Letters to the Editor category, Page 231
Sounding off: There’s no ‘choice’ when others are threatened
“Covid is not fatal to children.” Let the shamefulness of that statement, which appeared in the letter “Penn Hills mask ruling decried” sink in for a moment. To back this claim up, the writer noted that deaths among children aged 0-18 were 423 as of late August (it’s now 470,...
Letter to the editor: Aid to Taliban?
The Biden administration is considering sending foreign aid to the Taliban! I believe this is nothing but a ransom payment disguised as “aid” so the average American won’t realize. This will be the administration’s politically palatable way to extricate any people left in Afghanistan by the botched withdrawal who they...
Letter to the editor: Calling out sign-destroyers
On Sept. 11, Irwin had a nice celebration on Main Street with bands and many food trucks. My wife and I attended and had a very good time. The next morning, we woke to a real shock. There’s a “We Support Our Local Police” sign on our yard, which we...
Letter to the editor: Effectiveness of cloth masks questioned
Earlier this year, a medical sales representative called into a local radio program regarding surgical masks. It was her specialty. She talked about particulates, screening properties and interceptor efficiencies. A clear example of poor filtering was that you shouldn’t be able to smell aromas through it. Such particulates are much...
Letter to the editor: Republicans not ‘protecting integrity’
Republican legislators, who’ve dominated our state Legislature for decades, intend to overturn the mail-in voting law they all voted to pass in 2019. They now plan to cast doubt on the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results by holding an Arizona-style audit of those votes, claiming irregularities and improprieties allowed...
Letter to the editor: We have responsibilities to each other
When I listen to the minority of Americans who are defiant and enraged anti-vacciners and anti-indoor-mask- wearers, I can’t help but think back to when I was a teenage boy, and I was listening to presidential candidate Robert Kennedy over my transistor radio saying that we need to talk about what...
Letter to the editor: If masks offer even slim protection, why not wear them?
As I read the articles on the efforts of parents and school districts to deal with the mask/no mask issue, I also read this information: More than a quarter-million children had new cases of covid in just the last week of August, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)....
Letter to the editor: Thanks for support of district judge
To the residents of the Derry area: I want to thank all of you for the faith you showed in me over the last 30 years. Back in 1991 when I decided to run for the seat held by retiring Magisterial District Judge Michael Giannini, I could never have imagined...
Letter to the editor: Fix the Biden mess, make America great again
Wow! Can you believe? A Democrat asking “Help first, blame later!” This from Democrats who, for four years, 24/7 blamed President Trump for every little error coming down the pike? You made Biden president. Now you fix the mess he has made. Yes, make America great again. Frances Olyarnik Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Redistricting committee suggestion
Regarding the article “4 takeaways from new Pa. census data and what it means for redistricting” (Aug. 22, TribLIVE): To prevent such political turnaround, I feel no politicizing of the census could be made by a panel of 15. Five Republicans, five Democrats and five independents or third-party should make...
Letter to the editor: Medicare cuts worrisome
As I work with Medicare seniors in Pennsylvania, I am concerned about prospective cuts to clinical lab services. In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to cut rates for nearly 600 tests, including the top 25 most used by seniors — threatening access to...
Letter to the editor: Where to turn for the truth?
Never in my 65 years did I think that I would be living in a world of such complete absurdity and foreboding. In generations past at least we had a grasp on reality and truth. That is no longer the case. There is almost nowhere to turn for trustworthy, reliable...
Letter to the editor: Trump associates’ corruption
In my letter “Crimes among Trump associates” (March 9, TribLIVE), I suggested that if Trump associates’ corruption does not amount to criminal activity, but they are lawyers, they should be disbarred. Guess what? Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended in New York and Washington, D.C., and he may be...
Letter to the editor: Biden had courage to end war
I feel that I must respond to the letter “In Afghanistan, history repeats itself” (Sept. 7, TribLIVE). Many, many historical facts were omitted. First and foremost was President Bush’s Iraqi war that halted all the progress we made in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2002. America would have been out of...
Jonah Goldberg: Biden’s stance will feed pandemic culture war
Maybe President Biden should handle covid-19 the way he’s handled Afghanistan. It’s a strange thought, given how badly he botched the U.S. withdrawal. But at least Afghanistan Joe had a clear idea about what we needed to do. Covid Joe has no such exit strategy. He’s making it up as...
Letter to the editor: Suppression of cheating, not votes
The idea that those bad Republicans want to suppress votes (read minorities) is really old stuff (“Voter suppression to resume,” Sept. 7, TribLIVE). Maybe ’50s or ’60s. Let’s find a new slander. Suppression of cheating is the intent, and that worries some folks. As far as grape jelly goes, 9-year-olds...
Letter to the editor: Health secretary, not school boards, should be making mask rulings
State law provides school boards authority to make reasonable and necessary rules governing students in school. Using this authority, many schools choose to keep masks optional. Gov. Tom Wolf disagreed with the rules made by most school boards and had his health secretary issue an order requiring masks. This order...
Letter to the editor: Comparing presidents’ honor of fallen soldiers
It was a damp, dark night on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base on Feb. 11, 2020. President Trump, along with his vice president, had scurried away from a raucous campaign rally in New Hampshire to make a last-minute flight to the air base. The president wanted to be...
Letter to the editor: What’s happened since Biden took office
On Jan. 20 of this year, a new president took office. I have noticed that gas prices are soaring, illegal immigrants are somehow entering our country in record numbers (illegal is not legal), and nobody wants to work for a living while collecting free money and benefits from our government...
Letter to the editor: What’s a living wage?
The editorial “PNC Bank shows how market forces drive minimum-wage growth” (Sept. 1, TribLIVE) raises some questions: What number is considered a “living wage”? Is a living wage for a family of four to be more than that of a single person? Are fast-food workers entitled to the same wage...
Letter to the editor: Suppressing our votes
In 2019, landmark bipartisan voting reforms became law in Pennsylvania, including “no excuse” mail-in voting: a rare instance of giving the people what they wanted. The measure was timely as a pandemic overtook the commonwealth and the nation the following year, impacting the ability of individuals to vote safely in...
Letter to the editor: Why didn’t we kill the Taliban?
I agree with the letter-writer Howard Schmitt (“Lots of blame for Afghanistan,” Aug. 31, TribLIVE) that there is a lot of blame to go around for the debacle in Afghanistan, starting with the invasion by Russia in 1979. My question is: Why didn’t we kill the Taliban? We had 20...
Letter to the editor: Scooter plan has some flaws
Spin, an enterprise that makes motorized scooters available for rent to those who do not have cars or choose not to use them, is delighted with the early returns in its Pittsburgh program (“Taking a spin in Pittsburgh on an e-scooter,” Aug. 29, TribLIVE). One of Spin’s chief goals is...
Letter to the editor: First hydroxychloroquine, now ivermectin
First, it was hydroxychloroquine, and now it is ivermectin. People all over this country, particularly those in red states, are taking the livestock version of this medicine to ward off covid-19 and poisoning themselves in the process. Thousands of our fellow Americans, acting on the advice of right-wing media and...
Letter to the editor: Taxes on the wealthy, corporations
In her letter “Corporations, wealthy should pay fair share” (Aug. 14, TribLIVE), Sandy Kremer refers to an AP article claiming that the richest 25 people in the U.S. have paid very little income tax. Wikipedia says the total worth of the 25 richest Americans is approximately $1.774 trillion. Even if...
