Opinion category, Page 593
Letter to the editor: Athletes disrespecting our flag, country
I am disappointed more coaches and owners of major sports teams have vowed to support their players who “take a knee“ during the national anthem. How dare you disrespect the flag of the country that gave you the opportunity to make millions of dollars to play a game? That’s right,...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: On Labor Day, recalling march for social justice
On Labor Day, I think of the valley where I grew up. It was best seen from the middle of the Westinghouse Bridge. As far as the eye could see and the ear could hear, furnaces flared and trains slogged on and machinery clanked and whistles and bells sounded around...
Jonah Goldberg: Democrats can’t afford to let far left hijack the party
Last month, a mob of white protesters swarmed a white woman eating dinner in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Video of the bullies demanding that patrons raise their fists in solidarity with the movement went viral. Many pro-Trump and right-wing media personalities were quick to insist this verbal...
Sounding off: What I’ve learned from covid-19
Since March 2020 when this pandemic started, I have learned that this virus is very intelligent. I had expected people to be dropping dead in the streets based on the media hype, but the virus seems to have evolved so much in the past five months that it: • Understands...
Letter to the editor: We have plenty to lose under Trump
The letter “Democratic Party hijacked” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) typifies President Trump’s supporters and Republicans in general, people able to ignore facts. I believe when Trump’s lips move, he lies. In my opinion, he is corrupt, incapable and dangerous and has crippled our country. The letter had no mention of the...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Wolf’s pot plot to control guns
Gov. Tom Wolf wants to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes to help small business make up for covid-19 losses (“Gov. Tom Wolf wants Pa. to legalize marijuana, provide more covid-19 relief this fall”).Nice, but no cigar. In my opinion, this is just a backdoor plot to control gun possession in...
Letter to the editor: Truth about radical socialists
The occupation and shutdown of part of Seattle and the lawless defacement of public statues is just another example that there is nothing radical socialists won’t do, given their ideology based on a not-so-subtle determinism: “If it’s inevitable, then whatever we do is OK.” All of the left’s ideological heroes...
Editorial: Pa. must answer for incomplete nursing home data
There is no excuse for not having correct numbers for covid-19 cases in nursing homes. Diane Menio, executive director at the Philadelphia-based advocacy group CARIE, said that to Tribune-Review and Spotlight PA reporter Jamie Martines this week. She is right. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Pennsylvania in March, there was...
Walter Williams: Diversity, equity and inclusion nonsense
Check out any professional and most college basketball teams. Their starting five, and most of their other 10 players, are Black, as is 80% of the NBA. This does not come anywhere close to the diversity and inclusion sought by the nation’s social justice warriors. Both professional and college coaches...
John Stossel: A better president
The media obsess about Trump/Biden, but another candidate will be on every state ballot: Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen. Jorgensen, a psychology lecturer at Clemson University, is different from Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Instead of promising government solutions, she tells people, “You can spend your money better than the...
Suzanna Masartis: Don’t give chronic condition sufferers another thing to worry about
In Pennsylvania, covid-19 continues to ravage communities, with the number of cases now exceeding 142,000 and climbing. For people struggling with chronic liver disease, this is devastating news. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Americans with liver disease, including hepatitis B and hepatitis C, could be at an increased...
Letter to the editor: How did giant hornets get here?
The article “Washington officials trap male Asian giant hornet” (Aug. 18, TribLIVE) stated: “The invasive insect was first documented in the state late last year and officials have said it’s not known how it arrived in North America. It normally lives in eastern and southeast Asia.” How do you think...
Letter to the editor: Destroying signs is destroying freedom of speech
Traveling from Latrobe to my house in Norvelt, I counted 26 Trump yard signs and three Biden signs, including mine. I had proudly pounded my Biden sign in my yard so all could see who I was supporting for president this year. The next morning I woke up to find...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden is not pro-life
To letter-writer William Werts (“Pro-lifer plans to vote for Joe Biden,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE): I agree with your values, as they are also the values of our President Trump. I think you have been misled in thinking, or you did not do your homework: Biden is not pro-life. He joins...
Letter to the editor: Concerned for future of US Postal Service
I am greatly concerned about what is happening to the U.S. Postal Service, as I am a prior postmaster relief and I worked in one of the main distribution centers. At that time, the post office received and distributed your basic mail, and we were also responsible for large volumes...
Laurels & lances: Changing, giving, building, caring
Laurel: To adaptability. Lots of small businesses are trying to find ways to keep the doors open while the coronavirus pandemic is changing the way people shop, dine and drink. The creativity of some entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh’s East End is an urban take on a more rural model. Farms —...
Carla Hall: Can we leave Nancy Pelosi’s hair alone?
So, let’s talk about Nancy Pelosi’s hair. Or, more specifically, the wash and blowout that the Democratic House Speaker from San Francisco got at a salon there that was shuttered by pandemic rules but somehow managed to open for her — and just her. Of all the rules surrounding the...
Paul Kengor: Covid-19’s devastation of small-town theaters
We’ve all witnessed covid-19’s terrible impact on the economy, especially restaurants, bars, and, well, you name it. One thing uniquely hit, literally silenced, are small-town movie theaters that have long struggled to stay in business. People in my community are feeling this. The Guthrie Theatre, which has operated in downtown...
Lori Falce: Chadwick Boseman was the hero 2020 needed
If there is one thing we have learned in 2020, it is what a hero looks like. A hero doesn’t have to jump in front of a bullet. He might drive a bus. A hero doesn’t have to run faster than a train. She might admit patients in the ER....
Claudine Schneider: Freedom of the press under threat
While Americans focus on the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing economic crisis and now the presidential campaign, top Republicans in Washington are continuing to attack one of the constitutional pillars of American democracy: our free press. America’s founders knew freedom of the press was so important that they enshrined it in...
Letter to the editor: No plea bargains in exchange for more drug arrests
Regarding the article “Feds accuse 26 of being part of fentanyl-trafficking ring tied to Shot Boyz gang, Latrobe drug dealing” (Aug. 21, TribLIVE): Great, as long as the DA does not plea bargain the charges down to get them to talk so he can claim more arrests. Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Make your vote count — in person
President Trump is correct when he says mail-in ballots are open to fraud. A recent report from the Crime Prevention Research Center says 78% of the countries in the OECD (generally representing the developed world) either do not allow mail-in ballots “for people living in the country” or require a...
Letter to the editor: Joe Biden’s ‘goodness’
Erstwhile conservative S.E. Cupp’s take on the Biden family album displayed at the DNC convention inspired her to pronounce them “good people” (“I’m voting for Biden because he’s a good person — and why that matters”). She may have to revise her sentiment upon learning that the supposed blind-date-to-bliss romance...
Letter to the editor: Not all Democrats are ‘radical left’
I received a pop-up ad on my iPhone: “STOP THE RADICAL LEFT.” Like the bell-shaped curve that graded your tests in college, the curve can also describe the political spectrum in America. The radicals are those who favor quick change. Protesters, strikers and revolutionaries are included in this group. They...
Editorial: Sign theft stifles free speech
Speech isn’t always about using your voice. Maybe it’s a book. Maybe it’s a quote in a magazine article. It could be a T-shirt or a hat or a tattoo. But as the election approaches, one form of speech will pop up more and more: the yard sign. They may...
