Letters to the Editor category, Page 10
Letter to the editor: Bring back and expand the backyard brawl
Recently several guys were opining for a resumption of the Pitt-Penn State rivalry. I agree. However, I would like to expand on the idea. For want of a better term, let’s call it the expanded backyard brawl. Every year Pitt, Penn State and also WVU should play each other. That’s...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s morality
“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” President Trump told the The New York Times when asked if there were any limits on his international power. I challenge any Trump voter to say that he has morals, other...
Letter to the editor: Ramifications of mob rule
There will be many effects from the left-wing sponsored chaos currently happening in Minneapolis. Many will be political, some will be media-driven despite the facts, but the biggest concern could be the consequences of mob rule. We have seen glimpses of this over the past decade, from Supreme Court Justice...
Letter to the editor: Democrats, laws, drugs
Working in a steel mill as a union member I was told you had to vote for Democrats because they were the voice of the working man. But over the years I saw the changes in the working man’s party. The knife that stabbed me in the back was when...
Letter to the editor: No peace of mind with Trump in office
Donald Trump, only a year in office, bombards us daily with actions that disturb our collective peace of mind. Thus far, he has abused his pardoning powers, defied release of the Epstein files, denied health benefits to millions, destroyed farmers’ overseas markets, flattened the East Wing to accommodate his ballroom,...
Letter to the editor: Use of Nazi terms inappropriate
I am tired of the ease with which people are using the terms gestapo and Nazi. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ignorantly compared Anne Frank to children in his state. Anne Frank hid for years, but the Nazis finally got to her and sent her to her death. Nazis would bash...
Letter to the editor: Communities can fight corporate power
Pennsylvanians should pay close attention to how corporate power and political influence are converging around the rapid expansion of data centers across our state. With deep ties to federal policymaking and the fossil fuel industry, Dina Powell McCormick is well positioned to advance large-scale technology and energy deals with long-term...
Letter to the editor: America sees what’s happening in Minneapolis
President Biden’s lax immigration policies incentivized the invasion of more than 10 million illegal immigrants. An April 16, 2024, House Judiciary Committee report confirms this, noting that thousands of felons, convicted murderers, known pedophiles and sexual predators were “turned loose” by Biden into our beloved country. Homeland Security on Jan....
Letter to the editor: Fracking — weighing the good and the bad
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and natural gas are extracted from underground rock formations. Fracking provides many benefits but has some costly side effects. Fracking obviously provides more energy. An interesting upside is that there is potential for fracking to be cleaner than coal if...
Letter to the editor: Our senators must defend us
Sen. Dave McCormick seems to think that killings and kidnappings on the streets of a major U.S. city aren’t “irresponsible” but objecting to them is. He says he wants a full investigation, but has missed that ICE is apparently actively blocking Minneapolis police from investigating these crimes, and that federal...
Letter to the editor: Republican regime destroying our country
Another beautiful soul is killed by Homeland “Security.” His loved ones are left in agony. Veterans lost someone who helped them get well or at least find comfort in their final days. I made myself watch the video of Alex Pretti trying to help a woman shoved to the ground...
Letter to the editor: Those encouraging protesters ought to join protests
To all of all phony politicians, celebrities and anyone else who encourages others to get out and protest ICE activities, you have no credibility unless you practice what you preach and join the protests. Skip Dunsworth Oviedo, Fla. The writer is formerly of Murrysville....
Letter to the editor: We can handle the truth
When I visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia and stood where our second president, John Adams, took the oath of office, I reflected on our first president’s decision to walk away from the power and prestige of the presidency in support of our democracy. I am still in awe of this...
Letter to the editor: Speak up to stop what’s happening in our country
Many, many awful things are happening in this country which frighten me severely. I came to the U.S. in 1970 and always was proud to be part of this marvelous and rather unique way of self- governing. We had everything a person would want to live their lives as they wished...
Letter to the editor: Other nonprofits should follow UPMC’s lead in helping Pittsburgh
It was heartwarming to see that UPMC set the bar high with a $10 million donation to the city of Pittsburgh for emergency vehicles (“UPMC gives $10M to Pittsburgh for ambulances, freeing up money for snowplows,” Jan. 29, TribLive). Now is the time for other nonprofits to step up and...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Rep. Ilhan Omar for showing up
I would like to comment on the recent attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. While you may not agree with her political beliefs, you have to give her credit for hosting town halls in her district. In my district, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler has been a complete no-show, and clearly does not...
Letter to the editor: We must constrain Trump
What the citizens of any nation of free people should never want to see or accept is the leader of that nation assembling a private army. I believe that is what ICE has become under the current administration. The premature exoneration of agent Jonathan Ross in the killing of Renee...
Letter to the editor: Which guy did that?
Like everyone else I am sick of this guy! He is on track to return or remove 12 million illegal immigrants! Oh wait, that was Clinton. Well, I am sick of him deporting approximately 3 million illegal immigrants. Oh no, that was Obama! Well, I am sick and tired of...
Letter to the editor: Licensing immigrants keeps us all safer
Given the daily fears ICE is creating for many of us, it is more important than ever to support immigrants who are lawfully residing in our state. One way to accomplish this is for our elected state representatives to pass House Bill 1518 presented last spring (see drivingpaforward.org). This legislation...
Letter to the editor: Stop Trump’s devastation
On the invasion of Iraq, Colin Powell famously told President George W Bush, “If you break it, you own it.” That break cost the American taxpayer $2 trillion to $3 trillion and beyond. Now once again our government plays the bully, and without provocation invades a weaker country, unleashing death...
Letter to the editor: Fixing our broken immigration system
Last Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s worth remembering that King’s dream was never meant to be recited once a year — it was meant to be practiced. Right now, one of the most urgent places to practice it is immigration policy. Our system is broken in ways...
Letter to the editor: Defund ICE until it follows the law
This week, the country faces another shutdown due to congressional inaction. This has become the norm no matter the party in charge. This potential shutdown vote has one issue that is potentially more important than the shutdown itself, and that is continuation of funding for a group that is not...
Letter to the editor: ICE reminiscent of Gestapo, 1930s Germany
Let’s call ICE what they truly are: President Trump’s private army of thugs. They are the Gestapo of today, violent and dangerous. To paraphrase: “those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” It’s like we are now in the Germany of the 1930s. We have a president in...
Letter to the editor: We need ICE thanks to Biden-Harris
In response to the letter “ICE are the domestic terrorists” (Jan. 20, TribLive): There would be no need for ICE if the Biden-Harris administration hadn’t let, by some counts, 12 million-plus illegal immigrants, many of whom were criminals, enter our country illegally. Do your homework! Rene A. Marquis Jeannette...
Letter to the editor: After exploiting Native Americans, we turn away others?
Let’s get this straight: Europeans came to this land and killed as many Native American men, women and children as possible. We proclaimed their land our land. We forced their few remaining children into boarding schools where we physically and sexually abused them and sometimes outright killed them. When we...
