Opinion category, Page 647
Letter to the editor: Medicines as bullets
Benjamin Franklin once said: “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost, for the want of a horse the rider was lost, for the want of a rider the battle was lost, for the want of a battle...
Letter to the editor: Union PLCB workers ‘non-essential’?
Let’s see … our state leadership decided to close all “nonessential” businesses to fight the coronavirus (including the state-run liquor stores). However, grocery stores selling wine and beer and beer distributors were deemed “essential.” What is the difference? Oh, right — the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) employees, who continue...
Letter to the editor: Coronavirus ‘not just about you’
I heard it again at the grocery store, the loud boastful, “If I get it, I get it,” as if to say “I don’t need to take any precautions.” Yes, you are young and healthy and most likely would survive the virus. But no, this is not just about you....
Letter to the editor: We must keep health care providers safe
Our niece, Tracy, is an intensive care nurse at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, a small city in the rural southwestern corner of Georgia. Covid-19 invaded Albany in early March. The outbreak has largely been attributed to a funeral in late February that drew over 100 mourners, including a...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 13
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of April 13....
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 13
Editorial cartoons for the week of April 13....
Noah Feldman: Mail-in voting is the only safe way to hold the 2020 election
Mail-in voting is the best way to ensure that the November 2020 election can proceed safely despite the coronavirus pandemic. It’s all too likely we’ll still be dealing with outbreaks then, and it’s well before we’ll have a vaccine. The United States needs to start making plans for mail-in ballots...
S.E. Cupp: Will Bernie brigade show up for Biden?
When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders finally announced he was suspending his campaign — but oddly, that he will remain on the ballot and collect delegates — the news hit his supporters understandably hard. Despite Sanders’ clear lack of viability over the past month, and a pandemic that paralyzed his and...
Editorial: Pandemic state prison release a bad idea
As soon as Tuesday, Pennsylvania will begin releasing inmates from state prisons. They will send them back to their communities on home confinement or to community facilities — as many as 1,800 people deemed non- violent and who would have been released within the next nine months anyway, or who are...
Letter to the editor: A covid-19 tax will be coming to Pa.
Does anybody remember the Johnstown Flood of 1936? Yeah, me neither. But do you know that in 1936, Pennsylvania enacted a “temporary” liquor tax in order to help pay for the damages caused by that flood? At the time, it was 10%; today, it is 18%. Fast-forward to 2020 and...
Letter to the editor: Sewing hope for society
We have reached a point in our history where our fate is being determined by our ability to sew. We are sewing masks because the federal government has failed to provide. Sewing takes preparation. You have to visualize the end product. You must plan. You must strategize. To make a...
Letter to the editor: Wisconsin voting debacle unconscionable
It is utterly unconscionable that the people of Wisconsin were forced to choose between exerting their basic right to vote and their health as in-person voting took place in the midst of a pandemic. The result was predictable: The majority of polling places did not have sufficient staff to operate,...
Frasat Ahmad: Celebrating Easter during covid-19 — a Muslim perspective
A tremor of worry has fallen upon Christian America. With 90% of Americans under stay-at-home orders and only one-fifth of religious Americans still attending worship services, many Christians are left wondering, “How will I celebrate Easter this year?” Even President Trump sought to dull the effects of this tremor, considering...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Seeing the beauty, keeping the faith in tough times
Out the window of my second-floor home office I can see the magnolia tree at the bottom of the drive, in full bloom now. It is a feathery mass of bright pink flowers, nestled where the trunk meets the ground by a bed of blue star-shaped Siberian squill. Some years,...
Editorial: Why hope is the starting point
We need hope. When things are bad — so bad that it seems unthinkable that they will ever be good again — hope is what tells us to hold on and breathe through it. Hope survived the car crash that crushed John Sikora’s NBA dreams. Glenn and Carole Johnson had...
Jessica Poole: Pa. should utilize nurse anesthetists in covid-19 response
As the covid-19 pandemic continues to increase exponentially in Pennsylvania, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are uniquely prepared to provide care for the surge of critically ill patients. Unfortunately, the full contribution of CRNAs is being limited. There are approximately 3,700 CRNAs and students in Pennsylvania, making us one of...
Walter Williams: Manipulation through racial hoaxes
We black people are so convenient and useful to America’s leftists. Whenever there’s a bit of silencing to be done, just accuse a detractor or critic of racism. A recent, particularly stupid, example is CNN’s Brandon Tensley’s complaint that the “Coronavirus Task Force is another example of Trump administration’s lack...
Sounding off: Gov. Andrew Cuomo would be good Democratic presidential candidate
Even though I am a Trump supporter, I hope Democrats are watching N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo giving his daily summary. He is the real deal. President Trump will wipe out Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders — not even close. Cuomo would be a formidable candidate, causing Trump serious problems. He...
Letter to the editor: Hate for Trump and Biden is evil
Two of God’s children are being exploited by those whose hatred is evil — our president and Joe Biden. My heart is overwhelmed when I hear the hateful speech, and when a man who could be suffering from problems with his mind is thrust into evil situations and needs compassion...
Letter to the editor: Party favors fatten stimulus bill
Nancy Pelosi was on TV extolling the virtues of the Senate’s bill. She went on at length about how she and the Democrats changed the bill from a corporate bailout to one aiding American workers. She didn’t mention they had delayed this bill for about a week trying to get...
Letter to the editor: World’s other deadly current pandemics
As the world goes through the coronavirus pandemic, with severity forecasts constantly changing because of imprecise data, the only known constant is that if you are a senior citizen and have health problems, you have a greater potential of succumbing to the disease. With this in mind, it might be...
Letter to the editor: Sources on gun data biased?
Regarding Rep. Dan Frankel’s op-ed “Congratulations on your new gun. Now lock it up.” (March 25, TribLIVE): Frankel is wrong when he states that a gun in the home makes you less safe. The supporting studies he cites inevitably lead to the 1993 CDC-funded Kellerman study, which is a highly...
Letter to the editor: Allegheny County Jail release was right thing to do
Reading Jacob Tierney’s article “More than 600 inmates released from Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh to slow pandemic” (March 31, Triblive) had me thinking was that it’s about time. But it shouldn’t take a pandemic for this to happen. According to a report released by University of Pittsburgh’s Criminal Justice...
Editorial: Darkness of quarantine, light of Easter
Easter isn’t a celebration of rabbits and chocolate. It isn’t about the lilies and jelly beans and ham. It isn’t even about the church service with meaningful sermons and little kids in crisp new pastel outfits. That’s all an important part of the annual rite of spring. It’s just not...
John Stossel: Bankrupting America
Two weeks ago, President Trump signed the largest stimulus bill in U.S. history: more than $2 trillion. For once, both Republicans and Democrats agreed. The Senate voted 96-0. The House didn’t even bother with a formal vote. At the White House, a reporter asked the president, pointing out that the...
