Letters to the Editor category, Page 115

Affordable and high-quality health care for seniors and individuals with disabilities remains a big concern in Pennsylvania. That is why we need to protect and strengthen Medicare Advantage, a vital part of Medicare that more need to know about. It is important that as many people as possible look at...

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed Aug. 23, killing all 10 people on board. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency confirmed that Prigozhin, who had led a brief rebellion again the...

OK, here’s a little more government nonsense for ya. It seems only 25 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania have to have emissions testing on their vehicles. This is a problem. Either make the same requirement for every county or eliminate it for the others. In addition, now PennDOT is changing...

Why we should continue to help Ukraine The writer of the letter “We’ve helped Ukraine enough” (Aug. 11, TribLIVE) states that although he feels sorry for Ukraine, we should stop aiding that nation because it just costs too much. He doesn’t seem to care that the consequences of such action...

The letter ”Trump doesn’t stand a chance in DC” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE) could make a rat gag. It’s a shame what Donald J. Trump has done in his life and as president and while rerunning for president. Working people pay most of the taxes while the very rich and companies...

To quote two famous Americans: Pogo — “We have met the enemy and he is us”; and FDR — “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” The enemy is those who don’t vote, or those who vote strictly along party lines. This combination of apathy and laziness...

Regarding the letter “Air conditioners cause problems” (Aug. 12, TribLIVE): Something tells me the loony left wouldn’t be happy even if we all went back to living in caves. I can imagine them chiseling their frantic letters now — “We must stop lighting wood fires to cook our food and...

In the letter “Leaders should take climate action now” (Aug. 8, TribLIVE), the author says leaders should “promote policies that will drive us to a carbon-free future.” Without getting into the whole climate change debate, does the author realize that all lifeforms on earth, plant, animal and human, are carbon-based?...

I’m an 85-year-old veteran of the United States of America. It saddens me that a former president of our country has committed what I consider treason, without remorse, and is possibly continuing his criminal behavior. I think Trump is pure evil and is preying on his duped MAGA followers. Generations...

From the movie “Oppenheimer” and some independent research, I learned that it took three years for the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. This is less time than the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the University of Pittsburgh took for their longterm studies on a group of rare childhood...

I love a clean car, but to have four washes in a 1- to 2-mile radius on Route 30 in Irwin — is this really necessary? Why can’t someone build a nice restaurant with real home-cooked food, like the Old Village Inn or Teddy’s? We have so many fast-food places....

The Pennsylvania Treasury makes a big deal about all the money they have that is owed to people. Here’s my experience. You fill out the paperwork, and you hear nothing from them. They acknowledge that they received your claim for your money. Then that’s as far as it goes. No...

Real Alternatives, a regional network of women’s help agencies with 77 centers throughout Pennsylvania, has served in excess of 400,000 women since its establishment in 1996. The regional program is financially supported by the commonwealth, offering women in crisis services such as counseling, testing, educational referrals, clothing, classes and shelter,...

It has been two years since President Biden’s disastrous retreat from Afghanistan, which I feel was recklessly staged purely for political theater. Biden irresponsibly risked the lives of thousands of American citizens and Afghan allies to complete his retreat by the symbolic date of Sept. 11, 2021. He surrendered Bagram...

Kudos to the writer of the letter “Republicans, don’t back Trump” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE) for realizing the truth about a habitual liar. You give several really good reasons not to back Trump, but I feel the biggest reason not to support him is the fact that he wanted Vice President...

After his indictment in Georgia last week, Donald Trump scheduled a news conference for Aug. 20 at which he planned to issue a detailed report providing “irrefutable and overwhelming evidence” that the election there was stolen from him, resulting in his “complete exoneration” (“Trump trashes DA Fani Willis as ‘corrupt,’...

I consider the writer of the letter “Republicans, don’t back Trump” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE) a never- Trumper in lockstep with Liz Cheney and old guard Republicans. Let’s examine his three reasons for not supporting Trump. 1. “He failed to take any action during the Jan. 6 mob action to keep the...

The trouble with Donald Trump is that he is his own worst enemy. He’s told the lie that he won the 2020 presidential election so many times, he now believes it. Like Putin, Xi and Kim, he implies that he wants to be president for life. He’s partly right that...

Recently, PennEnvironment released a study called the “Dirty Dozen” — the top 12 air polluters in Pennsylvania. You might expect the list to be dominated by old, inefficient coke plants or coal industries. Nope! Five of the 12 are modern gas-fired power plants. Is this surprising? For years, residents of...

I must disagree with the letter “God is a problem, not an answer” (July 29, TribLIVE). When God created man, he gave him free will. We use this free will to make choices, good or bad. God loves all his children and is a loving God who gets sad when...

The writer of the letter “God is a problem, not an answer” (July 29, TribLIVE) does not need to read or understand the Bible. He mentions that he believes people should take care of each other. That is God in his heart, and it is the greatest request that he...

Despite protest to the contrary, the agenda of conservative members of the Hempfield Area School Board seems to be ban books. Proposed changes to 109-AR-0: Selection of Resource Materials and 109-AR3: Request for Re-Evaluation of Resource Materials would remove students from the review board unless the student is 18 or...

Regarding the article “Drivers getting ticketed for passing stopped Pittsburgh Public Schools buses” (Aug. 7, TribLIVE): Act 38 of 2020 should be repealed. This law modified the stop-arm camera law for illegally passing school buses. It assumes a vehicle’s owner was driving, and takes away the person’s rights. It also...

The recent article on the incredibly high cost of the Hempfield Area Senior High School (“Hempfield high school project plan is millions of dollars over budget, must be revised,” Aug. 11, TribLIVE) brought a major, vital question to my mind — those kids are getting an exceptional education, right? What...

The letter “God is a problem, not an answer” (July 29, TribLIVE) offered a fascinating insight into questions that have disturbed the thoughts of many people for a long time. Is it possible the writer’s conclusions were drawn based on worldly misconceptions? The impression that God sanctions evil, sin and...