Letters to the Editor category, Page 249
Letter to the editor: Respecting all sides in covid experience
Let’s commend the Trump administration for orchestrating rollout of multiple covid-19 vaccines in a time frame that was considered impossible by experts, and the Biden administration for grabbing the baton and seeing that a large portion of the country gets vaccinated in quick order. Let’s respect the concerns of those...
Sounding off: Lincoln’s Lyceum Address is enlightening
I’d like to encourage everyone who reads this to please look up on Google or YouTube the 1838 Lyceum Address by Abraham Lincoln. It was written 23 years before the Civil War. Similar to today, tensions were high, and there was much unease. Lincoln warned the nation of immense harm...
Letter to the editor: Another tax increase in Latrobe
So the Greater Latrobe School Board wants a tax increase (“Greater Latrobe to consider tentative 1-mill tax hike, $57.7M budget,” May 12, TribLIVE). Try to live within your budget, like all the senior citizens in the school district have to do. Enough is enough. Unfortunately, we can’t just pass on...
Letter to the editor: Biden is taking us backward
I believe Joe Biden is intent on taking this country back to a time when Democrats’ policies destroyed the family unit. During a 2019 campaign event, Biden referred to himself as the “savior around the world.” He touted a plan to force American taxpayers to fund abortion through Planned Parenthood....
Letter to the editor: Dollar stores and the Green New Deal
Our plethora of dollar stores have improved everyone’s life so much I can’t withhold gratitude. I have purchased skin care products that reduced acne. Serious medical problems too personal to go into have been treated successfully with dollar store frankincense and myrrh. Poison ivy. ’Roids. Bicycle injuries. All treated with...
Letter to the editor: Russia and China going green
I’m happy Russia is joining countries signing on to the “green” initiative to reduce carbon emissions. This is good news because in January 2020 they committed the equivalent of $300 billion in incentives for oil and gas developments in the Arctic Ocean. I’m sure Russia’s goal is to protect these...
Letter to the editor: Freedom, passports and guns
Regarding the letter “Expanding, not restricting, our freedoms” (May 4, TribLIVE): I’ll put these “facts” to bed, in order. Vaccine passports? Guess what — I already have the freedom to go into a restaurant or stadium without a passport. If one is required, that is not freedom, that’s privilege. The...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s hall of criminals
My list for President Trump’s hall of corruption includes Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani and many others. The following is a list of members of Trump’s hall of criminals. All of these individuals were pardoned, except Rick Gates and Michael Cohen, by Trump. They all lied to the FBI,...
Letter to the editor: Some truths about Trump
What is the “new government” so afraid of? If the President Trump supporters (rioters) had really meant harm, they couldn’t have been stopped. There may have been some “plants” who intended harm, but most were demonstrating against what they felt was an unjust election of a president unfit for the...
Letter to the editor: About the Keystone XL pipeline …
Regarding Ben Day’s letter “What about the Keystone XL pipeline?” (May 19, TribLIVE): Mr. Day, that pipeline was never intended to supply finished petroleum products. In fact, it was an interface to move a third-rate oil sand crude to port from Canada. Nothing more. Lenny Mucci Derry Township...
Letter to the editor: Problems with ‘alternative’ sources
Producing carbon fiber is a very polluting process, almost as bad as lithium for batteries or ethanol for gas, not quite as bad as solar cells. (Look it up, but don’t Google it: Check DuckDuckGo for a partial list of Google’s data partners.) All four of these “alternative” sources depend...
Letter to the editor: Republican liars and deniers
The former president has turned the GOP into a party of liars and deniers who are trying to rewrite history. I watched the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6. No way did it appear to be a “normal tourist visit” of the Capitol. Normal tourists don’t usually arrive armed...
Letter to the editor: Ranking quarterbacks
Mark Madden’s column “Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer and a giant diva” (May 8, TribLIVE) was a mostly successful attempt to demonstrate how Rodgers’ media profile is generally shaped to his benefit. Unfortunately, he then took the usual Pittsburgh route of blaming Rashard Mendenhall for depriving Ben Roethlisberger...
Letter to the editor: Right to vote shall not be denied or abridged
The author of the letter “Citizens right to vote” (April 22, TribLIVE) incorrectly states that the “the Constitution of the United States does not make any reference to the individual citizens’ ‘right to vote.’ ” Article 1, Section 2 states “(t)he House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen...
Letter to the editor: Biden will ruin country
Regarding Frank Flori’s laughable, hogwash letter “Biden’s work refreshing” (May 13, TribLIVE): Let’s review what is so refreshing: • Keystone XL pipeline canceled, putting thousands out of work. Good job — that’s refreshing! • Thousands of illegal immigrants flooding in through our southern border, causing devastation. Good job — that’s...
Letter to the editor: What about the Keystone XL pipeline?
Strange, with all the uproar and panic over the Colonial pipeline shutdown, I’ve yet to see a word mentioned about the Keystone XL pipeline cancellation. Ben Day Homer City...
Letter to the editor: Sad state of today’s politics
Thank you for two excellent but disturbing articles in recent editions. The Associated Press’ description of the tension between Rep. Liz Cheney and House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy couldn’t better illustrate the tension within the Republican Party (“No. 2 House Republican backs Cheney ouster over Trump barbs,” May 5,...
Letter to the editor: Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘truth’
In his letter “False portrayals of fascism” (April 21, TribLIVE), Joel Last, in my opinion, portrays fascism falsely, but this time shows his cards. Dinesh D’Souza, really? The far right-wing provocateur and QAnon-minded felon who saw vast material rewards in the new fringe conservative media? D’Souza is universally rejected by...
Letter to the editor: Guns and suicide
For developed countries, life expectancy has been increasing, with one exception: the American white male. In studying this phenomenon, researchers found a correlation between their decrease in life expectancy and an increase in suicide rates. In the U.S., suicides outnumber homicides almost 2 to 1. The increase in suicide rate...
Letter to the editor: Straight shooting on guns
Letter-writer Al Duerig (“More guns means more shootings,” March 28, TribLIVE) states that gun advocates fabricate “specious arguments.” With simple math he states that 40,000 people are killed by guns each year, a planeload a day, he says. But how conveniently he leaves out the fact that 25,000 of those...
Letter to the editor: Teachers not to blame for potential Penn-Trafford tax hike
I take offense to Dallas Leonard’s blaming the proposed tax increase on Penn-Trafford’s teachers’ contract (“Penn-Trafford proposes 2-mill tax hike for next year,” May 3, TribLIVE). First, this contract was signed three years ago. Penn-Trafford has an ample tax base, and obviously had time to plan ahead to pay for...
Letter to the editor: Lies about Ga. voting rules
It is heartbreaking and frightening that some folks believe the despicable misinformation and outright lies being told by those promoting socialism. I’d like to address the letter “Georgia voting rule not Christian” (April 21, TribLIVE) and the “drink of water” lie about the Georgia voting law and the connection to...
Letter to the editor: Racism toward Asians disturbing
As a white-passing Asian American, in the past months and year, seeing the racism toward Asians in the U.S., in my town and even in my school has been difficult to understand and hard to watch. Ever since the covid-19 pandemic started, Asians have been verbally and physically abused by...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s self-destruction is sad
As a longtime, former member of the Republican Party, it embarrasses and saddens me to see the Grand Old Party self-destruct. The Honorable Liz Cheney, U.S. House member from Wyoming, is now a voice in the wilderness, that rare current Republican elected official who is sufficiently honest, decent and patriotic...
Letter to the editor: Misinformation on Pa. election deadlines
I hoped that Paul Kengor, a professor of political science at Grove City College, would be more knowledgeable about Pennsylvania elections. His column “Will MLB boycott the Pirates — and the Phillies?” (April 15, TribLIVE) contained wrong information, saying absentee ballots must be in by May 11. Ballots must be...
