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Chadwick Dolgos: Experts are being silenced during coronavirus pandemic
America is confused right now, and who can blame us? We are experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases while the media, politicians and health experts argue the cause of the recent spike and best practices in combating the spread of covid-19. While navigating through daily media briefings and news stories...
Letter to the editor: Eliminating identity politics
The America I grew up in had a merit system. We were self-reliant and didn’t want handouts. I don’t care what color your skin, hair or eyes are because all lives matter equally. I expect a level playing field. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I look to a day when...
Letter to the editor: Local politicians are cowardly
Please — let me get this right because I’m confused by all I’m seeing and hearing on all local TV newscasts and to a lesser degree by newspaper and radio reports. Because of an increase in covid-19 diagnoses in Allegheny County, almost all of them among young people — especially...
Letter to the editor: Preserving the Plumer House
We were delighted to read about Gregory Barr’s reuse of the historic John C. Plumer House (“Historic West Newton house converted to Airbnb rental,” June 28), and hope generations of visitors will enjoy it. Unfortunately, the article’s descriptions of the sale of the property and the restrictions imposed by the...
Letter to the editor: Passion can lead to peace
Passion! Most everyone I talk to is passionate about what they observe and believe as it relates to their perspective about what is going on in our country. Passion is often so strong it resembles rage. It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s about racism, wearing masks, Marxism, socialism, patriotism,...
Editorial: Grand jury report on fracking indicts the state
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s latest grand jury report might seem like a diatribe on the evils of fracking. That is definitely what draws attention. The problem is that is only half the story. The other half is the failings of government. As attorney general, Shapiro has made a point...
Pat Buchanan: Are uncivil protests and mob violence winning?
The Seattle Commune is no more. Declared three weeks ago by radical leftists as CHAZ, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, rechristened CHOP, the Capitol Hill Occupation Protest, the six-block enclave inside Seattle ceased to exist July 1. The cops shut it down. As Marx said, history repeats itself, first as...
Western Pa. health care leaders: Your simple actions matter the most to prevent covid-19
This letter was signed by nine regional health care leaders, named below. Over the past three months, our organizations have proudly come together in an unprecedented fashion to address the enormous challenges we have faced as a community due to the novel coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. This public health crisis is...
Letter to the editor: Why would Putin pay Taliban to do what they’ve already sworn to do?
When last I heard, those Taliban fellows are all sworn to kill every one of us Americans. Now there’s a story going ‘round that Putin has offered some of those same Talibans a bounty to “assassinate” American soldiers in Afghanistan. Why would Putin offer to pay some of those thuggy...
Letter to the editor: Greensburg Salem’s ‘solution’
In response to “Greensburg Salem keeps taxes flat, cuts librarians and band teacher” (June 29, TribLIVE): At the June 29 Greensburg Salem School Board meeting, Superintendent Gary Peiffer and school board President Ron Mellinger assured the public they have tried every possible creative solution to save numerous eliminated positions. If...
Letter to the editor: Fireworks remind vet of soldier friends in Vietnam
As I was watching the July 4 fireworks on TV, I remembered my first night in Vietnam. The company commander told me to report to C Barracks until they formally could give me an assignment. I walked down the hill and was met by a young Black soldier. “Come on...
Letter to the editor: Democratic leaders must speak out, too
I feel compelled to respond to the letter “Our leaders must speak out on racism” (June 27, TribLIVE) regarding state Sen. Kim Ward’s warning on the Greensburg rally for George Floyd. I believe these protests are organized by Marxists who are using race as a vehicle to achieve their political...
Editorial: Our great outdoors are an asset to cherish
It’s hot out there. Southwestern Pennsylvania is in the middle of a heat wave that will see 90-degree highs all week. Seems like the perfect time to get outside and do something fun, right? But ugh, there it is again. The coronavirus pandemic. Just sitting there, ruining everything. We have...
Tom Purcell: A cool idea whose time has come again
I’m getting a whole-house attic fan installed this week — just like the one my father had installed in my childhood home — and I cannot wait to cool my house using his old-time methods. I have nothing against air conditioning, mind you. I run my central unit on summer’s...
Dr. James Thrasher: The call to do and act justly
As I approached the county courthouse for jury duty, my unfocused mind was in many different places, including being sincerely burdened by the state of our nation. I had filled out the eligibility questionnaire and made arrangements with my employer, and was committed to fulfilling my civic duty. I was...
Letter to the editor: American people need health care
The new attempt by President Trump to destroy the Affordable Care Act illustrates yet again that Republicans are desperate to take away the access of everyday people to health care. The fresh horror now is that they are doing this during a time of record unemployment due to an unprecedented...
Letter to the editor: Taking money, power from police is pitiful
So all the people who rioted in the streets, destroyed their neighbors’ property, started fires and committed crimes against the police suddenly think they’re entitled to do whatever they please. If a crime was not committed in the first place, there would be no reason for the police to be...
Letter to the editor: Reschenthaler drank the Kool-Aid
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler’s op-ed “Trump built greatest American economy before. He’ll do it again.” (June 22, TribLIVE) is nothing more than an ad for Trump. He drank the Kool-Aid. Leonard Mucci Derry Township...
Letter to the editor: Protesting in the Twilight Zone
“Peaceful protesters” vandalize a statue of the pioneer of peaceful protesting — Mahatma Gandhi. The same protesters who in the past probably carried signs that read “Stop Climate Change” stop traffic on busy interstate highways, creating miles-long stoppages, with thousands of cars idling and spewing climate-changing CO2. In numerous cities...
Letter to the editor: Reschenthaler’s Trump view out of touch
It is apparent that Guy Reschenthaler (“Trump built greatest American economy before. He’ll do it again.” June 28, TribLIVE) is out of touch with his constituents in Westmoreland County. Many people here are struggling to get by. Even before the virus hit, food banks were busy, and several homes were...
Letter to the editor: Wear masks to protect others
Letter-writer George Silowash (“Effectiveness of cloth masks”) brings up an interesting point. That is, his thoughts regarding viral particles remaining in a mask after evaporation of the exhaled respiratory droplets. It’s unclear to me whether the virus would adhere or be readily reinhaled. However, even if they were “free” and...
Letter to the editor: Nothing will come of grand jury report on fracking
Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s grand jury’s damning report clearly exposes the devastatingly harmful effects of shale gas drilling on Pennsylvanians. In particular, the incompetence and corruption of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is revealed, showing how it not only failed to protect the public but worked hand in glove with...
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 6
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 6....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 6
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S.E. Cupp: Trump endangering his own voters
If you’re a white supremacist, racist or just feeling insecure about your status as a white man in America, the president of the United States sure wants you to know, he’s got your back. Over the past few weeks, President Trump has stoked racial divisions by making steady, clumsy and...
