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John Dorfman
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Letter to the editor: We the people ... surrender?
When “democratic socialism” comes, we’ll deserve forfeiting America’s signature quality. Not just liberty itself, but our understanding that effort, pride, motivation, failure and success are as essential to the joy of freedom as the outcome. With socialism, effort is secondary. Obscenely taxed workers fund communal support and $93 trillion Green...
Letter to the editor: Send message to officials via your tax payment
Sometimes it seems Pennsylvanians cannot win against Gov. Tom Wolf and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. They are simply too powerful. However, citizens can express their outrage in subtle ways. Wolf closed all public schools in March, citing public safety. Maybe they will reopen this fall. Many property owners are now...
Letter to the editor: Wolf's decisions hurting Pa.
Once again, dictator Gov. Tom Wolf has made a decision that has negatively impacted the state’s economy. He painted that penalty over the entire state without regard to the counties that are faring well with the covid-19 numbers. He closed all bars and clubs that don’t serve food and placed...
The Stroller, July 29, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Follow @VNDStroller on Twitter for a daily link to The Stroller. Tarentum church to collect used mobility aides Central Presbyterian Church, Tarentum, is collecting mobility equipment to be donated to Global Links, a charity that works to redirect still-useful materials away from landfills to support public health programs in targeted...
Westmoreland community events: July 29
Reunion The 95th reunion of the James and William Ulery families is canceled this year because of the coronavirus. It had been scheduled for Aug. 23 at the Laurel Highlands Campground in Donegal. It will be held at the same location on Aug. 22, 2021. Family members may submit information...
Dirt bike rider killed in crash in Pittsburgh's Hill District
A dirt bike rider was killed Tuesday after colliding with a parked vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, public safety authorities said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Derelle Williams, 32, of Pittsburgh. Police responded to the incident just after 7:30 p.m. along Milwaukee Street at Bryn Mawr...
Editorial: Child care helps babysit the economy
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, there is plenty of debate about opening schools and opening businesses and opening the economy. There are all these questions about getting the millions of people who have been laid off or furloughed back to collecting a paycheck instead of an unemployment check. There has...
Jay Ambrose: Nancy Pelosi is wrong on Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the coronavirus “the Trump virus,” explaining that the president has caused deaths with his initial, ho-hum reaction to it. The verbal assault should be no surprise. After all, she said Republicans “were trying to get away with murder” on a police reform bill and...
On Football: Training camps' look defines strange times 
Don’t expect any footballs — or players — on fields at NFL training camps anytime too soon. No blocking sleds. No pass-rush drills. No whistles. As teams adhere to the medical protocols that wisely and necessarily have been ordered by the league and the players’ union, any sort of football...
Attorney General Barr defends response to protests, his role in criminal cases of Trump allies 
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday aggressively defended the federal response to violence and protests at the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., and his decision to inject himself into criminal cases involving President Donald Trump’s close associates. The attorney general’s highly anticipated and contentious appearance before the House...
Trump's bid for FBI building money draws bipartisan scorn 
WASHINGTON — The inclusion in the Republican coronavirus relief plan of $1.75 billion for a new FBI headquarters in Washington, a priority for President Donald Trump, drew bipartisan scorn Tuesday that is all but certain to result in the provision being scuttled. Senate GOP leaders and other lawmakers expressed surprise...
Alana R. Sacriponte: 'The 8-Second Exchange' on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
As a graduate student looking for a summer job, my mom suggested I apply to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I considered it odd at first. It was 2008 and cash had lost much of its prevalence already. Did people still carry coins? Didn’t everyone use EZPass? I took my mom’s suggestion,...
Latrobe armed robbery suspect being sought by police
Latrobe Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint Sunday afternoon. The man went inside the BP on Lloyd Avenue at about 3:45 p.m. “He pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money and cigarettes,” said Beth Straka, community service officer. “He forced a...
Florida man allegedly spent almost $4M in coronavirus relief aid on Lamborghini, dating sites
A Florida man accused of blowing nearly $4 million in coronavirus relief aid on dating sites, hotel getaways and a brand new Lamborghini has been arrested and charged with three felonies. David Hines is facing one count of bank fraud, one for making false statements to a financial institution and...
Police: Convicted killer from Mt. Oliver area jailed on rape charges
A maintenance worker at a hotel on Pittsburgh’s North Shore is being held without bond on rape and other charges for an assault at the hotel on Sunday. Michael Cooper, 48, who lives on the border of Pittsburgh’s Knoxville and Mt. Oliver neighborhoods, turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday,...
Wendell W. Young IV: Pa. families need Toomey to lead in covid-19 debate
As President Trump and some lawmakers, including Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, debate whether or not additional federal support is necessary to manage the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, I encourage them to spend just one day with Pennsylvania workers and their families before they make up their mind. They...
Letter to the editor: Raising taxes during pandemic is wrong
We’ve been struggling through this pandemic for months. Now we have over 40 million people out of work, and some may not go back to work. People are having a hard time feeding their families and paying bills. And through these hard times, school boards are raising taxes. Maybe they...
Trump again pushes unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as covid-19 treatment
WASHINGTON — A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment and challenging the credibility of the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed back Tuesday, saying...
Letter to the editor: Don't stop for the far-left plot
Stop signs should be voluntary. Blind obedience to stop signs is a sign of weakness and a lack of fortitude. It is unacceptable and un-American for the government to force me to stop when I don’t want to. I have perfectly good reasoning abilities and judgment. I don’t need the...
Letter to the editor: Today's Liars Club taking us down
In my formative years, youth had good, clean rules to live by — rules that didn’t have to be written down to be remembered. We were guided by this question: Would what we did make our parents and others who we respected and loved proud of us? The boys in...
The Stroller, July 28, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Follow @VNDStroller on Twitter for a daily link to The Stroller. Festa Italiana planned at Mount St. Peter Church The annual Mount St. Peter Church Festa Italiana has been changed due to the covid-19 pandemic. Takeout Festa platters will be sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in a...
Timothy L. O'Brien: Sinclair pulls the plug on Fauci propaganda — this time
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of the largest television station operators in the country, with 191 stations in 89 markets broadcasting to 629 channels. For the most part, the company operates in small, conservative metropolitan locations. Most viewers aren’t likely to be aware of the Sinclair brand, because the...
Editorial: Tax credit grows Pennsylvania agriculture
Pennsylvania might have been made famous by coal and oil, iron and steel, but the industry that actually built the state was agriculture. Rolling hills and wide fields and their crops and livestock have been the powerhouse of the Keystone State since its Colonial days and remain a major building...
GOP coronavirus plan includes another $1,200 check, cuts unemployment benefit to $200 
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans presented their $1 trillion plan to bolster the pandemic-ravaged U.S. economy in a series of bills that would trim extra unemployment benefits, send $1,200 payments to most Americans, and shield businesses, schools and other organizations from lawsuits stemming from covid-19 infections. The $1 trillion package was...
John Dorfman: Schwab and Lennar exemplify value plus growth
The philosopher’s stone was a myth. So was the fountain of youth. But here’s something that sounds unlikely, yet is feasible. You can get both value and growth in the stock market. Value investors seek bargains. Growth investors seek companies with fast-growing earnings. There’s an inherent tension there. Bargain-priced stocks...


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