Opinion category, Page 753
Letter to the editor: Importance of early education
In Gov. Tom Wolf’s recent budget proposal, education was at the forefront. As the owner of a STAR 4 childcare program, I am happy to see a growing understanding of the importance of funding of high-quality early education for all children. Specifically, the governor’s proposed investment of $50 million for...
Letter to the editor: Republicans & Cohen
The benevolent Republicans had few legal specifics in their confrontation of Michael Cohen, so they resorted to heartless name-calling, caustic accusations and berating comments toward an obviously remorseful and repentant man. With their “holier than thou” soliloquies, they chose to abandon and bare their souls above human principals and dignity...
Letter to the editor: What won’t the Democrats do?
I am proud to say that I have friends who arrived in the United States a few years ago from Russia. They paid the fees, jumped through all the hoops, put in the time and arrived here the legal way. My Russian friends also worked, studied and jumped through all...
Helaine Olen: Why are we getting so many robocalls?
One morning about three weeks ago, at 5:45 a.m., the robocallers came for me. My cellphone rang. And rang. It hasn’t stopped. The calls claim to come from all over the world. Sometimes they ring once, and stop. Sometimes twice. Rarely more than that. If I answer, I am sometimes...
Alex Vargo: Anti-Semitism in the halls of Congress
Having grown up in a Jewish family in a nook of Pittsburgh with many other families like ours, I am keenly aware of the anti- Semitism that creeps out from the dark corners of our society from time to time. To think it would hit the halls of Congress, though, is...
Editorial: Sex charges connect to worldwide human trafficking
There are horrible things in the world that we like to think are far away. Like human trafficking. The phrase can conjure pictures. Slave ships and auction blocks. Abductions and chains. Images that are a world away from our everyday lives. That doesn’t happen here. That’s another country, another continent,...
Letter to the editor: Democrats want balance
Regarding the Rev. Tony Josephs’ letter “Not true Democrats”: I detest being called a liberal, socialist and communist. I believe in doing what’s right and good for all Americans, a balanced approach for the rich and poor. Do you put God first, or do you put the Republican Party first?...
Letter to the editor: Democrats don’t hate Jews
Democrats don’t hate Jews I am first of all an American. I am second of all a Jewish American. I am third of all a Democrat. I find it insulting and opportunistic that Christian Republicans are telling me that the Democratic Party hates Jews. This the same Republican Party that...
Letter to the editor: Refunds & Trump tax cuts
Anti-Trump bias the mainstream media builds into their stories often misleads the public with Democratic talking point lies. Recent stories that note Trump’s tax cuts didn’t help the middle class because tax refunds are, on average, lower in 2018, is an example. Tax refunds are not a relevant measure of...
George T. Conway III: On at least one charge, Trump is clearly guilty
Very little was surprising about the conclusion of the special counsel’s investigation. For one thing, it wasn’t surprising that Robert Mueller’s probe prompted great commotion — a federal investigation involving a sitting president is a momentous event, and concluding it, a historic moment. And most, but not all, of the...
Pat Buchanan: Why Biden may be courting Abrams
Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year to black students, down from 10 last year and 13 the year before. In the freshman class of 803 at The Bronx High School of Science, 12 students are black, down...
Letters to the editor: Readers weigh in on Rosfeld trial, protests
I’m sorry that another young man died at the hands of the police. However, I am angry at the stupidity of people protesting that they want justice for Antwon Rose. He got justice. Michael Rosfeld was tried and was found not guilty by white and black jurors. They don’t want...
Editorial: Avenatti, Cohen, Kane, etc., show law hard for some lawyers
Maybe some lawyers spend so much time charting the routes between the rules, they forget that they are supposed to follow them. A lot of legal eagles have been in big trouble for breaking the rules. On Monday, federal authorities in California arrested Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who became the...
Tom Purcell: God chose this Little Sister to be a beggar
Sister Margaret Mary didn’t think she was up to the job. Nine years ago, during her 40th year of religious service, she had been assigned the most difficult role of her life: full-time beggar at the Little Sisters of the Poor retirement residence in Pittsburgh. Little Sisters of the Poor...
George Will: Mueller’s report makes normal election possible in 2020
WASHINGTON Robert Mueller’s report is a gift to the nation, which now knows what was already a reasonable surmise: that its chief executive’s unlovely admiration for a repulsive foreign regime, Vladimir Putin’s, is more a dereliction of taste and judgment than evidence that he is under that regime’s sway. The...
Editorial: Mueller, Rosfeld and what justice looks like
We have a Hollywood fairy-tale idea of justice. It’s something that makes the hurt go away and heals rifts. Maybe sometimes that’s true. It would be nice if it was. But justice doesn’t always look like that. In Pittsburgh, a significant number of people look at the Michael Rosfeld verdict...
Letter to the editor: Poor Rosfeld headline, photo choice
I take issue with the photograph and headline editors chose to accompany an article about possible protests regarding the police shooting of Antwon Rose II (“Some preparing, others bracing, for start of police shooting trial in Pittsburgh,” March 18, TribLIVE). The article seemed intended to capture the support that the...
Letter to the editor: Rich golfer has no class
I have been a lifelong passionate golfer and follow the PGA Tour every day. I am shocked and dismayed by the comment by Justin Rose (No. 2 in world rankings) that he is grateful he has Morgan Stanley to help him make “difficult decisions” while having a portfolio of $10...
Letter to the editor: Media gives killers acclaim
The savage creature who mowed down peaceful Muslims at worship in New Zealand committed this atrocity while basking in the glow of knowing that his grievances against those who are not white would be broadcast throughout the world and that first and foremost, we would remember him for all time,...
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 25
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 25....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 25
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Timothy L. O’Brien: Trump can take a victory lap, but it’s a partial one
President Trump scored a significant political and legal victory on Sunday. Attorney General William Barr, in a brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election, said that Mueller has determined that Trump and his aides didn’t conspire or coordinate with Russia in that country’s efforts...
S.E. Cupp: Dems need Oprah, since nobody in current field can beat Trump
O Oprah, Oprah, wherefore art thou Oprah? The Democrats’ attempt at unseating President Trump is in its nascent stages, but it’s starting to feel a little star-crossed. Despite a crowded sea of hopefuls, no true love match has emerged. If you ask me, that’s because she hasn’t decided to run....
Editorial: Leaders can learn from firefighters
How do you encourage people to participate by denying them a benefit of participation? Local fire companies and emergency medical services need more volunteers. In Pennsylvania, these critical first responders — the people who show up at your home when there is a fire or along the road when there...
Letter to the editor: Defending cash, defending freedom
Finding points of unity in this political climate is similar to panning for gold, yet our brethren on the eastern side of the state have done it. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed into law a bill introduced by City Councilman William Greenlee banning the phenomenon of cashless stores. While the...
