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Jason Wilburn: USMCA is 21st-century enhancement America needs
Just like the unseen parts used to make automobiles and airplanes work, the contributions of the Keystone State are often experienced — even if not always seen — every day around the world. The products manufactured in Pennsylvania help make the world function, but all of that could slow down...
Editorial: Education needs a better charter
What is a charter? It’s the authorization by which something comes into being. William Penn was given a charter for the land that became Pennsylvania. It was the Charter of Liberties that he later granted the state’s first ruling body in 1701 that took Penn’s Woods from being his holding...
Letter to the editor: Pennsylvania’s gasoline tax
I applaud Robert Ober for his letter about the prices of gas going up at the whim of the oil companies (“Petroleum industry greed,” Aug. 2, TribLIVE). However, let’s not forget our Legislature and the tax on gas, the second highest in the nation. We poor souls in Pennsylvania are...
Pat Buchanan: China, not Russia, the greater threat
Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport. Ominously, Beijing described the violent weekend demonstrations as “deranged” acts that are “the first signs of terrorism,” and vowed a merciless crackdown on the perpetrators. China is being pushed toward a...
Sen. Wayne Fontana: Student loans are increasingly the only way forward for many students
Most college students look forward to summer break and a reprieve from the classroom, but few have the resources to take the “summer off” from one of their most difficult challenges: paying for their education. A postsecondary education can be expensive, but it is an investment worth making. Whether a...
Editorial: What happens now with church abuse
It’s been a year. One year since the scope of the Catholic church sex scandal was dragged into the light of day. One year since Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro released the grand jury report that detailed 70 years of children being abused — first when their bodies were touched...
Letter to the editor: Health care system in dire straits
I’ve seen firstand the condition of our country’s health-care system; it is so much worse than any can believe. Patient care is being inhibited by regulations and short staff from cost-cutting. I do believe that many don’t make it back home because of lack of resources. Floor staff do the...
Letter to the editor: Why can’t we work together on shootings?
Disbelief. Terror. Shame. These are some of the feelings which we as Americans are becoming used to. How often do we tune in to find out that there has been another mass shooting event? How many occurrences before we take action? When will we come to an agreement on taking...
Letter to the editor: Humans are on a fatal course
At 63 years old I’ve gained some wisdom and insight into the human condition. I see the standards of morality and competence that have held America together and made her great quickly unraveling, and a dearth of men of fortitude, integrity and strength able to pull us out of this...
Tom Purcell: ‘Social media’? more like ‘anti-social media’
“I can’t take it anymore! My social media friends are driving me batty!” “Ah, yes, you speak of a recent Pew Research Center survey that found ‘46% of adult social media users say they feel worn out by political posts and discussions they see on social media’ — a share...
Carl Hiaasen: Jeffrey Epstein’s wealth, power gave him protection that his victims never got
The more we learn about the late Jeffrey Epstein’s 13 months in so-called custody at the Palm Beach County Stockade, the clearer is the lesson: It definitely helped to be rich, even if you were a monstrous sexual predator. It didn’t help Epstein that much at the Metropolitan Correction Center...
S.E. Cupp: We’re all culpable in the culture of political hate
It feels like we’re all actors on a movie set. In the face of yet another tragic and horrifying mass shooting — two, actually — it’s like the director yelled “Action!” and we all assumed our positions. The responses to two hate-inspired shootings last weekend, one in El Paso, Texas,...
Editorial: Jailhouse suicides aren’t theories
Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide has prompted a rash of conspiracy theories about how a wealthy man in an infamous criminal case could have been left to kill himself. There are the theories that the government had him killed. Or maybe it was the Clintons. Or maybe it was the even...
Letter to the editor: Parking passes & tickets
You would think that having a parking pass for the Brownsville-Sankey parking lot would exempt you from tickets. Apparently not. I forgot to display my pass one day and received a ticket. Now keep in mind that I have parked in the same spot with the same vehicle for seven...
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers must work to end immigration lawlessness
I believe “white anger” lays solely at the feet of Congress. For many years, since President Reagan’s time, little or nothing has been done to control our borders and visa overstays. We Americans, of whatever color, etc., are expected to obey our laws; and yet total lawlessness is allowed to...
Letter to the editor: Gays, blacks, reparations
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has added to her platform a proposal to “pay reparations to gays” on the grounds that, prior to being allowed to marry, LGBT couples had to file separate tax returns and thus pay more in taxes. Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten,...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 12
Editorial cartoons for the week of Aug. 12....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 12
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Aug. 12....
Letter to the editor: James Comey should have been prosecuted
Why wasn’t James Come(D)y prosecuted? I will give you three guess and the first two don’t count. John Newhouse Shaler...
Harry Hochheiser & Ray Roberts: Let’s talk about carbon fee & dividend
The doldrums of late summer may usually be sleepy times for our congressional representatives, with the August recess bringing a lull in legislative activity and fundraising trips back home. This year in Pittsburgh might be different, as U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, has scheduled a town hall session Aug....
Editorial: Crime is nothing new
It’s enough to make you afraid to go … well, anywhere. Even though, statistically, we know that the places we go every day are no more dangerous than they have ever been. Violent crime rates have dropped 49% since 1993, according to the FBI. But the Pew Research Center says...
Letter to the editor: Project SEED feeds hungry kids
Many families are busy preparing their children for “back to school” by buying new clothes and supplies. Unfortunately, not every child has the opportunity to start the school year, and each school week, with that same level of preparation. Right here in the Alle-Kiski Valley, hundreds of children live in...
Letter to the editor: Liberals’ plan to defeat Trump
Liberal cities and states raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which causes businesses to cut people’s hours or lay them off. Now the liberals will say Trump’s economy is not good — just look at these people losing their jobs. They will hurt hard-working people to get back...
Letter to the editor: Let’s try posting the Ten Commandments
The recent rash of mass shootings once again stimulates the knee-jerk reaction to ban semiautomatic and other guns without any observation of the moral breakdown in our society that may be contributing to such violent behavior. There are signs posted in schools and government buildings banning guns and noting gun-free...
Cal Thomas: Mass murders are a symptom
Politicians and pundits are promoting familiar explanations, excuses and demands following the tragic mass murders in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. From more gun laws to blaming President Trump, conservative talk radio and Fox News, we’ve heard it all before. A manifesto thought to be linked to the El...
