Opinion category, Page 698
Sounding off: GOP leaders put party ahead of country
In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. uring the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...
Letter to the editor: Pa. senators cowardly
President Trump has now crossed a major line and will cause Kurdish families to be massacred by the Turkish military. As he gloats over his decision, we prepare for gruesome TV footage. Our Pennslyvania senators now hide, instead of appearing in public to condemn the actions of the president. We...
Letter to the editor: Fanatics should respect Ellen’s freedom of speech
I heard about the Ellen DeGeneres’ “blunder” of sitting next to President George W. Bush at a football game as soon as I woke Monday morning. I came to the conclusion, as I sipped my coffee, that nothing is beyond the slander and backlash of extreme fanatics in this polarized...
Letter to the editor: America imploding on its own
Trying to obtain a reasonable and “accurate” account of news and current events nowadays is like going to the dentist, but without the benefit of Novocain. Truth and accuracy give way to opinion and bias; many times, opinions are disguised as fact in order to mislead the viewer/reader/listener. It’s pretty...
Letter to the editor: Walter Williams was right, people don’t care
”People don’t really care about you” (Oct. 4, TribLIVE) was one of Walter Williams’ better columns in our grimly amusing times. Slowly coming around to his thinking. Lance Kristan Champion...
Editorial: Is Marsy’s Law necessary?
Victims should not be forgotten in the criminal justice process. It is easy to reduce the court system to criminal and prosecutor — crime and punishment. Marsy’s Law is being proposed as an amendment to Pennsylvania’s constitution. It is a crime victims’ rights amendment that legislators and advocates say provides...
Walter Williams: So many environmental predictions grossly wrong
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has published a new paper, “Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions.” Keep in mind that many of the grossly wrong environmentalist predictions were made by respected scientists and government officials. My question for you is: If you were around at the time, how many...
John Stossel: Domestic & foreign wars
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party. She says the U.S. should talk to its enemies. She was criticized for meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. But Democrats were supposed to be the anti-war party. “They’re heavily influenced by a foreign policy establishment … whose whole...
Letter to the editor: GOP leaders put party ahead of country
In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. During the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Trump, Christ irreverent
This is my response (nonpartisan) to the letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) by D.A. Scandrol, who certainly has a right to his opinion. I found his letter the height, to say the least, of irreverence, as he compared President Trump’s “accomplishments” to our Creator, Lord and Savior, Jesus...
Letter to the editor: Giant Eagle’s gun request hypocritical
Giant Eagle’s weigh-in on gun control (“Giant Eagle urges against open carry on store properties,” Sept. 14, TribLIVE) gives me another reason to buy my eggs at Aldi. If Giant Eagle was seriously concerned about the health and welfare of its customers, it wouldn’t profit by selling tobacco and alcohol...
Letter to the editor: Politics & parades
Kudos to the Tribune-Review editorial staff for standing against politics oozing into public events that are organized and funded by local government entities (“No politics at homecoming,” Sept. 29, TribLIVE). This also should apply to organizations advocating for or against any political issue, including those in favor or opposed to...
Laurels and Lances: Bleeding, carrying, healing
Laurel: To teaching students a vital part of first aid. Burrell High School became the first district in Westmoreland County to have students complete a “Stop the Bleed” class. This was provided by Excela Health Frick Hospital and Dr. William Jenkins. Teachers have been trained in most public and private...
Teresa Miller: Trump’s SNAP plan will hurt Pa. families
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as food stamps, is the most important anti-hunger program in the country. It helps more than 1.8 million of our fellow Pennsylvanians — our friends, neighbors and family members — put food on their tables. Those who rely on SNAP in Pennsylvania...
Paul Kengor: Dignity of children with Down syndrome
My family just visited Chocolate World at Hershey Park — the “sweetest place on earth.” We hit it every two or three years when traveling through. For those unfamiliar, Chocolate World is the heart of the Hershey experience. It’s a giant candyland, a chocolate paradise. The primary attraction is a...
Letter to the editor: Seeing reality of Trump
I am continually amazed by those who either cannot or will not think for themselves, or who refuse to see reality. Letter-writer George Biskup (“Collateral damage from anti-Trump actions,” Sept. 9, Trib LIVE) asked whether President Trump will ever get cooperation. Has he forgotten, or doesn’t realize, that the same was...
Letter to the editor: Our ‘Twilight Zone’ politics
Vice President Joe Biden is assigned to stop corruption in the Ukraine. His son, Hunter, and a friend of former Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson are appointed to the board of a gas company in the Ukraine (under investigation for widespread corruption) which paid them $5,000 and up every...
Letter to the editor: Let’s counter hatred with love
Take away the guns, knives and bombs, and the hatred is still there. Why? It’s called the trickle-down effect. When you watch the news, you see profanity like never before from politicians talking about the other party. You see people asked to leave restaurants because of their party affiliation. Mayors...
George Will: Tangled web of college diversity
The judge took 130 pages to explain that Harvard’s “holistic review” admissions policies — which include ascribing particular attributes to certain ethnicities, such as Asian Americans, and assessing the value to Harvard of those attributes — are, considering 41 years of Supreme Court precedents, permissibly race-conscious. She said the policies...
Dr. David Macpherson: Illness from vaping highly predictable
The explosion of “vaping” myriads of flavors and substances has quickly led to life-threatening disease and death in young people. A brief description of how our body staves off toxins shows why this recent outbreak was predictable. All life forms live in a world of toxins — mostly invisible stuff...
Editorial: Bald eagles unify fractured America
Someone shot a bald eagle. It happened on the West Penn Trail in Derry Township on Friday. Someone took a gun and shot our national symbol in the face. Its famous white cap of feathers was soaked in blood and a piece of its beak was just gone. On Monday,...
Letter to the editor: Trump is a true patriot
President Donald J. Trump was elected by the citizens of this country to do a job. He promised to “Make America Great Again” by creating jobs, cutting job-crushing regulations, making other nations in this world pull their own weight, stop illegal immigration and fix the unfair trade practices that have...
Letter to the editor: America’s mental problem is Trump
Finally, President Trump has said something I agree with: America has a mental problem. It is Trump himself and those who continue to support him despite all his lies and possibly treasonous activities. No president has slept with the enemy and said the hell with our allies more than Trump....
Letter to the editor: Don’t raise taxes for park in Hempfield
A public forum was held Sept. 19 at Hempfield Area High School regarding a new community park on Route 136 next to the high school. Attendees were asked whether they felt the community would support development of the park if it meant an increase in property taxes. My husband, a...
Pat Buchanan: Is China the country of the future?
“Who lost China?” With the fall of the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the defeat of his armies and the flight to Formosa, that was the question of the hour in 1949. And no one demanded to know more insistently than the anti-Communist Congressman John F. Kennedy: Tragic indeed was...
