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Tina Batra Hershey, Jim Conway and Olivia Bennett: It’s time for Allegheny County to provide paid sick days for all
Covid-19 has shown us that our health and well-being are connected. Our own health depends on the health of the person next to us, and the person next to that person. No matter what we look like, where we live or what’s in our wallets, getting sick reminds us that...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ TV programming scary
Noah’s Ark, the scariest ride at the carnival. I was following and slowly making my way up the rocking platform. Inside were bug-eyed circus faces and old lips moving but saying nothing, and they were all behind virtual screens. If this set of mean-masked characters wasn’t scary enough, the ship...
Letter to the editor: Feds must help protect flood-prone areas
There’s no doubt that a federal infrastructure bill has the potential to greatly impact Pittsburgh’s airport corridor. While a bipartisan divide exists as to how Congress should proceed with infrastructure spending, there is common ground that can be found to better protect federally funded assets, including water utilities, roads and...
Editorial: Order in the virtual court – it can be done
Courts are the third leg in the stool of our government, responsible not only for judging the guilty and the culpable, but also for serving as a check on the legality of what the executive and legislative branches do. Those decisions can’t just be placed on hold because of an...
Letter to the editor: Covid-19 warfare
I may be totally out of line with my theory of this covid-19 pandemic, but I truly believe that the CCP (Communist Chinese Party) has done what the combined forces of the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) could not do, and that is defeat the United States in conventional...
Pat Buchanan: Are the forever wars really ending?
“There is no … sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests.” So said William Ruger about Afghanistan, our longest war. What makes this statement significant is that President Trump has...
Dane Rianhard: Pandemic hasn’t broken employer health insurance system
Over 51 million Americans have filed for unemployment since covid-19 struck. But for the most part, they haven’t lost their health insurance. An astounding 98% of workers who had employer-sponsored health benefits before the pandemic are still enrolled in workplace plans, according to a July report. That encouraging statistic ought...
Jennifer Christman: Companies can support veteran suicide prevention plan
Amid the covid-19 pandemic, a potential solution to an existing epidemic has slipped under the radar — but it cannot be ignored. The White House recently formed a new task force and announced The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS). The PREVENTS task...
Letter to the editor: Will Trump debate an empty chair?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she doesn’t want Joe Biden to debate. Hey, what is President Trump supposed to do, have an empty chair on the debate stage, like Clint Eastwood did at the 2012 Republican National Convention? Sylvia Kistler Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ radical policies
In her letter “What it means to be a Democrat” (Aug. 30, TribLIVE), Diana Steck listed the core values of Democrats. They are noble statements, but I don’t think they represent the policies of Democrats today, which I see as: 1. Blocking voter ID laws that would protect your vote...
Letter to the editor: Heed bishop’s words on racism
Regarding the article “Bishop Zubik calls for day of fasting and prayer for racial reconciliation” (Sept. 7, TribLIVE): Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik’s words remind all of us that each of us is “created in the image and likeness of God” — no adjectives or conditions attached. He is right, and...
Letter to the editor: Think about special people impacted by covid-19
Since the covid-19 pandemic has begun, our society has been focused on the loss of jobs, politics and racial injustice. Although these issues are important, there’s a population in our society that is overlooked and devalued and has thus been hit hard by the pandemic — those with intellectual and...
Editorial: Duquesne prof’s slur use was wrong choice
To say or not to say. It isn’t a question. It’s a decision. And it’s not something new. It’s something very old. Today’s political climate has a tendency to divide people sharply over everything, but language is a real sticking point. While some are calling out verbal offenses, others are...
Letter to the editor: Wedge issue voting results in poor representation
Pro-life means saving all life. Pro-life means saving the unborn, helping the poor, and supporting immigration and human rights, the disabled and elderly rights and being against war and the death penalty. The pastor often fails to tell the congregation the complete pro-life doctrines of the church, and so many...
Tom Purcell: Lower voting age to 16? Try 80!
San Francisco residents will vote on a measure in November to allow teenagers as young as 16 to vote in local elections. That’s according to The Hill, which also reports that in recent years, two women in Congress introduced measures to lower the voting age nationwide to 16. One argument...
Josh McNeil and Sam Williamson: Pa. needs strong public transit for equitable pandemic recovery
The covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the economic and environmental inequities that plague Pittsburgh, and a strong public transit system will be necessary to get those impacted back to work and jump-start the economy when conditions are safe. With the Trump administration’s response to covid-19 a complete disaster — characterized by...
Dr. Andrew Smolar: Investing in the collective with required national service
The CORPS Act, a bipartisan proposal currently in the Senate, expands national service by attracting volunteers to help needy citizens during the pandemic. Within a capitalist framework, service isn’t emphasized, except within religious communities. This attitude must change, and it bears directly on race relations. Since the George Floyd killing,...
Letter to the editor: Different rules for protests in cities, suburbs?
Your editorial “Keep protests out of residential areas” (Sept. 8, TribLIVE) was ridiculous. The Trib doesn’t see a problem with Democratic mayors unwilling to do what it takes to restore order in their city’s various neighborhoods, but is fine with them ordering police to protect their own? All the while...
Letter to the editor: Lies, not law and order, define Trump’s presidency
President Trump has told over 20,000 documented lies since his inauguration. He repeats many even when there is proof he is lying. He repeats debunked conspiracy theories. Even Jim Jones had followers, so I suppose that explains Trump. Why would police or military support Trump? His budgets have called for...
Letter to the editor: Think about nursing home crisis when you vote
The nursing home crisis is not going to go away. We have had failures in five blue states. In Pennsylvania, with the help of the health secretary, a mandate sent patients who tested positive for covid-19 to nursing homes. Then the spread of the virus skyrocketed, impacting people with heart...
Letter to the editor: RGGI means sustainable energy, more jobs, less pollution
Sen. Kim Ward’s recent op-ed on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) (“Now is not time for more taxes on electric, gas consumers,” Aug. 29, TribLIVE) mentions her concern for “hard-working Pennsylvanians.” As one of those Pennsylvanians, I take issue with her way of caring for us. Contrary to her...
Editorial: Westmoreland is overdose prosecution role model
In debate about criminal justice reform, one area frequently targeted for change is drug arrests. Our prisons and jails and other detention facilities hold more than 2 million people. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, one in five is there for a drug offense. Of those, many are for minor...
Letter to the editor: Democrats again on wrong side
Democrats have always been on the wrong side of history. Eight Democrats of the first 15 presidents owned slaves and encouraged the notion that people can be property. Wilson was a racist. The Democratic god, FDR, twice paved a “trail of tears” — denying 917 Jewish Germans on the liner...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 14
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 14....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 14....
