Letters to the Editor category, Page 197
Letter to the editor: Will Americans ever come together?
In my lifetime, I’ve only seen Americans come together two times as a country: when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Sept. 11, 2001. Americans are so sensitive anymore. America is the only country where we can have anything we want, and we are still not satisfied. We are...
7 letters: Readers sound off on guns, cars, Mastriano and Juneteenth
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...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to CMU for honoring Pittsburgh’s Billy Porter
At Carnegie Mellon University’s commencement May 14, Billy Porter and several others were awarded honorary Ph.D.s. Porter also was commencement speaker. What a wonderful choice. He’s a credit to CMU and a treasure for the entire Pittsburgh region. Best speech I ever heard. I was disappointed when he finished; I...
Letter to the editor: Government not doing its job on guns
Why is it OK for the NRA to fight for you to have the right to have a gun, but they can’t give you the OK to buy a gun? Only the government can give you that OK after you pass the “instant gun check.” You either pass or fail....
Letter to the editor: Six-figure salaries don’t belong in Freeport schools
Tom Yerace’s article “Freeport Area property taxes to increase; amount depends on where you live” (June 10, TribLIVE) was very informative. Apparently they decided not to fill six positions that had been costing $900,000. That’s an average salary of $150,000. In an area where you have taxpayers living in $19,000...
Letter to the editor: Juneteenth explained
There seems to be confusion about the significance of the Juneteenth holiday. Allow me to explain. On July 4, we celebrate Americans not having to pay taxes to England. On June 19, we celebrate that Americans are no longer bought, sold and owned by the people who didn’t want to...
Letter to the editor: Mastriano’s dangerous plans
In his letter “Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism” (June 15, TribLIVE), Joe Schmidt said Doug Mastriano, the state’s Republican candidate for governor, is being unfairly attacked by the media because he’s a Christian nationalist. Christian nationalists interviewed in an article that appeared in the Penn Capital Star on May...
Letter to the editor: Media biased against Mastriano
I concur with Joe Schmidt’s excellent letter accusing the Tribune-Review and Associated Press of unprofessional attacks on Sen. Doug (“Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism,” June 15, TribLIVE). I cannot understand why anyone in the media, especially a Western Pennsylvania newspaper, would not only be shocked, but legitimately impressed by...
Letter to the editor: Republicans don’t represent working class
Republicans do not represent the working classes. Never. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Plan to raise minimum age for guns has flaw
Somewhere in this country there’s an 18-year-old who would really like to have one of those cool high-powered people-killers. Just for self-defense, of course. I know President Biden means well, but, if I was a White House reporter, I would ask him this: What’s to prevent his 21-year-old friend from...
Letter to the editor: Too much importance placed on athletics
The article “Hempfield Area officials get sneak peak of ideas for high school project” (May 27, TribLIVE) reported that the new design could include a new athletic wing. Have nonathletic students been pushed to the back of the school board’s priority list? I believe putting school athletics first has gotten...
Letter to the editor: Higher wages can solve home care worker crisis
It may start with driving your mom to a doctor’s appointment or stopping by to make sure your uncle remembered to take his medication. Support from family is often the first step in keeping aging loved ones independent. However, at some point, the care needs may be more than you...
Letter to the editor: Does Biden want to take away our God-given rights?
A recent speech by the president, who swore under oath at his inauguration to protect and defend the Constitution, now informs us all that none of our rights as defined in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution are absolute. Absolute, to me, means God-given. This means he lied when...
Letter to the editor: Responsibility key to guns and more
I do not hold with taking away guns, but I do think gun laws need changed. It needs to be harder to get a gun of any kind, and we need to shoot the shooter! In Uvalde, Texas, the cowardly police force stood outside while the children were killed. Who...
Letter to the editor: GOP not pro-life
The hypocrisy of the GOP has been of full display over the past weeks of mass shootings. Republicans claim to be the pro-life party and pay lip service to the fact that the Supreme Court is about to begin the process of dismantling Roe v. Wade. However, they approve of...
Letter to the editor: Dairy critical to healthy diet
As a registered dietitian, I am frustrated nutrition misinformation is shared by organizations with agendas based on opinion over scientific evidence. I’m compelled to respond to the letter “Plant-based dairy products better for all” (June 13, TribLIVE). The 2020-25 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans includes low-fat and fat-free dairy (milk,...
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...
