Opinion category, Page 697
Letter to the editor: Kertes will work hard for Westmoreland
I had the privilege of working with Sean Kertes, a candidate for Westmoreland County commissioner, when he was chief deputy in the county treasurer’s office. This young man is wise beyond his years. He was always fair and always had a listening ear. I had to stop working due to...
Letter to the editor: Media’s bias is dangerous
The Democrats have focused on impeaching President Trump with an obsession that seems manic. First collusion, then obstruction of justice. When Robert Mueller’s report did not support their allegations, it made them even more manic. Now we have a telephone call leading to an impeachment inquiry. There is something even...
G. Terry Madonna & Michael Young: Five impeachment myths that matter
Media coverage of possible presidential impeachment dominates the news today as few issues in recent memory. Yet, the constitutional framework that controls impeachment (scattered throughout Articles I, II and III), is little understood by even normally informed Americans. An ancient practice derived from English common law, impeachment was incorporated into...
Pat Buchanan: Is impeachment now inevitable?
“There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader,” is a remark attributed to a French politician during the turbulent times of 1848. Joe Biden’s declaration last Wednesday that President Trump should be impeached is in that tradition. Joe is scrambling to get out in front...
Editorial: Enrollment decline a competition problem
Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities need more students. According to a census taken on the 15th day of class at the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education schools, total enrollment dropped 2.6% from 2018 to 2019. That’s a continuation of a trend. In 2010, there were 119,513 students. Today the number...
Letter to the editor: Trump is no messiah
D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) disturbed me greatly. How can any human being with an IQ greater than 25 compare Donald Trump to Jesus Christ? Scandrol tries to make a compelling case, but maybe he should be a writer of fiction. Then it wouldn’t matter if...
Letter to the editor: Freeport park beautiful again
I took a ride around Freeport Community Park in June. The last time I did that, many years ago, I was shocked and very sad at what I saw. The once beautiful park was overgrown with weeds; the tennis and basketball courts were in terrible condition. The stonework lining the...
Robert B. Reich: Trump’s foreign policy serves only Trump
The most xenophobic and isolationist American president in modern history has been selling America to foreign powers for his personal benefit. Donald Trump says he withdrew American troops from the Syrian-Turkish border — leaving our Kurdish allies to be slaughtered and opening the way for a resurgent ISIS — because...
Tom Purcell: Bullies are online, but so is help for them & their victims
My sister Kris kicked the tar out of Frankie Leper. It happened in 1972 after Leper, a notorious neighborhood bully, busted up my handmade go-kart, then shoved me into the mud. Sure, Leper was a big kid. But as he stood over me, taunting me, Kris tackled him and pounded...
Jonah Goldberg: Senate GOP’s no-win scenario
In response to news reports Oct. 6 that at least one additional administration whistleblower has come forward to say what he or she knows about President Trump’s Ukrainian schemes, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted, “I’ve seen this movie before — with Brett Kavanaugh. More and more doesn’t mean better...
Letter to the editor: To solve problems, we must follow Bible’s direction
Why can’t we respect the fact that everyone has an opinion, whether or not it is one we agree with? I refer in particular to letter-writer Al Duerig (“Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous,” Oct. 1, TribLIVE), who calls Trump supporters blind, stupid or rich. Why can’t you just state your case without...
Letter to the editor: Democrats are not socialists
With all due respect to my fellow Americans, most of us simply don’t know that a “liberal/progressive” is not the same thing as a “socialist.” A true “socialist” is someone who wants all of the businesses and workplaces to be owned and controlled by “the state” or “the government” or...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Oct. 14
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Editorial: Robocalls are unwanted intrusion
The phone rings. You know who it is. No, wait. You know what it is. It’s not a friend asking you to lunch. It’s not a neighbor asking to borrow your lawnmower. It’s probably not even your pharmacy reminding you that your prescription is ready. There is an ever-increasing likelihood...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s betrayal of Kurds latest indignity for suffering country
Back in 2011, the embers of the Syrian war sparked in the southwestern town of Daraa in a siege by the Assad regime’s Syrian Army that resulted in the deaths of up to 240 civilians, many of them children. Eight years later, you’re forgiven if you’ve forgotten why that war...
Colin Hanna: Private equity is good for Pa.
Recent attacks on private equity funds have unwisely focused on a retirement fund for Pennsylvania’s Public School Employees (PSERS). Those unfounded criticisms intentionally ignore important facts — including how private equity investment consistently delivers the strongest returns for Pennsylvania retirees’ pensions. Apparently, those who disparage PSERS investments place a higher...
Letter to the editor: Jane Fonda, unions
Two things in the Sept. 25 edition caught my eye. Kenneth Nath’s letter ”Can’t forgive Jane Fonda” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE) was spot on. About the only thing I can think of to do to Fonda is spit on her. While she was playing with the enemy’s guns, my friends were...
Letter to the editor: Reliable sources beneficial
Jesus did not establish a church? Letter-writer Al Duerig (“Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous,” Oct. 1, TribLIVE) is apparently unaware that many religious organizations consider Matthew 16:18 (“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”) to be their foundation. Of course, the prattle about emoluments, a hijacked judicial...
Letter to the editor: Trump is no savior
D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” was the most sacrilegious drivel I’ve read in 84 years of living. To admire and support President Trump is one thing; but to even remotely compare him to Christ is utterly ridiculous. Trump came to make America great again. America was already great, only...
George Will: Spiraling president adds self-impeachment to repertoire
WASHINGTON Donald Trump, an ongoing eruption of self-refuting statements (“I’m a very stable genius” with “a very good brain”), is adding self-impeachment to his repertoire. Spiraling downward in a tightening gyre, his increasingly unhinged public performances (Google the one with Finland’s dumbfounded president looking on) are as alarming as they...
Eric Failing: Working to end slavery of human trafficking
The history books tell us that slavery officially ended in the United States on Dec. 6, 1865, when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. However, the prevalence of human trafficking cases across the country tells us that slavery lives on. In fact, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Real value of loyalty lost on Trump
I am not an expert in foreign relations or diplomacy. But I do understand the nature and importance of loyalty. President Trump’s unilateral decision to abandon the Kurdish fighters in Syria is an invitation to Turkey to cross the border and annihilate the Kurds. This seems clueless. The Kurdish fighters...
James Simpson: Trump’s waffling on immigration could cost him in 2020
President Trump just announced a major immigration reform package that’s certain to disappoint his staunchest supporters. The plan, which was largely designed by the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would maintain the current, historically high level of legal immigration. That’s a reversal from Trump’s campaign-trail promise to scale back legal migration....
Editorial: Just what is sustainable?
Sustainable is a great new buzzword. It sounds great. Sustainable. It’s hard to argue with the idea of sustainability. Who doesn’t want something to keep going? The problem is that sustainable can mean two different — and closely related — things with one distinct difference. Sustainable can mean that something...
Alan Novak & T.J. Rooney: Pennsylvania’s unaffiliated voters deserve a voice
As the Pennsylvania General Assembly heads back to Harrisburg to take up the commonwealth’s business, a priority for their fall agenda should be passing Senate Bill 300. This proposal would enable Pennsylvania’s unaffiliated voters to have a voice in casting votes in either the Republican or Democrat ballot on primary...
