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Point: A federal shield law is needed to protect the press
Like it or not, the Constitution’s First Amendment gives the media special protection in the American republic. That amendment says, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom … of the press.” With one of the recent presidential candidates unconstitutionally threatening to shut down media outlets or take away...
Sounding off: Presidential election still top of mind
Trump committed to his promises President-elect Donald Trump unburdened me of another great fear when it was announced Mike Pompeo would not be joining the Trump Cabinet. For context, as CIA director in 2017-18, Pompeo plotted to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. And, more recently, Pompeo was caught...
Letter to the editor: Grow up and accept the results
The election is over, and the Republicans have won decisively. I now see people are shaving their heads, swearing off sex, freezing out their own families and acting in other bizarre ways. I have two simple words for them all: Grow up. In this world, you don’t always get things...
Letter to the editor: How is Trump’s behavior acceptable?
Based on everything the president-elect said and did during his campaign, I thought he was trying to lose. But then we elected him in spite of all the dangerous rhetoric he spewed? Well, the majority (minus millions of missing voters) of the United States has spoken, and we need to...
Editorial: Are there any guarantees with Nippon Steel?
If Nippon Steel really wants to buy American, it should start by selling the union on the deal. Right now, the members aren’t buying it. The Japanese company’s $14.9 billion offer to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel has been on the table since December. U.S. Steel stockholders approved the deal in...
Letter to the editor: November good time to screen for diabetes
More than 11% of Pennsylvania adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. During November, Diabetes Awareness Month, and as we approach this holiday season, give yourself the gift of health by knowing your diabetes status. Over time, diabetes can affect your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves and blood vessels, among other organs,...
Tyler Cowen: RFK Jr. would put the economy at risk, too
President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to be secretary of Health and Human Services has provoked a lot of objections, many of them explaining how he would be a danger to scientific progress and public health. But too little has been said about the...
Dan Bartkowiak: As voters reject marijuana, Pa. policymakers should avoid the failed experiment
One big takeaway from the 2024 election cycle has largely escaped notice in the Northeast: Voters decisively rejected every state ballot initiative to legalize the sale and marketing of marijuana for recreational use. This rejection marks a clear victory for families over the marijuana industry’s addiction-for-profit business plan. In Florida...
S.E. Cupp: Trump’s bad cabinet picks won’t help his voters
While Democrats continue to wring their hands over what went so seriously wrong in 2024 — and there are many complicating factors — there’s one simple truth about it all: Donald Trump listened to voters better than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did. On the economy, immigration and crime, Trump...
Matthew Yglesias: If Trump dismantles the Education Department, he’ll regret it
After winning the presidency by focusing on immigration, inflation and a vague notion that life was better in 2019, Donald Trump is widely expected to proceed with plans to … eliminate the Department of Education. It’s hard to see how this makes sense — for him, his party or the...
Letter to the editor: Congratulations to DeLallo on ‘Price is Right’ appearance
Did anyone notice last week that a local establishment’s product was used as a prop on “The Price is Right”? Congratulations to DeLallo! Jim Richardson Irwin...
Letter to the editor: Waiting patiently to have the last laughs
A lib, I never felt “owned” by Donald Trump 2016. Just resigned to enduring the longest, unfunniest Rodney Dangerfield movie ever. I also knew that a crash and burn would come with the first complex, extraordinary crisis, as intellect, not egotism, must devise the fix. Unfortunately for us, covid was...
Lori Falce: NomineeMania Smackdown 2025!
“Holy s—-! I didn’t see that coming!” That was the reaction of U.S. Sen. John Fetterman to Matt Gaetz withdrawing his name from consideration to become U.S Attorney General. It was also the reaction of many people when President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz — who resigned from the House of...
Laurels & lances: Showing up & going on
Laurel: To getting involved. People talk about fighting the government. Winning a battle like that is the stuff of movies and TV shows. Losing the encounter is more expected. But how often do people really engage? This week, Monroeville council denied an application for a controversial development after multiple meetings...
Letter to the editor: Bigger government isn’t better
In the wake of a historical presidential election, it’s evident to me that many in the Democratic Party and the pompous media are refusing to accept the outcome. They were so invested in propagating the narrative that Donald Trump is an “existential threat” to democracy that they started to believe...
Lisa Jarvis: Bird flu is about to crash flu season. It could get ugly
It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up. That slow burn of infections through our nation’s livestock, a new vessel for the virus, has never been good for public health. It creates...
Paul Kengor: A tragic 9/11 love story
Early in the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Barbara Olson, a Washington-based author and pundit, sweetly gave her husband, Ted, a kiss goodbye. She was 45 years old, a well-known media personality and critic of the Clintons. She was a happy person who knew how to laugh with folks on...
Peter Morici: Trump’s long to-do list includes increasing border security, extending tax cuts
A full inbox awaits President-elect Donald Trump when he returns to the Oval Office. Most individual tax reductions in the 2017 tax overhaul expire at the end of 2025. He has promised to extend and enhance those. But even if he let those lapse, the federal deficit would rise from...
Letter to the editor: Republicans must come together
Now that the election is over, and the American people overwhelmingly chose capitalism over socialism, it’s time to come together and repair the damage done to the nation over the past four years. We don’t need to agree that the right candidates won the elections, but the vast majority of...
Letter to the editor: God help us survive Trump
I was astounded and saddened that over half the voters in our country chose for president a convicted felon who I feel has no belief in integrity, democracy or truth, acts like a 3-year-old, lies every time he opens his mouth, is a confirmed misogynist, cheats on his taxes and...
Editorial: Teaching English as Second Language turns immigrants into community
There are places where the cultural mix of a community makes you expect to hear a chorus of different languages. Along the southern border, Spanish makes sense. So might a smattering of Portuguese or the odd native tongue like Quechua. Closer to Canada, there could be some French. But Westmoreland...
Letter to the editor: Social connections save lives
Western Pennsylvania’s “deaths of despair” — suicide, addiction and overdose — highlight the need for mental health solutions that go beyond therapy’s traditional, one-on-one approach. Rather than centering solely on individual resilience, effective mental health policies must regenerate the community institutions — churches, Little Leagues and civic groups — that...
Rachel Marsden: Trump’s shock and awe cabinet picks are everything that America needs
Many of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees just don’t have the gravitas or institutional experience in dealing with giant bureaucracies to serve effectively, critics say. That whining you hear is the sound of progress. Trump, who has spent his entire business career in real estate taking a wrecking ball...
Cal Thomas: Trimming obese government
Fifty years ago when Ron Paul (father of Sen. Rand Paul) was running for Congress from Texas, a billboard featured an obese Uncle Sam with the caption “let’s put big government on a diet.” Since then, the federal government has grown even more obese. To seriously address the problem, President-elect...
Letter to the editor: Allegheny County budget threats
Regarding the article “Innamorato defends proposed budget and Allegheny County tax increase” (Nov. 13, TribLive): I am not happy with the reasoning of Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and county Manager John Fournier, who said if the tax hike isn’t passed, consequences could include closing all county pools, eliminating after-school...


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