Opinion category, Page 429
Editorial: EMT training is practical solution to filling need
The first step in a medical emergency often is taken even before getting to the hospital. It can begin with an ambulance staffed by professionals trained to offer the care that will stabilize a patient until more in-depth diagnostics and treatment can be provided. It is a vital journey that...
Letter to the editor: Illegal slot machines rob seniors
Every Pennsylvania taxpayer, even those who do not enjoy gaming or the entertainment venues in the state’s casinos, benefits from the commonwealth’s casino industry. Last year, the industry generated $1.93 billion in state tax revenue, an increase of $838.2 million over the previous year. Casinos also provide nearly $150 million...
Letter to the editor: Vaccinate for victory
America has now accumulated the most covid deaths per person of any advanced country. This failure is hurting our economy. But we can do better. We must work as a team to defeat covid. You might say “omicron is mild,” “the pandemic is behind us” or “vaccines don’t work.” If...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: LGBTQ kids, raise your voices and make haters hear you
Kermit the Frog famously observed that it’s not easy being green. But if he thinks that’s hard, Kermit should try being you. Having avocado-colored skin has to be a breeze by comparison. To be you, though, requires dealing with active-shooter drills and masking mandates while navigating family dynamics, lunchroom politics...
Molly Parzen: Biden’s EV plan driving strong economic future in Pittsburgh and beyond
Pittsburgh is world-famous for its manufacturing heritage and its beautiful natural scenery. As our region and all of Pennsylvania moves into the future, we must make sure we protect both. We can strengthen the middle class through the 717,000 union members in Pennsylvania, create more jobs by making use of...
Letter to the editor: Chinese stand-in as Olympic flag-bearer wrong
I was watching the parade of nations of the opening ceremony of the 2022 winter Olympic Games. The flag-bearer for the United States Virgin Islands delegation was a Chinese volunteer. This was done because the islands’ sole athlete, and ipso facto flag-bearer, Katie Tannenbaum, had tested positive for covid-19 and...
Letter to the editor: Madden’s absurd claims on Flores
How does “Super Genius” Mark Madden know that former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores has “not enough evidence” to prove his case against National Football League team owners and managers (“Brian Flores’ case has merit, but proving guilt will be challenging,” Feb. 4, TribLIVE)? To my knowledge, no one has...
Editorial: Online education is important part of school choice discussion
School choice is not just a political idea that scores points on one side and sparks opposition on the other. Decisions about a child’s education are never easy. They start with preschool. Do you do it at all? Do you choose a public school program if one is available? What...
Letter to the editor: What’s going to happen in Ukraine
Put aside for the moment all of the pressing problems facing our country today, and concentrate on what surely is the jewel of Europe, Ukraine. It is the poorest of the European countries with rampant crime, weak currency, dysfunctional government, wealthy oligarchs and crippling corruption with high rates of disease,...
Letter to the editor: Plenty of incitement on Jan. 6
I found Guy Kosinski’s letter “Incitement a tool of the left” smug and lacking in facts. He demeans another letter-writer, writing, “Like all misguided liberals, (Suzanne) Colvin attempts to paint the Jan. 6 incident at our nation’s Capitol as the worst threat to life and liberty we’ve ever seen.” The...
Letter to the editor: Jan. 20 is a day of infamy, too
I had a good laugh after reading Sandra Kremer’s letter “Why the big lie continues.” She designated Dec. 7, Sept. 11 and Jan. 6 as days that will go down in infamy. I laughed because for more than a year I have had a bumper sticker on my car that...
Tom Purcell: Social insecurity
A quarter of a million dollars. That’s the amount that I’ve paid in FICA payroll taxes during my working career, according to my recent Social Security statement. FICA, which stands for “Federal Insurance Contributions Act,” “is a payroll tax that helps fund both Social Security and Medicare programs, which provide...
Tami Seretti: My copay assistance no longer counts — yours may be next
In 1996 I was diagnosed with psoriasis, a chronic, immune-mediated disease that impacts more than 3% of the U.S. adult population. Early on in my journey, raised plaques and scales covered 85% of my body, and treatment options were limited. I later learned that I am also one of the...
Falco Muscante II: What do Fern Hollow Bridge and U.S. Steel Tower have in common?
On Feb. 7, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report on the Jan. 28 collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge. The report on the failure of the not-even-50-year-old bridge spanning Frick Park was unsurprising — but for one particular footnote. The NTSB described the bridge as “an...
Stephen Bloom: Reforms would reduce corruption and restore workers’ rights
In Harrisburg, lawmakers are building momentum for a series of reforms that will empower public sector workers and defend taxpayers. The House Labor and Industry Committee approved four bills last month that public school teacher Cheri Gensel says will provide “greater accountability” for government union executives, ensuring they “focus on...
Letter to the editor: Biden discriminating with Supreme Court picks
The Supreme Court was once described as an old white men’s club. Today, there are women and a Black justice on the court. Conservatives have been accused of being sexists and racists, but President Biden’s reported slate of possible nominees proves that he is a sexist and racist. Inclusion is...
Letter to the editor: Rescuing democracy
Like Spider-Man breaking the multiverse at your local multiplex, our common American reality has been shattered as evil forces run amok. Before Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: “In a democratic world, as in a democratic Nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend...
Editorial: Suicide prevention programs need to utilize and support students
Suicide is an issue everyone needs to note. It’s something to understand, something to keep at bay. After several years in 10th place on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of the top causes of death in the United States, suicide was finally knocked off the podium in...
Letter to the editor: Facts on ‘global warming’
In 2015, scholar Walter Williams stated that during the Ordovician period (460 million years ago), carbon dioxide concentrations were 4,400 PPM (parts per million), and temperatures were about the same as today. (This is over 10 times the level, 415 PPM, recorded Nov. 18, 2021, by the Global Monitoring Laboratory.)...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 14
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Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 14
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Mona Charen: Pre-K’s broken promise
“Children learning, parents earning!” That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s summation of the case for the “comprehensive child care and early learning legislation” of 2017, a plan similar to the proposal currently languishing in President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation. For many progressives, it is axiomatic that government-funded day care...
Letter to the editor: Won’t watch Olympics
Is it just me, or has anyone else noted the similarities between the 1936 Olympic games held in Nazi Germany and the 2022 winter Olympic Games in Beijing? A pre-Olympics crackdown on potential dissidents with many people arrested; up to 1.8 million Uyghurs in forced labor camps. The Chinese Communist...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Casey, protect our borders first
I cannot attend one of President Biden’s press conferences or Pennsylvania’s Sen. Bob Casey’s. But, if anyone knows someone who can, could you have them ask one or more of my questions for me? President Biden and/or Senator Casey, you have to know that there is a tremendous amount of...
Letter to the editor: Republican Party hijacked by fascists
My response to the letter “Voting Democrat an addiction” is to suggest that fascists have hijacked the Republican Party and use it to promote propaganda and defamation for political gain. This is plainly evident in the RNC’s support of the pillage of the U.S. Capitol in which it mislabeled hooliganism...
