Letters to the Editor category, Page 201
Letter to the editor: Open primaries would benefit all
Regarding the letter “Keep Pa.’s primary as is”: Pennsylvania voters should not have to just “join the party” for a choice between something better than the lesser of two evils in November. In 2020, I can’t have been the only one who wondered why, with 330 million people in this...
Letter to the editor: Babies have no choice
I agreed with letter-writer Wanda Rader that it’s “A sad time for women in our world” (May 23, TribLIVE), especially in the Middle East, until she mentioned Roe v. Wade and her being a feminist. That’s when my temper flared! Does she condone babies being aborted, killed and dismembered, with...
Letter to the editor: Shame on those opposing sensible gun reform
Shame on the NRA and the gun lobbies. Shame on all the spineless politicians who take blood money from them. When the forefathers enacted the Second Amendment, they could never have envisioned the weapons we have now. Weapons that have no other purpose than to shoot as many people as...
Letter to the editor: ‘Liberal’ sounds like what we all believe
I’m a 78-year-old liberal and proud of it. I read the piece “What liberal really means” (May 10, TribLIVE), written by my favorite columnist, Leonard Pitts Jr. I want to thank him for his views because they are exactly where a liberal stands. If you look up the word “liberal”...
Letter to the editor: Why can’t we all just get along?
“When your home is ruined by other people, you leave.” This was my husband’s closing remark during our last household debate. “I brought this up four years ago … life is becoming untenable here,” he says. I feel anguish. Certainly, it pales in comparison to that of Buffalo, N.Y., and...
Letter to the editor: Charles Koch’s plan for public education
Charles Koch of the Koch brothers is part of the uber-wealthy with a net worth of over $63 billion. He spends millions to influence our government, and they gave $20 million to get President Trump’s tax cuts passed. The money was well invested, for in 2018 alone, the brothers saved...
Letter to the editor: Why is Biden trying to destroy us?
I look at this president and ask myself why anyone who has been able to live a lifestyle envied by millions would be doing everything in his power to destroy the people who enabled him to live such a lifestyle. Our IRAs are in dire straits with the Dow Jones...
Letter to the editor: We need a return to law and order
How sad for this country when leftist liberal Democrats resort to violence when decisions are not favorable to their liberal agenda. It is despicable what one activist group has done against the six conservative Supreme Court justices by revealing their home addresses, which may create fear and potential violence against...
Letter to the editor: Biden should reverse direction on fossil fuels
Can our rapidly escalating rate of inflation of prices actually destroy our economy, the world’s strongest? Fuel prices at the pump for cars, trucking, farm machinery, airlines, home heating and fuels used in the manufacture of plastics, fertilizers and consumer goods and foods are skyrocketing. This follows President Biden doing...
Letter to the editor: Republicans supporting liars
Words matter. Truth matters more. I learned this decades ago at my mother’s knee. Many Republicans seem to have missed these lessons. Continuing fealty to a defeated, twice- impeached, thrice- married, womanizing, lying, foul-mouthed former president and confessed assaulter, and supporting candidates of his choosing, brings shame to a once-proud GOP. In...
Letter to the editor: Burned twice by Hempfield
I’ve read about Hempfield Area School District’s plan to move students around and begin a multimillion-dollar overhaul of the high school (“Hempfield School Board decides to tear down existing high school to its bare bones, building up from there,” March 8, TribLIVE). I wonder what it’s going to cost me....
Letter to the editor: We need prayer back in schools
In her column “Stop telling me what won’t work” (May 26, TribLIVE), Lori Falce, community engagement editor, explains how upset she is with people who constantly comment that suggestions to stop school shootings won’t work, so nothing gets done. Her closing comment, “Start telling me what might keep me from...
Letter to the editor: Some thoughts from the last century
These are some thoughts I think I thought. I have used up most of my first 100 years on Earth. It hasn’t been all peaches and cream; we have had the setbacks most families have — leukemia, colon cancer, bypass surgery. But thanks to my wife’s faith, we have overcome...
Letter to the editor: Hypocrisy of the right
How obvious is the hypocrisy of Fox commentators and many Republican legislators? The emails and recordings, now public, from Jan. 6, 2021, say it all. This from the people who claim they’re the “moral authority,” the holier than thou club. They, together, blame Democrats for moral decay in America? Yet,...
Letter to the editor: Speaking up for vulnerable is the Christian way
In response to Dave Ninehouser’s letter “Jesus never preached about abortion”: Jesus also never preached about drug cartels or nuclear war, which are evils that plague everyday society. Ninehouser seems elated to make his point that abortion was an accepted practice in Rome as if Rome was anything but a...
Letter to the editor: We need background checks and ban on military-type guns
The U.S. Constitution on guns: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The shooter who murdered 19 children and two teachers was not a member of a well-regulated militia. I...
Letter to the editor: Throwing money at the Russia problem
Oh dear, Russia invaded Ukraine. How horrible! What can we do to fix this? I know the answer. Let’s print billions of dollars and throw it at the problem. That’s sure to fix it. Never mind that this will fuel inflation. Never mind about any type of military or diplomatic...
Letter to the editor: Abortion doesn’t belong in court system
I believe letter-writer Leo Nagorski’s statement that “most Americans favor keeping Roe exactly the way it is” is untrue (“Blame for the Roe v. Wade uproar,” May 24, TribLIVE). I’d be interested in his source. As for any uproar, the Supreme Court decision (if what we hear holds) will deny...
Letter to the editor: We must move forward from Trump
Kudos to William Hite’s letter “What’s a Trump endorsement worth?” (May 6, TribLIVE). Donald Trump and his family ran their private businesses while living at the White House at taxpayers’ expense. Since 2016, he’s promised to reveal his taxes but never did so. Obviously, he never intended to do so...
Letter to the editor: Pa. treasurer promoting a lie
How comforted would Pennsylvanians be to know that the individual who is responsible for handling tens of billions of dollars of our money is a bald-faced liar? That is regrettably what we face in state Treasurer Stacy Gerrity. She appeared at a rally which was ostensibly to promote the U.S....
Letter to the editor: Choice matters for electricity consumers
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) is warning consumers they could see sharp increases in default service energy costs, ranging between 6% and 45%, as utilities adjust their prices for electric generation on June 1. The editorial “The high cost of electricity — or electric deregulation?” (May 14, TribLIVE) missed an...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Voice of Westmoreland
I want to thank Voice of Westmoreland for working diligently to raise awareness about the need to improve the capacity of our county’s mental health services and the request to spend some of the public covid relief funds for this purpose. Mental health professionals are often the only people that...
Letter to the editor: A deeper look into the Bible for guidance on abortion
In reference to David Ninehouser’s letter “Jesus never preached about abortion” (May 20, TribLIVE) that “Jesus speaks not a single, solitary word about abortion”: I am guessing Ninehouser is concluding that Jesus then condones it. This is misleading logic. Just because I don’t specifically say, “Don’t kick my dog,” doesn’t...
Letter to the editor: Honoring a true warrior and protector
We just lost another brave warrior and protector of our country. For those of you who never met Bob Brink, I would like to tell you a little about him. Bob was a strong family man. He had a huge heart and was there for you any time you needed...
Letter to the editor: Where is our decency and common sense?
I am a gun-owning wife of a military veteran, daughter of a lifelong member of the NRA and mom to a son who was on his school’s rifle team. I would never relinquish our weapons. However, as a responsible gun owner, I am appalled that those on the right have...
