Letters to the Editor category, Page 199
Letter to the editor: Keystone pipeline could transport water
I’m all for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. This project was long overdue to help America solve an ongoing problem. Oil, not necessarily. If we engineer this properly, we can possibly bring water to the Midwest, West and Southwest. People don’t need gasoline to survive. Fresh water is...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for Lamb’s focus on real issues
With so many competing priorities in Washington and Harrisburg, we’ve been fortunate to have leadership here in the Pittsburgh area that hasn’t forgotten about the real issues that matter to our community. While the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate didn’t break his way, we’re glad that the rest of the...
Letter to the editor: Hit piece on Mastriano yellow journalism
The Associated Press article “Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns” (May 29, TribLIVE) was subversive yellow journalism. It contained all the conventional sleights of journalistic hand. Doug Mastriano and campaign officials “ignored requests for comment” and rejected the Christian nationalist label, yet it was positioned as fact....
Letter to the editor: Prayer not enough to keep children safe
Gary Franks’ column “School prayer could stem mass shootings” (June 3, TribLIVE) was lacking. Back in the ’50s, children went to smaller schools that were located in the communities. Mothers generally didn’t work and were involved in the home and schools, PTA and community groups. The neighbors were involved with...
Letter to the editor: Prisoners should be out cleaning up trash
Have you looked along our roads lately? Bottles, cans, paper everywhere. Why is this happening? Is it possible that prisoners could pick it up occasionally, since there are so many non- prisoners with very bad habits? Helen Hopkinson Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Inflation and the price of property in Pittsburgh
“Thou shalt not crucify mankind on a cross of Gold.” — William Jennings Bryan The feeding frenzy in the city of Pittsburgh over properties creates many people who cannot afford to buy or rent. What happens to those people? Do they move to places such as Wilkinsburg, or do they...
Letter to the editor: Creation vs. evolution
Since becoming a reborn Christian in 2014, I subscribe to “Answers in Genesis” and Creation Ministries. I recently attended Creation Ministries’ Creation 2022 Superconference in Myrtle Beach. I would suggest all lapsed Christians visit their websites. Here are a few of their comments: Marine fossils have been found on every...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s ‘working it out’ isn’t working
During the Democratic presidential debates some 20 months ago, when candidate Joe Biden was asked whether there was any place for fossils fuels, including coal and fracking, under a Biden administration he answered, “no.” He went on to say that he would “work it out” and “make sure it’s eliminated.”...
Letter to the editor: Ending our violent reality show
Decades ago, horror movies were fun. Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman were our friends. These monsters had families. Not long after one of them did his worst and was killed, the sons and spouses came of age and engaged in evil against the public. The mass shootings that have been...
Letter to the editor: Fracking under parks should be banned
Allegheny County Council is considering an ordinance that would ban fracking on or under county parks property. I hope Allegheny County residents will join me in supporting this ordinance. Here’s why. Fracking cannot be done safely. According to the the eighth edition of the Compendium of Fracking, fracking negatively impacts...
Letter to the editor: As long it’s party over people, gun reform won’t happen
Here we go again: talks about gun reform. It would mean something if our lawmakers really cared about trying to make things better and doing the things that the people (taxpayers) want. Seems to me that all the do-nothing Republicans in the Senate want to do is go against anything...
Letter to the editor: Jesus never approved of abortion
I couldn’t help agreeing somewhat with letter-writer Dave Ninehouser’s declaration that Jesus, nowhere, specifically calls out the evil of abortion (“Jesus never preached about abortion,” May 20, TribLIVE). There are many words that are missing in the records as coming from the mouth of Jesus. But Jesus called abortion evil...
Letter to the editor: Plant-based dairy products better for all
June is National Dairy Month, a time to reflect on the ethical, financial and nutritional burden that is the dairy industry. NPR reported in April that America’s dairy consumption has been rising for decades and so has the carbon footprint. The country’s dairy habit accounts for about 2% of U.S....
Letter to the editor: Flawed reassessment system
Pennsylvania state law permits counties to reassess whenever they want. In most cases, counties go decades without updates. Allegheny County Common Pleas judge once opined in open court that the base year system was “a figment of the General Assembly’s imagination.” The last time a county reassessed is known as...
Letter to the editor: On guns, what about the rights of others?
The letter from Karla Thomas spoke volumes (“Where is our decency and common sense?” May 29, TribLIVE). Her statement that commonsense gun laws are perceived as the evil Democrats coming for your guns has been the radical Republican Party’s and the NRA’s false narrative for years. The NRA has two...
Letter to the editor: The Bible is fantasy
Just read the letter “Bible really ought to be banned, too” (June 6, TribLIVE). It’s disgusting that school boards and other organizations can decide what people can and cannot read. Sounds like Nazi Germany. I’m a Christian, but the Bible cannot be taken seriously. You tell a joke, and it...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing schools not a bad idea
Regarding the letter “Charles Koch’s plan for public education” (June 3, TribLIVE): I don’t understand the concern for the privatization of public schools. It’s not like our public schools are doing such a great job. We spend more per student than any other country in the world, and yet 25%...
Letter to the editor: 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 to endure drills and the presence of armed guards. They...
Letter to the editor: Are we OK with child sacrifice?
As a 70-year-old female, I vividly remember growing up during the Cold War and the school drills where we cowered under desks to prepare for nuclear bombs. I was 11 when President Kennedy avoided a nuclear crisis with Russia shortly before his assassination. Those years scarred me, as I have...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners should make meetings convenient, and known
Westmoreland County residents: What does a typical Thursday at 10 a.m. look like for you? Many of you would probably be at your job. Perhaps you’d be attending class or taking your kids to soccer practice. I’d wager few of you would say 10 a.m. on a Thursday would be...
Letter to the editor: We’re all Americans first
I don’t care if you identify yourself politically, right or left, conservative or progressive, by your national heritage, race or skin color. If you are a citizen of the United States of America, you are an American first over other identification types. If you are a visitor of this great...
Sounding off: Require military service for weapons
In the early 1980s, I purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at Sears in the Westmoreland Mall, and I walked through the mall to carry it out to my car. Unthinkable today, as society’s views on weapons have changed in the last decades. In reflecting on those changing societal views, I think...
Letter to the editor: Government propaganda
Most hard-working Americans probably have never even heard of the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. Which would comport with not knowing about the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012. Both these laws are critically important. Basically, they repealed the law to use propaganda on the American people. Look it up. So now...
Letter to the editor: Remembering veterans’ sacrifices
I read with special interest the article “Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations” (June 7). Two Pennsylvanians were among the many heroes who made history on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Lt. Richard (Dick) Winters commanded Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division. He was made famous by the TV miniseries “Band...
Letter to the editor: Meaningful gun legislation needed now
One of the most shameful aspects of American society is the epidemic of gun violence and our failure to respond with meaningful restrictions. Continuously, we allow access to assault weapons, permit unlimited magazine capacity and thwart meaningful background checks. We even go so far as to permit “open carry,” allowing...
