Letters to the Editor category, Page 248
Letter to the editor: Can’t help hating leftists
I know you are not supposed to hate. I have tried very hard not to, but I just can’t stop hating the leftists who are working so hard to take down my country. So I guess this is just one sin I will have to live with. John Newhouse Shaler...
Letter to the editor: Media not fair and objective
There were three letters — “Renewables vs. fossil fuels,” “Help citizens, not immigrants” and “Where’s reporting on border?” — and a George Will column headlined “Cartel of nations ravenous for global tax” on the July 15 editorial page that were well-written and very compelling. The points they all made were...
Letter to the editor: Democracy dies by a thousand cuts
Since the completion of his 2020 election loss, Donald Trump and his enablers continue to spread the “big lie” that the election was rigged and that there was voter fraud, despite a lack of any evidence. Spreading such falsehoods will lead to the death of democracy by a thousand cuts....
Letter to the editor: Time to repurpose the Trump House
Donald Trump lost the presidential election, so now it’s time to repurpose the Trump House. I think Rep. Leslie Rossi should replace the Trump statue with one of herself made of gold, at least 75 feet tall, and change the name to “Rossi Kingdom.” After all, isn’t it time for...
Letter to the editor: Continued covid awareness important
Though I respect his reasons, I disagree with letter-writer Steve A. Fazekas’s challenge to the Tribune-Review to remove the daily covid count from its publications (“End daily covid case count,” July 14, TribLIVE). With covid cases and hospitalizations increasing in areas with lower percentages of the population getting fully vaccinated...
Letter to the editor: Amazon facility would degrade Churchill
I grew up in Churchill and still have family and friends living there and family members who have passed on are buried near Churchill. I lived right next door to the George Westinghouse Research Park at two different residences and knew that green space nurtured our community’s air and peaceful...
Letter to the editor: We must de-politicize our rhetoric, resolutions
Jonah Goldberg’s “Defenders, opponents of critical race theory prone to exaggeration” (July 9, TribLIVE) is probably one of his better columns, but I don’t agree that there is equal exaggeration. However, it is useful in understanding our current racial climate. It is axiomatic and understandable that a proportion of Black...
Letter to the editor: Schools need to plan for student success
There is a reckoning coming in Westmoreland County schools, and we are not prepared for it. The lack of consistent schooling over the past 18 months, combined with the rising levels of racial consciousness in our youth, will bring unprecedented challenges to the public school system. We have a choice:...
Sounding off: TV’s influence on conspiracy theories
TV may be at fault with the problem we have today with QAnon and other conspiracy theories. Once upon a time, History and the Travel Channel were my favorites. Now they should be renamed Pseudoscience Channels 1 and 2, as they are filled with programs about UFOs, Bigfoot, ghosts, ancient...
Letter to the editor: Police fitness standards unfair to those who are out of shape
A settlement was reached in April after the U.S. Justice Department sued the Pennsylvania State Police for sex discrimination for giving applicants a physical fitness test that many women could not pass. Under the terms of the agreement, the police have lowered their standards, paid $2.2 million into a compensation...
Letter to the editor: Red-light camera grants tainted
I’m glad to see Wimmerton residents opposing the project for a Route 30 light to be funded by a grant from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding program (“Wimmerton residents protest plan to end left turns onto Route 30 in Unity,” July 9, TribLIVE). While many ARLE grant projects...
Letter to the editor: A pro-choice/pro-life bird dilemma
I try to dissuade birds from building nests around my house … too many areas to nest and too much bird crap to clean up. Well, one robin probed my defenses and built a nest in a previously unprotected area. I decided to dump the nest. But I got up...
Letter to the editor: God doesn’t care about churches’ rules
Can we please stop on the letters about whether President Biden should be allowed to take Communion, no matter which side of the debate you are on? Do you really think God cares for one second about the rules and regulations of the Catholic church (or any church)? Biden is...
Letter to the editor: Catholic Church and statute of limitations
In response to the article “Pa. lawmakers threaten university funding over statute of limitations deadlock” (June 18, TribLIVE): First, my heart truly breaks for the suffering the victims of abuse have endured, and I truly hope they find closure. But the issue of the statute of limitations is more complicated...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s energy stance
For once, just once, could you Trump cultists please try not to be so gullible? I know this is like asking the Pirates not to stink, but try anyway. Why am I pulling my hair out (this time)? It’s all the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of...
Letter to the editor: Time to embrace clean, renewable energy
It’s time to make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Every second that we rely on dirty energy sources, we threaten the air our children breathe, the water we drink and the planet we all rely on. The good news? We have the solution at our fingertips: clean, renewable...
Letter to the editor: What the media tells us
Things that won’t get printed in any newspaper or reported on the news: The two greatest works of American fiction are “The 9/11 Commission Report” and “The Warren Commission Report.” It’s easier to accept “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Cat in the Hat” as serious reportage than these two government...
Letter to the editor: Ensuring character, integrity in positions of power
Since his first days in office, Trump trashed the Constitution by ignoring the emoluments clause. He made millions by using his own properties. His early denial of the severity of the covid virus probably cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans. He was impeached over extorting the president...
Letter to the editor: Eliminating Pittsburgh’s traffic nightmares
I submit an open letter to the “powers that be” — the makers, the shakers, the deep-pocketed crowd and whomever. Will you “sled dogs” start pulling in one direction and help alleviate some of Pittsburgh’s traffic nightmares? We need the rail line that runs into Pittsburgh on the east side...
Letter to the editor: Beware of mail-in ballots
Democrats want us to believe that the record voter turnout in the 2020 election was caused by mail ballots that made it much easier to vote, thus allowing many more people to vote than ever before. But is mail voting so easy? What is easier to do if you are...
Letter to the editor: American Jobs Plan can deliver for U.S.
The people of the coalfields and other communities of Southeastern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, the heart of Appalachia, need a transformational investment. Our entire nation needs a major investment in infrastructure. Both can happen if Congress acts. President Biden has proposed the American Jobs Plan. The plan...
Letter to the editor: Biden disaster gets worse every day
Kudos to letter-writer Ray Schratz (”Biden’s policies are destroying the country.”) Under Biden, we are seeing the results of what can only be described as a national disaster getting worse every day. This administration seems bent on destroying everything the former president did that was positive for this country. It...
Letter to the editor: Politics involved in all media
Regarding James Kvitkovich’s letter “Trib is fair and balanced” (July 2, TribLIVE): Yes, the Trib is fair and balanced, but the Associated Press is not. I suspect the Trib doesn’t have much of a choice for national and world news? In my letter “Are you a political fool?” (June 5,...
Letter to the editor: Radar and reasonable speed limits
Regarding the use of radar by local police departments (“Senate OKs local police using radar for speed enforcement,” June 23, TribLIVE): Before this practice is allowed, speed limits need to be set at the 85th percentile of prevailing speeds as outlined in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices and...
Letter to the editor: How will new airplanes be powered?
Regarding the article “United orders 270 jets to replace old ones, plan for growth” (June 29, TribLIVE): This is great news. However, the article did not mention how these new airplanes will be powered. Will they be powered by solar panels, windmills mounted on wings or some other kind of...
