Opinion category, Page 472
Letter to the editor: PSEA celebrates Latinx, Hispanic communities
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we celebrate the rich and diverse community of Latinx and Hispanic people whose contributions have helped shape U.S. culture and society. This celebration is designed to coincide with the independence day celebrations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Sept. 15, 1821),...
Lori Falce: How multilevel marketing ‘parties’ have destroyed real parties
I have 839 Facebook friends and a disproportionate number of them are women. Some are my mom’s age — friends from places I worked 20 years ago or retired teachers from high school. Some are my contemporaries like classmates or fellow baking enthusiasts or girls from my moms’ group. There...
Letter to the editor: The 7 stages of covid
I would like to educate Monica Green, who spoke at the Sept. 21 Greater Latrobe School Board meeting (“Solicitor advises Greater Latrobe School Board to honor mask mandate as protests continue”). According to the article, Green said she believes exposure to the covid-19 virus is the best option for her...
Paul Kengor: Conor Lamb and Pa.’s political ‘moderates’
I watched last Friday to see how Rep. Conor Lamb would vote on a bill that the bishops of his church called “the most radical abortion bill of all time.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bishop described the Women’s Health Protection Act as “nothing short of child sacrifice.” But given how...
Laurels & lances: Culture, Kody, court and carrying
Laurel: To preserving culture. The 42nd annual powwow held last weekend in Indiana Township by the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center was an opportunity to share and appreciate native cultures. “We’re getting together to greet, meet and have fun and respect each other’s way of life,” said Russell...
Jonah Goldberg: Verbosity isn’t Biden’s problem — misreading the room is
If you’ve spent any time in Washington, you’ve heard stories about Joe Biden’s loquaciousness. Asked to give brief remarks, he’d famously meander for 30, 40 or more minutes about whatever came into his mind. But his verbosity is a symptom of his larger problem: a lack of situational awareness. After...
Colin McNickle: The PIT problem
Past likely being prologue for Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), a billion-dollar-plus reconfiguration of the Findlay Township facility’s landside terminal could be a very expensive failure, concludes an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “Given recent history, and travel that has been negatively affected by the pandemic,...
Letter to the editor: Ignoring history on Afghanistan
Dear Eileen Condie (“How can anyone praise Afghanistan withdrawal?”) and all other letter-writers who contribute to the Trib Opinion page: I find it hard to believe that you all ignore the proven history that has brought this country to where we are today — finally ending what was started with...
Letter to the editor: Mask mandates political tool
It’s apparent that the mask mandates have served their purpose. The Sept. 18 edition headlines “Mask mandate questioned by some Kiski Area parents” is placed on the front page, above the fold, while “Pentagon: Kabul drone strike ‘tragic mistake’ ” rests comfortably on the second page, below the fold. The U.S....
Editorial: State reps should endorse recess
Everyone deserves a break. Get up. Stretch your legs. Take a walk around the building or the block. Turn away from your work, breathe deep and think about something else for a minute. The job will still be there when you are done and maybe you can come back to...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners should use ARP funds to help long covid victims
Westmoreland County will receive $105 million from the American Rescue Plan that commissioners plan to spend on human service programs. I know firsthand the multi-discipline health care and mental health resources required for post-viral illnesses, since I have suffered 25 years with a disease known as ME/CFS. I urge the...
Dr. Joseph C. Maroon: Dr. Freddie Fu, visionary
In the fall of 1990, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll was informed that because of a concussion, his starting quarterback, Bubby Brister, should not play that week in an upcoming game against the Dallas Cowboys. Since Bubby appeared perfectly normal, Coach Noll forcefully challenged the decision and announced he wanted...
Lynne Wright: New bill would help dialysis patients
While I’ve never been diagnosed with it myself, kidney disease has touched just about every facet of my life. At home and at work, I’ve experienced firsthand just how much it can change a person’s life. From the treatments and waiting for a transplant, to the overwhelming financial challenges that...
Letter to the editor: Will workers be replaced by immigrants?
Regarding the article “Western Pa. business owners lament: Where have all the workers gone?” (Sept. 4, TribLIVE): They will be replaced by all those illegals coming across the southern border. They will take the jobs American citizens will not take, and these citizens will be put on welfare by the...
Letter to the editor: Why won’t we prevent more American deaths?
On Sept. 11, 2001, 2,996 Americans died in the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Somerset County . Patriotic Americans went to war, willing to sacrifice their time and money, even their blood, to ensure that this never happens again. In the week leading up to Sept....
Letter to the editor: Hypocrites on the left
The immoral Biden regime now wants us to not believe what our eyes are telling us. Overworked U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas are being overrun with Haitians and other refugees. In an effort to control the mob of invaders, they employed the use of horses to keep them out...
Editorial: Pa. Turnpike fares unfair to some users
Why can’t Pennsylvania just make a toll road that costs the same no matter how you pay for it? The Pennsylvania Turnpike can be a costly way to get from here to there. Use an E-ZPass — the transponder system that reads your account and deducts pre-deposited funds when you...
Letter to the editor: Self-destruction of Republican Party
The former Republican Party, which is now the Party of Trump, seems to have self-destructed. The party seems to collectively believe it can do no wrong. When a person or group firmly believes it is always right, it can no longer grow, learn or adapt. It is more like a...
Pat Buchanan: The eclipse of Europe
For centuries up to and including the 20th, Europe seemed the central pivot of world history. Then came the Great Civil War of the West, our Thirty Years’ War (1914-45), where all of the great European powers — Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia — along with almost all of the...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: No vaccine? Goodbye, and good riddance
“If you want to leave, take good care, hope you make a lot of nice friends out there.” — from “Wild World” by Cat Stevens This is for those of you who’ve chosen to quit your jobs rather than submit to a vaccine mandate. No telling how many of you...
Adam Kovacevich: Europe’s tech discrimination could reverse Pittsburgh’s rebound
Ask anyone who lived in Pittsburgh in the ’80s, and they’ll tell you what failed economic policies looked like: shuttered plants, layoffs at Christmas and gutted neighborhoods. But just as Pittsburgh rebounds to become a leading tech hub, the next set of global economic policies are being debated right here...
Letter to the editor: Speak up or lose your freedom
OK, so the political parties are more like gangs now than representatives of us. To believe it’s science or not, to wear a mask or not, to get vaccinated or not — so far those are choices. To have your private personal and voting information turned over because one of...
Letter to the editor: Deer Lakes board lacks leadership
Regarding the article “Deer Lakes School District parents encourage school board to defy state mask mandate” (Sept. 18, TribLIVE): I believe the parents were absolutely correct stating that the virus is not going anywhere, and masks do cause harm to your health. The label on a mask box indicates that...
Editorial: Reapportionment demands compromise
A decision from a government body that raises questions is nothing new. That happens every day. But reversing course to do something that makes sense? That’s a little more noteworthy, so imagine the surprise when a highly divided panel did just that. The Legislative Reapportionment Commission is hard at work...
Letter to the editor: Why Amazon should be denied in Churchill
The proposal to build an Amazon distribution center in Churchill should not move forward. The developer has failed to submit a valid traffic study to Churchill Borough Council. The traffic study submitted by the developer should not be accepted by the council, as it did not consider: • The impact...
