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Letter to the editor: New Kensington mural ideas
Nostalgic New Ken wants a mural idea for the Walt’s Deli building (“Pitt-Greensburg seeks input for planned New Kensington mural,” April 14, TribLIVE). Everybody misses the good ol’ days. How about a painting of a clock? The clock across the street hasn’t worked right in years. How about a painting...
Letter to the editor: Are our true colors showing during pandemic?
I’ve grown tired of reading, and writing, about President Trump’s lies, outlandish comments, disrespect of science, etc. Instead, a comment on Americans’ “true colors.” Crises can shine light on our true colors. Americans have risen to do what is right and work together in the past. American resolve was demonstrated...
Letter to the editor: Will you dive in, or wait till it’s safe?
President Trump has been trying to pass on to Americans a bill of goods that everything is fine, we have everything under control. He reminds me of the mayor in “Jaws” who has advance warnings of a danger in the water but ignores them for the sake of his small...
Letter to the editor: Facts about shutdown’s effects
Opinions are like faces: Everyone has one. And while each person’s opinion should be respected, there are those expressed that often are inane, ignorant and uninformed — opinions that should never be publicly expressed. To me, Jay Londino’s letter “Shutting down not way to deal with virus” (April 23, TribLIVE)...
Letter to the editor: Clean up your garbage, Arnold residents
My friend and I walk every day. We see what is happening to the alleys of Arnold, and it is disturbing. We have been asked by our officials to bag everything and put the bags in cans with lids. This is not happening. Boxes are strewn everywhere and garbage lies...
Letter to the editor: Addressing school injustices
The article “School districts plan summer learning, fearing learning loss from time outside classroom” (May 5, TribLIVE) highlighted the huge toll that school closures have on students’ learning and well-being. For many students of color and students living in poverty, public schools may be the only place they can turn...
Letter to the editor: Corporations must support workers
Policy analysts claim the American response to coronavirus faces a dilemma. Either we reopen businesses immediately, causing infection surges that will kill tens of thousands, or stay closed as we are now and ruin the economy. That’s a false dichotomy. There are other alternatives, as Daniel Markovits, author of “The...
Lori Falce: We need to learn to argue
If there is one thing that the coronavirus pandemic cannot stifle, it is our voices. I see that every day in the letters that come through my inbox, and the comments that dangle from my online content like icicles. If anything, it seems one more side effect of this new...
David Hogg: Civilian Coronavirus Corps fails to solve problem of Wolf’s making
Gov. Tom Wolf is bringing to life the maxim: Never let a good crisis go to waste. As the covid-19 pandemic continues, Wolf wants to roll out a new program that will cripple the state financially and supposedly fix a problem the governor himself is causing. Through his Commonwealth Civilian...
Michael Madison and Christopher Briem: Shaping the Pittsburgh region post-pandemic
Michael Madison is a professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh who published Pittsblog, a 2004 to 2011 weblog about economic development and Pittsburgh’s post-steel renewal. Christopher Briem is a regional economist with the Urban & Regional Analysis program at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Social and Urban...
Letter to the editor: Can Gov. Andrew Cuomo explain NY coronavirus death rate?
Regarding Ed Collins’ letter “Gov. Andrew Cuomo a responsible leader” (May 9, TribLIVE): Has Cuomo ever explained why New York has 26% (21,845 out of 83,082) of the country’s deaths? The other 49 states account for 73% of the deaths or 1.5% on average per state. Just wondering. Brian Krupar...
Letter to the editor: Pa. citizens suffering with real-estate shutdown
Across Pennsylvania, consumers are being denied the ability to obtain shelter. Gov. Tom Wolf deemed real estate a nonlife-sustaining business, which has caused a significant hardship for Pennsylvanians. While real estate agents in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties can return to work when the state moves to the yellow phase May...
Letter to the editor: Squirrels must have high IQs
A recent letter-writer (“Voters’ IQs,” May 6, TribLIVE) took issue with assertions I put forth in my letter (“Democrats’ ads disrespectful during crisis,” April 2, TribLIVE), writing that “all Republicans must have the IQs of a squirrel.” Respectfully, I once watched a squirrel running through the treetops on one of...
Letter to the editor: Trump a great president doing his best
Donald Trump seemed to be favored by Hollywood and the media. When he decided to run for president, that all mysteriously changed, and they turned on him like he was their mortal enemy. It’s obvious to me that this is what these people do, and this is what they are;...
Letter to the editor: Disjointed efforts to fight covid-19
Multiple sources have reported that the White House ignored warnings from U.S. intelligence in November 2019 about a deadly virus outbreak in China. Various government agencies had briefings which resulted in a detailed outline of the threat in the president’s daily briefing in early January. For the next two months...
Colleen Shogan: Lessons in perseverance from the suffrage movement
The story of American women’s fight for their right to vote is full of inspiring examples of persevering through difficult times, and Pittsburgh women led the way. During the current health crisis, we must find sources of inspiration that can help us cope during these unprecedented times. As vice chair...
Leah Watt: Working from home makes better workers
I can honestly say what many cannot — I love my job. As a software engineer, I love the challenges and rewards, the product, the company and the intelligent, passionate, infuriatingly arrogant but wildly talented colleagues I have come to call friends. Before coronavirus forced me to set up shop...
Editorial: Finding grace as we live through a pandemic
How sweet the sound. It has been two months since the schools closed. Two months since the chrysalis started to close around our homes and our communities. Two months since we retreated behind doors and pulled masks to separate ourselves from the coronavirus pandemic. And now we are finally hearing...
Letter to the editor: Biden entitled to presumption of innocence
Regarding Jonah Goldberg’s column “Burden of proof on Joe Biden to deflect Tara Reade accusations”: Even though I wouldn’t vote for Biden, I think that he is entitled, as is every American, to be presumed innocent until he is proven guilty by a jury of his peers. He already stated...
Letter to the editor: Sloan building continues
I wish I had the mystical resources that some members of the Franklin Regional School Board seem to have, so confidently voting to continue building at the Sloan school site (“Franklin Regional board votes to restart Sloan construction project,” April 14, TribLIVE). They must have had the advantages of some...
Editorial: Pittsburgh’s airport can pivot for new turbulent reality
Delays, cancellations and reroutes at an airport are part of the routine. That’s why there are the big boards that tell not just at which gate a flight is arriving or departing but whether that is happening on time or not at all — because nothing is a given. Including...
Pat Buchanan: Coexistence with China or Cold War II?
Under fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump, his campaign and his party are moving to lay blame for the 80,000 U.S. dead at the feet of the Communist Party of China and, by extension, its longtime general secretary, President Xi Jinping. There is talk on Capitol...
Jeff Kupfer: More taxes, covid-19 could cripple Pa. shale
Jeff Kupfer is a former acting deputy secretary of energy in the Bush administration and an adjunct professor of policy in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. Each day brings more evidence of the economic wrecking ball unleashed by the coronavirus. And as the country deals with the crisis, that wrecking...
Jack Troy: Alarmed by Trump’s actions on coronavirus
Dear Rep. John Joyce, Thank you for your op-ed “America must hold China accountable for coronavirus” (May 6, TribLIVE). Dr. Joyce, some of us feel that the word “partly” might have been inserted between “China” and “accountable.” As someone who has lived through the administrations of 14 presidents, I have...
Letter to the editor: Big Ben in Hall of Fame
OK, I’ll bite: Who is Jay Glazer (“Tim Benz: Jay Glazer’s shot at Ben Roethlisberger raises interesting dynamic,” May 7, TribLIVE)? I’m a near-95-year-old Steelers fan originally from Uniontown who has followed my team since Jock Sutherland was the coach and prior to our great quartebacks when the games were...
