Editorials category, Page 47

Editorial: Archivist’s role shouldn’t be political

Let’s stop making things political that don’t have to be. There is nothing inherently political about being a librarian. It’s a job that involves caring for and fostering the use of books. It requires organization, attention to detail and the ability to help someone locate what they need, whether it...
Editorial: Volunteers are vital to Southwestern Pennsylvania

The oft-used phrase is “it takes a village to raise a child.” In updated parlance, it isn’t so much a village as it is a volunteer — or lots of volunteers. It is hard to calculate everything in our lives that is done by someone who isn’t collecting a paycheck...
Editorial: Voluntary exclusion could help with addiction

Addiction is a complicated thing. It is a craving for something that creates a pleasurable response in the brain, prompted by the way chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin swirl around in the system. We generally associate it with regulated or illegal substances such as opioids or nicotine or alcohol,...
Editorial: Season tickets could be good for more than Steelers games

Season tickets are a great way for fans to not only see their favorite teams but also to show that their commitment goes deeper than a T-shirt or a bumper sticker. Steelers season tickets are a way to timeshare a slice of Acrisure Stadium — that still feels weird —...
Editorial: Fix medical marijuana loopholes before growing to recreational use

Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem. The state legalized weed for medical use in 2016. Dispensaries started opening their doors two years later, with the government picking up a 5% tax on sales. That translates to millions in revenue for the public coffers. Dispensaries were barely opened when the discussion of...
Editorial: Hallam’s Airbnb ban shows struggle between safety and freedom

The problem with checks and balances is sometimes they don’t just check other people. Sometimes, they check us, too. It isn’t just dramatic irony. It’s an illustration of equity. The head of the Internal Revenue Services should be just as likely to be audited as anyone who turns in a...
Laurels & lances: Cleaning up and cracking down

Laurel: To preserving natural beauty. Southwestern Pennsylvania is defined as much by its water as it traditionally has been by its industry. However, the area’s rivers have both accommodated the businesses that built up around them and been negatively impacted by that development over the years. Reversing the pollution of...
Editorial: Suicide is military’s last battlefield

There is one thing that soldiers and sailors, Marines and airmen understand from the moment they undertake their task. It is that their lives are counted. They are the real weapons of war — more than bullets or bombs. They are the single greatest commodity in the logistics of defense...
Editorial: Westmoreland County should focus on doling out opioid settlement dollars it has before eyeing next lawsuit

Westmoreland County is planning to file another opioid lawsuit. The county — like communities across the nation — has been pursuing those who made money off the opioid epidemic for years. It’s the kind of opportunity not seen since the tobacco settlement of 1998, when states were able to take...
Editorial: School breakfast will help hunger, but lunch would be better

It is unthinkable that 12.5% of households with children deal with hunger. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released those numbers last week. Single women with children struggle the most. Although households at or below the poverty level deal with hunger the most, they aren’t alone. Feeding America says 18.1% of...
Editorial: Turnpike debt problems must be Harrisburg priority

When it comes to editorials, there are two things that most Tribune-Review readers agree on and utterly despise, without regard to party or politics: The Pittsburgh Pirates could screw up a one-car funeral, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission would increase the tolls on that one car astronomically. Pennsylvania Auditor General...
Editorial: Remember the shared grief of Sept. 11 attacks

We remember the losses our nation and our state felt on Sept. 11, 2001, with this editorial from the 20th anniversary of the tragic events (updated to reflect 21 years). For two decades, America has had one shared cultural touchstone. Every Sept. 11, we are transported to the day when...
Editorial: Candidates need to participate in debates

Pennsylvania will get at least one debate. It seems odd to suggest that not having debates during a midterm is at all possible, and yet the top two races in the Keystone State have kept that question unanswered for weeks. It’s absurd to consider skipping them. Pennsylvania has one of...
Laurels & lances: Listening and racism

Laurel: To listening to the people. Actually, Brackenridge’s problems started with listen to a few people complain about basketball hoops and hockey goals. In response to some complaints about traffic obstructions and property damage from kids playing sports on or near neighborhood streets, the borough proposed an ordinance that would...
Editorial: Redistricting legal bills are cost of putting party before people

Redistricting is not just something that happens every 10 years. It is more than just the way that we shuffle the decks of legislators and change the game board that says who goes where. It’s a complicated, necessary process that should be an accurate reflection of not how we wish...
Editorial: Common sense solutions for housing are great idea

People frustrated by government often cite one troubling factor: a lack of common sense. That can look like a committee spending months debating a solution to a problem your regular person on the street finds fairly obvious. The length of time it takes to decide to put a stop sign...

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