Letters to the Editor category, Page 187
Letter to the editor: Can we save both mother and baby?
As the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision day approaches and the plethora of Roe defenses abound in the press, social media and religious circles, let us explore realities about that much referenced exception to preserving innocent life in Judaism — to save the life of the mother. We’ve been told for...
Letter to the editor: Man’s disobedience cause of Bible’s most brutal crime
In his letter “Bible really ought to be banned, too” (June 6, TribLIVE), Bruce Braden missed one other horrible, brutal crime in the Bible: A sinless man, Jesus, was beaten to a pulp, mocked, spit on, had his beard pulled out and then was crucified on a cruel cross. The...
Letter to the editor: Raise driving age to 21?
In light of the recent school shootings, there is the Anti-Constitution group that wants to raise the age to buy a rifle to 21. Before you say yes or no, consider this: Between 2014 and 2018, there were 20,626 fatal car crashes from the age group 15-20. How about raising...
Letter to the editor: Radicalized Republicans
Our Republican leaders have studied and learned the lessons of radicalization from groups such as al-Qaida to their benefit. They have been able to radicalize up to 32% of Americans into believing the presidential election of 2020 was stolen in spite of the fact that Republicans in charge of election...
Letter to the editor: Guns come with responsibility
I watch the news every day and become more disheartened all the time. We have children being killed and killing each other. Just this morning was a story of a 12-year-old boy committing armed robbery. I am a gun owner and believe that is my right, but it is also...
Letter to the editor: Cognitive dissonance on guns
Cognitive dissonance is the subject of two letters published June 12 (“Are we OK with child sacrifice?” and “Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners”). In 2021, there were 45,222 deaths by firearms in the USA. 24,292 (53.72%) were suicides. 19,384 (42.86%) were murders. 611 (1.35%) were...
Letter to the editor: Don’t ignore progress in pollution control
Earlier this month, I spoke at the Penn Township, Westmoreland County, Zoning Hearing Board about emerging information regarding widely available technology upgrades that could be made at gas drilling well pads and compressor stations to significantly reduce air pollution. Olympus Energy is proposing to use intermittent bleed pneumatic controllers at...
Letter to the editor: Biden ‘transitioning’ us into poverty
So the current occupant of the White House recently took to the mic and told us that this country is undergoing “a great transition.” Indeed we are. He has already transitioned us citizens to the standard of living of Muscovites, circa 1957. And the DNC is so tha-RILLED with the...
Letter to the editor: Pride is one of the deadly sins
Let’s thank the brothers and sisters we have and love in this world for establishing the month of June to recognize the character trait of pride. So let us recognize it for what it is … one of the seven deadly vices or sins. It’s not to be celebrated as...
Letter to the editor: It’s Democrats, not Republicans, who are sacrificing children
Give credit to letter-writer Lynne Hughes (“Republicans just want their guns,” June 7, TribLIVE), because it takes courage for a person to say, “I am a registered Republican who votes Democrat,” aka RINO. That said, Hughes made an asinine statement saying that the Republican Party will “sacrifice every single child...
Letter to the editor: Nelson’s college voucher program bad idea
I find Republican Rep. Eric Nelson’s proposed college voucher program ill conceived and rife with omissions (“Hempfield lawmaker’s bill targets Pitt, Penn State funding,” June 2, TribLIVE). It would take money away from Pennsylvania’s public universities and give it to parents for any postsecondary education or any other qualified education...
Letter to the editor: What about the two-ton weapons — cars?
In response to Diana Steck’s letter “Enough is enough — we need action on guns” (June 8, TribLIVE): Wow, amazing, good go, Congress, for passing new gun control laws and saving the children of the USA. Steck got the “action” she clamored for. I sure won’t miss all of the...
Letter to the editor: Dairy farmers key to feeding future generations
I was disappointed to read the letter “Plant-based dairy products better for all” (June 13, TribLIVE), from the head of an animal rights organization who continues to disseminate misinformation about milk and dairy production. As one of the owners of our region’s most forward-leaning dairy operations, I thought I would...
Letter to the editor: Remember your newspaper carrier in these tough times
The carriers who deliver our newspapers to our homes use their own vehicles. The extreme increase in the price of gasoline has to be crushing their already small profit margins. It becomes a job not worth doing. Please consider sending your carrier an extra $10 or $20 so we can...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t leaders giving the majority what they want?
I was thinking: If our government is supposed to be a democracy and a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and according to polls shown on the news, over 80% of the people support background checks on resale of firearms and raising the age to...
7 letters from this week: Children suffer when we cater to gun owners
Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners The horrifying murder of small children is not the worst of it. The worst of it is catering to a minority of paranoid gun owners, who do not represent a majority of gun owners, to force millions of small children...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing liquor stores
State Rep. Natalie Mihalek says if state liquor stores are privatized, repatriated sales from shoppers who now go out of state to buy their liquor will more than make up for any revenue loss. That claim is hogwash. Delaware taxes a bottle of Jack Daniels at 74 cents, vs. the...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Freeport mayor Swartz for love and dedication
My family and I would like to give thanks to Freeport mayor James Swartz Jr. for his decades of dedication and love to Freeport, the most friendly, well maintained, financially responsible and, most important, safest place to live in the entire AK Valley (“Freeport Mayor James Swartz Jr. resigns: ‘It’s...
Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon
The lawsuit filed by three Mt. Lebanon mothers is absolutely irresponsible, harmful and a waste of our taxpayer dollars (“Mt. Lebanon mothers sue school district, teacher over gender identity lessons,” June 9, TribLIVE). As taxpayers, we are angry our award- winning school district will have to fight this bigotry in...
Letter to the editor: Bad guys will always get guns
In response to recent letters about sensible gun control: Background checks are a must and registration is good, but I’d like to think these writers would agree the evil element can bypass background checks and certainly won’t register illegal firearms. So where does that leave us? If guns are taken...
Letter to the editor: Dems will stop at nothing to take down Trump
I currently am watching, not for much longer, the Jan. 6 “hearings,” with no defendant, namely President Donald Trump. The Democrats, drowning in their own insanity, will stop at nothing to stop this great man from being reelected in 2024. What scared them in 2016 and what is scaring them...
Letter to the editor: Why still supporting Trump?
Why so many Americans support Donald Trump is beyond comprehension. I must confess that I am a DINO who bought wholeheartedly into the slogan to “Make America Great Again” in both 2016 and 2020. But Jan. 6 has caused me to do a 180-degree turnaround. Are the American people just...
Letter to the editor: It’s not extreme to expect Biden to solve our problems
Recently it was disclosed that a plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was foiled. The intentional leak of an upcoming court document in regards to the Roe vs. Wade decision was behind it. If this misguided individual would have gotten his news somewhere other than CNN, MSNBC, “The...
Letter to the editor: Dems’ uproar over Roe v. Wade ridiculous
I have watched the Democrats with a degree of humor over the leaked abortion ruling, but Suzie Morris’ letter “Women, vote while you’re still allowed” (May 17, TribLIVE) is an example of just how utterly ridiculous Democrats have become. She starts with sarcasm, then uses insults to make her point,...
Letter to the editor: Return to Judeo-Christian values solution to violence
The impassioned June 1 Trib editorial (De’Avry Thomas won’t be the last victim, June 1, TribLIVE) states that a “chain of many stitches to close the wound of violence will involve law enforcement and social work, health care and mental health, economics and culture, government and grassroots.” Isn’t that what’s...
