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Walter Williams: Colleges dupe parents & taxpayers with ‘diversity’
Colleges and college students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today’s students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity personnel, with massive budgets to accommodate. According to Minding the Campus, Penn State’s Office of Vice Provost for Educational...
Editorial: Opioid companies profit from cure
According to statistics from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, the number of fatalities resulting from drug overdoses is expected to have fallen for the second year in a row. That is undeniably good news. It means fewer people are grieving the loss of loved ones. What it does not mean is...
Letter to the editor: Irwin residents getting gouged on gas
This is intended for people who live near the Irwin Pennsylvania Turnpike entrance. Have you wondered why we keep getting ripped off on gasoline? If you go a few miles in any direction, you will find gas up to 30 cents a gallon cheaper. It is apparent to me that...
Letter to the editor: Ridiculous pay increases in North Huntingdon
So now we have North Huntingdon Township “officials” granting “department heads” a pay increase for 2020. Only one councilman voted no, Brian Blasko, the voice of reason. By my acute math skills (as I am not a product of the public screwel system, another black hole for spending abuse), a...
Letter to the editor: Illegal school-bus passing
Regarding the article “Traffic citations in school zones surge in Allegheny County” (Dec. 23, TribLIVE): Many school zones are not properly signed and lack flashing lights. You cannot read the signs unless you stop, and the flashing lights go off at all hours, when there is no school. Act 159...
Donald Boudreaux: Some hopes for 2020 & beyond
A traditional New Year’s practice is to express hope for the coming year. As 2020 dawns, I here convey some of my hopes not only for the coming year, but for the coming decade and beyond. I hope, first of all, for an end to this past decade’s infatuation with...
Lori Falce: Real resolutions for 2020
It’s January 2020. Resolution time. Are you too fat? There are dozens, if not hundreds, of apps, books, programs, subscription-based meal delivery services and trendy diets out there waiting to tell you what you’ve done wrong, what you should look like and how to change — for a price. Not...
Laurels & lances: Sports, spats, skates and scams
Laurel: To little bits of sports history. Close to 300 people gathered on New Year’s Day in a North Huntingdon auto dealership to get a glimpse of some of the pieces of the past that made up Bill Mazeroski’s 17-year Hall-of-Fame career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. More than 120 participated...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment should stop dictatorship
I’ve watched the impeachment debate. The impending vote should stop the dictatorship of the U.S. I as well would love to hear from witnesses. I do believe First Lady Melania Trump is the whistleblower. What do you think? Deb Gorlewski Harrison...
Letter to the editor: Conor Lamb in line with Nancy Pelosi
When Conor Lamb ran for Congress, he emphasized that he would not be a Nancy Pelosi hack. It didn’t take long for him to renege on his promise and fall into line with Pelosi. It seems like it doesn’t take long for an amateur politician to learn how to lie...
Letter to the editor: Putin’s message to Americans
An open letter from Vlad Putin to the American people: My dearest Amerikan Demokrat and Repubican freinds, You believe still accuse me meddling elections? I love Amerikans!!! Most beautiful people in hole world. Why I support candidate never heard of Armenia or Crimea? I prefer strong adversary, like Donald The...
Letter to the editor: Will new county commissioners fix ‘death spiral’?
In 2016, Wall Street analysts said President Trump would be bad for the economy. So much for experts. We get to re-elect Trump next November with our best economy in history. Locally, the outgoing Westmoreland County commissioners wrestled with a 2020 budget shortfall of $9.3 million, and in an act...
William Kerr: Remembering Apollo Patrolman Leonard C. Miller
Jan. 3 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Apollo Patrolman Leonard C. Miller, who sacrificed his life for the community. This date is celebrated not because Leonard Miller died, but because he lived. Miller was a friend and colleague, and the life of this young man — who...
Editorial: Preparation is never a problem
It is now 20 years since the world didn’t end with the crash of all the computers. The Y2K bug didn’t do what everyone feared. Years of increasing anxiety about what would happen when the calendars flipped from the 1900s to the 2000s in a digital world that was often...
Letter to the editor: Does Schumer have an open mind?
It appears Sen. Chuck Schumer is confused and frustrated about his role in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Is he the prosecutor? Is he Trump’s defender? Will he act as an impartial juror? He has made statements indicating he can act in all three roles. Schumer should only...
Letter to the editor: Trump & our freedoms
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was the war to end all wars. Approximately 15 years after the end of this war, a sick-minded, evil man through lies, trickery and deceit captured the minds of most but not all of the German people and led the world into...
Letter to the editor: Reelect Trump, keep making America great
President Trump was elected to office by more than 63 million Americans. He was elected to make our country prosperous again. To make our country safe again. To make our country respected again. He has accomplished these things and much more in spite of the constant opposition from the Democrats....
Pat Buchanan: Is ‘Little Rocket Man’ winning?
As of Dec. 26, Kim Jong Un’s “Christmas gift” to President Donald Trump had not arrived. Most foreign policy analysts predict it will be a missile test more impressive than any Pyongyang has yet carried off. Kim cannot want war with the United States, as this could result in the...
Kristin Buccigrossi: NFL, how could you honor Michael Vick?
My blood has been boiling for the past few weeks toward the NFL with its choice to honor Michael Vick as a captain at the Pro Bowl. While some say that time can heal all wounds and that people can learn from their mistakes, I do not believe that Vick...
Editorial: 2020 promises wild ride
If 2019 seemed like a roller coaster, hurtling to the peak of one local, state, national or global event after another before veering wildly off in a different direction or plunging down to an unsatisfying resolution, well, buckle your seat belts, keep your hands and arms inside the car at...
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers’ pay increase
Where would all the mediocre lawyers go for an increase in their standard of living if not into politics? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Senate leaders not following Constitution
I was slightly misquoted in your story “Westmoreland County impeachment rally draws more than 100” (Dec. 17, TribLIVE) — an easy mistake to make on a cold and snowy street corner with car horns blaring in the background. Regarding the Congress, I didn’t observe, “They’ve said out loud they’re not...
Letter to the editor: We need a cleansing of Congress
Regarding the article “Report: U.S. misled public on progress in Afghanistan war”: Congress on both sides of the aisle should be ashamed of themselves and seriously consider resigning from office or not running for reelection. Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Jim Sensenbrenner, along with the rest of the...
Tom Purcell: Don’t take cyber scammers’ bait in 2020
One of 2019’s biggest stories will be bigger in 2020: Cyber scams are on the rise. “As people increasingly conduct business and live their lives online, more and more criminals are leveraging the internet to steal,” reports Forbes’ Stu Sjouwerman. The dirty rotten scammers continue to evolve, too, targeting businesses,...
Jonah Goldberg: If this has been super-decade, why are we still so angry?
There is a strong case to be made that things are getting better. In 2010, Matt Ridley made the case in “The Rational Optimist” that things were better than they appeared. Writing in The Spectator, on the cusp of 2020, Ridley offers an update: We’re finishing the best decade in...
