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Editorial: The right prescription for pandemic
Coronavirus has a lot to teach us. Or rather, the way the world has responded to it does. There are those who are overreacting and those who are underreacting. There are those in denial and those in overdrive. And then there are those who are controlling the message. We can...
Sounding off: Chill out; elections come every 4 years
An anticipated coronation turned out to be an election. The long-suffering palace princess was not chosen to lead the multitude into the promised land. A presidential election happens in the USA every four years, a process dreamed about in most other countries. I recently read an article that quoted the...
Letter to the editor: Candidate senators should have recused selves
In his letter “Common sense biggest loser in impeachment” (Feb. 9, TribLIVE), Glenn R. Plummer forgot to mention the “common sense” that three Democratic senators should have recused themselves because they are candidates seeking to run against the president. Perhaps just a little conflict of interest! And why didn’t the...
Letter to the editor: Mike Bloomberg’s apology not enough
In a recent MSNBC panel, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, discussed Mike Bloomberg’s racist policies when he was mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. Glaude said black people don’t just want an apology, we need to know what...
Letter to the editor: Pelosi’s action no different than Trump’s
Apparently, some of you folks don’t actually read the news in this paper that you send your opinions to. If you did, you would realize that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s response to President Trump’s speech was no different than Trump “tearing up” the Constitution. He admitted to being guilty of...
Letter to the editor: Donald Trump & his adversaries
Time wounds all heals. I didn’t make a mistake with these words. The two-party system in America has been dysfunctional for decades. Nothing gets done in Washington. And it’s getting worse. There is less civility and much acrimony by our “leaders.” Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff...
John Stossel: Bloomberg the nanny
Good for Mike Bloomberg. During his first debate, he slammed Bernie Sanders by saying: “We’re not going to throw out capitalism. We tried that. Other countries tried that. It was called communism, and it just didn’t work!” Exactly right. It’s safe to say Bloomberg is not a communist. I wonder...
Walter Williams: Two sides to ‘stop, question & frisk’
Before former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg threw his hat into the 2020 presidential race, he defended the New York Police Department’s use of “stop, question and frisk” policing. At a U.S. Naval Academy’s 2019 Leadership Conference, Bloomberg said, “We focused on keeping kids from going through the correctional...
Editorial: Keep a leash on bullying
There is something about voicing an opinion online that can turn a forum of ideas into a kennel. Instead of thoughtful insights, honest questions, legitimate concerns and reasonable critique, it can easily turn to snarling, barking and howling as commenters compete to be heard above the din. It is part...
Letter to the editor: Nancy Pelosi’s tantrum inexcusable
We expect a tantrum from a child, not from the speaker of the House at a State of the Union address with the president of these United States. The speaker and the vice president received the president’s speech, the contents which in part were sacred, and to be defaced in...
Letter to the editor: Rahmael Holt deserves fear
Regarding the article “Rahmael Holt officially sent to death row for killing New Kensington Officer Brian Shaw” (Feb. 12, TribLIVE): This dangerous anomaly needs to taste the fear of impending death. Yes, he may spend more time breathing before it happens, but the process is in motion. And his fear...
Letter to the editor: We shouldn’t cheer bullies like Trump
Regarding Dan Manka’s letter “Nancy Pelosi’s act shows her character” (Feb. 9, TribLIVE): Please spare me your outrage over ripping up a copy of a speech that was full of lies and showmanship, when the man sitting in the Oval Office has mocked a disabled reporter, makes fun of people`s...
Letter to the editor: Democrats failed because Constitution worked
Impeachment? Here is what happened. In 2016, successful businessman and nonpolitician Donald Trump believed in the conservative principle that reducing taxes and restrictive regulations on job producers would create rapid job growth and an economic boom. It sure did. He believed that a strong military and law enforcement were the...
Paul Kengor: Bernie’s millions
“I think … Mike Bloomberg and anybody else has every right in the world to run for president of the United States,” says Bernie Sanders. “But I got a real problem with multibillionaires literally buying elections.” It frosts Bernie Sanders to share the debate stage with Manhattan Mike Bloomberg, New...
Lori Falce: Why we write about sex abuse
“But why do you have to put it up there in black and white? Why does there have to be a headline? Why can’t you just let it go?” I‘ve had this conversation before. “Why do you have to write about Jerry Sandusky? It makes Penn State look bad.” “Why...
Laurels & lances: Vandals, cleanup and delivery
Lance: To defacing nature. Over the weekend, vandals spray painted graffiti all over hundreds of feet of the natural sandstone that lies along the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park. This wasn’t some underpass or derelict old building where vandalism is still unwanted and makes a city or a neighborhood...
Letter to the editor: We need 4 more years of Trump
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff should be ashamed of themselves. Moe, Larry and Curly have more brains than the three of them. I think Pelosi is crazy, tearing up President Trump’s speech on national television. And she calls herself a good Catholic. Every time they cut Trump down...
Letter to the editor: How can we ask taxpayers for more?
In his op-ed “Let’s talk about fixing Pa.’s educator shortage” (Feb. 15, TribLIVE), Rich Askey did a great job explaining what should be done to attract more educators, but he failed to say what justifications should be given to the taxpayers. How do we ask the senior working a minimum-wage...
Letter to the editor: Obama vs. Trump on national debt
I wholly endorse Robin Rosewicz’s comments in his letter “Obama had hand in our economic recovery” (Jan. 20, TribLIVE). He referenced Daniel Lucas’ letter “National debt under Trump, Obama” (Jan. 4, TribLIVE), which made the assertion that President Obama’s additions to the national debt were “statistically” much greater than under...
Jonah Goldberg: Why aren’t Democrats issuing a Sanders alert?
In “Jaws 2,” Roy Scheider reprises his role as police Chief Brody, the landlubber lawman forced to battle a great white shark. He’s convinced there’s another beast out there, but he can’t persuade anyone who matters. “Look at this. That’s a shark,” says Brody, waving a grainy underwater photo at...
Editorial: A thoughtful, intentional Lent
What did you give up for Lent? The traditionals are things like chocolate and alcohol. Modern, digital Christians who observe the 40-day period leading up to Easter might abstain from things like Facebook or Twitter. Diehards eschew meat the whole time, regardless of Vatican II-era changes. Some gratefully limit that...
Letter to the editor: No excuse for not requiring ID to vote
Remember the old joke about the buses lined up at the cemetery on Election Day? It may not be a joke. The watchdog group Judicial Watch told Allegheny County in December that its voter rolls contain far too many names of people ineligible to vote — people who are dead,...
Letter to the editor: Democrats party of nothing
If, as letter-writer Thomas Severin offers in his letter “Republican Party has no honor” (Feb. 13, TribLIVE), that the party of the pachyderms has no honor, I opine that today’s Democratic Party offers nothing, nada, zip, zilch. He says nice words that we should expect and demand from our elected...
Letter to the editor: ‘Do nothing Republicans’ did nothing
Boy, am I glad the impeachment proceedings are over and the “do nothing Republicans” did just what I thought they would do … nothing. They ignored everything President Trump did and totally went against the Constitution of the United States and their oaths of office. Trump must be having a...
Pat Buchanan: If Duterte wants us out of Philippines, let’s go
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has just given us notice he will be terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in the islands. His notification starts the clock running on a six-month deadline. If no new agreement is negotiated, the VFA is dissolved. What triggered the decision? Duterte...
