the truth....
S.E. Cupp: Trump exploits liberal hypocrisy to justify his stupid decisions
Last week, President Trump made the absolutely asinine decision to hold two indoor rallies at a time when covid-19 has killed more than 197,000 Americans. The first, a rally at an XTreme Manufacturing facility in Nevada, packed in 5,600 people, mostly maskless with no social distancing requirements, earning that company...
Letter to the editor: Safe in Trump’s America
In answer to Vice President Joe Biden’s question, yes, I will feel safe in President Trump’s America. As he has kept us out of endless wars, so, too, will he find a way to end this “civil war” which I believe you and your party have ignored for months. During...
Letter to the editor: No tax hike in Yough School District
Members of the Yough School Board would like to respond to Sewickley Township resident Leonard Minkus’ letter “Where is tax relief?” (Sept. 13) in which he says he now has to save an extra $50 a month to pay his tax bill — a tax raise of $600 per year,...
Letter to the editor: Biden-Harris bait and switch?
Over the past few days, both Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have referred to the Harris-Biden administration. I consider this bait-and-switch election fraud. Commercial after commercial for Biden (disgruntled soldiers, sick old ladies, etc.) refer to him as honest and a good Catholic moral leader. Something smells fishy and unethical...
Letter to the editor: Trump is not draining the swamp
To the writer of the letter “Trump is draining the swamp” (Aug. 25, TribLIVE): Whaaat??? What about the eight close associates and/or friends who (1) are in jail, (2) have been pardoned (3) were dismissed by Attorney General William Barr or (4) have been convicted? Manafort, Stone, Cohen, Flynn, Bannon,...
Letter to the editor: William Barr has not served church well
As a Catholic chaplain serving our incarcerated sisters and brothers throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh, I most strongly urge the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, scheduled for Sept. 23, to reconsider Attorney General William Barr as the recipient of the Christifideles Laici Award, which highlights the good works of “those who...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: William Barr’s sedition threat chilling
Something predictable happens when there is too much power in the hands of the wrong people. There is never enough for them. They always overreach. They can’t help themselves. In the summer of 1892, a great battle occurred on the banks of the Monongahela River at the Homestead Steel Works...
Colin McNickle: The PASSHE predicament
The beleaguered Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has proposed merging six of its 14 schools into three. But an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy concludes that would be easier said than done. “Given all the obstacles to any reorganization, the chancellor and the trustees face...
Editorial: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and necessary dissent
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not a judge. She was a justice. A judge sits on a lower court, hearing criminal and civil cases as they enter into the judicial system. Judges set bail, instruct juries, rule on objections. A justice, on the other hand, sits on higher courts — in...
Sounding off: Rights, freedoms and masks
Much has been expressed recently concerning freedoms and rights, especially regarding masks. From my perspective, public safety concerns during an epidemic/pandemic will always trump individual freedoms and rights to the degree of the lethality of the epidemic/pandemic. The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed up to 675,000 people in a U.S....
Letter to the editor: Wearing masks, the American way
Lone Ranger, Zorro, Green Hornet and Catwoman wore masks in the American way. Bobby Rowe Arnold...
Letter to the editor: Honor police killed in line of duty
So the Steelers and other teams are putting helmet stickers on with the name of someone shot by a police officer. I can’t fathom the pain of losing a child or loved one this way, but this is a two-way street. How about the pain of the families of Paul...
