Letters to the Editor category, Page 249
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...
Letter to the editor: Don’t want Reschenthaler’s nonsense
I recently received an unsolicited email from Rep. Guy Reschenthaler accusing Democrats (I am registered as nonpartisan) of having far-left policies that hurt working people. This mail included the usual right-wing nonsense. But what stood out to me was his claim “Republicans Back the Blue.” It didn’t shock me that...
Letter to the editor: Conservatives want only impartial hearings of evidence
Regarding your editorial “Don’t fall for a phony ‘forensic audit’ of 2020 election” (June 24, TribLIVE): The two major papers in the former USSR were Izvestia (The News) and Pravda (The Truth). Noncommunist readers concluded that in news there was no truth and in truth there was no news. Conservatives...
Letter to the editor: Teaching critical race theory an issue for local districts, not NEA
I’ve been my association’s local union president for 18 years and a social studies teacher for 25 years. Many of my members (myself included) are angry and disappointed that the National Education Association would make a public statement supporting critical race theory. Did the NEA survey its membership to gauge...
Letter to the editor: Keep covid numbers in public’s view
Thank you for continuing to post covid-19 numbers. They are an important part of public health measures during an epidemic. As the numbers were rising, they alerted me to the need to continue to do what we were learning helped: masks, isolating then social distancing, hand-washing, testing and, eventually, getting...
Letter to the editor: 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: Billionaires’ climate hypocrisy
So, billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are off to space! Wow! Isn’t that special! Or is it? I thought these two “philanthropists” were on the “cutting edge” of stopping man-made greenhouse gases with all their “foundations” and “initiatives.” But I guess getting your kicks by going to space is...
Letter to the editor: Priorities for Amtrak’s success
My recent trip/experience on Amtrak has led to these conclusions and concerns: lack of management insight, lack of federal government vision of transportation, and concern for security of rail travel. Every Amtrak employee I encountered was courteous, helpful and passionate about their job. But they were mostly apologetic for the...
Letter to the editor: Biden, not bishops, should make his Communion decision
I would like to ask the United States Catholic Bishops something concerning the possibility of denying President Biden Communion at a Catholic Mass. Section 1415 of the Second Edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Anyone who desires to receive Christ in Eucharistic Communion must be in the...
Sounding off: Who really benefits from Biden’s tax plans
Letter-writer Kathleen Bollinger (“Liberals’ class envy will cost Americans dearly”) tells only half of the story of higher taxes on the rich. President Biden says he will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year, and unless she makes that much, she will actually benefit. Even if...
Letter to the editor: God, not Christians, should do the judging
In response to letter-writer Joseph Krill (“Church has right, duty to excommunicate Biden”): Let me qualify this, sir. I am a Roman Catholic who strongly disagrees with abortion. But I choose to let the Almighty judge and punish. Leonard Mucci Derry Township...
Letter to the editor: Nothing to see here
The letter “Questioning mental health of Trump, Greene” (June 17, TribLIVE), a pseudo-psychologist analysis of our former president and current Pelosi- shamed congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, which also reviles us knuckle-dragging Republicans, brings to mind the Bard’s coined phrase “methinks thou doth protest too much.” Or perhaps I misinterpreted the author’s...
Letter to the editor: Doug Mastriano is no patriot
Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who represents four rural counties in Central Pennsylvania, has humiliated himself and our commonwealth on the national stage by meddling in the Arizona presidential election vote of Nov. 3, traveling to that state in efforts to secure yet another recount of the vote at the...
Letter to the editor: Trimming Pittsburgh’s trees
I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, but moved to another state in 1980 to work as a local government employee in planning and zoning. I’m not an arborist but had to work with them wherever I went. I am surprised that Pittsburgh’s tree code seems to prevent the local...
Letter to the editor: Reason for Route 28 lights
If you frequent the Route 28 Expressway between Exits 15 and 16, you will now have no excuse for failing to turn and cross over Saxonburg Road on the curved bridge. Apparently many of you have been missing this turn and continuing straight into some other time space continuum, so...
Letter to the editor: Kamala Harris’ character
Did Lester Holt’s intriguing interview with Vice President Kamala Harris appear to elicit an answer that revealed her irresponsible (or delusional) character? Didn’t she say, more than once, “We’ve been to the border”? And wasn’t Holt’s response, “You haven’t been to the border,” a known fact? She answered again in...
Letter to the editor: Where’s reporting on border?
Where is the Tribune-Review’s reporting on our southern border? Thousands of illegals are entering our country because of President Biden’s policies. This is a national security issue with illegals, criminals and drugs flowing across the border. It is so bad in Texas that Gov. Greg Abbott is going to build...
Letter to the editor: Help citizens, not immigrants
The Biden administration is spending billions of our hard-earned money to take care of illegal immigrants, providing health care and subsidized housing and feeding. I welcome legal immigration. A friend of mine, an American citizen who worked hard all his life, recently had a health crisis and is currently in...
Letter to the editor: Renewables vs. fossil fuels
A popular current subject is the dramatically reduced cost of installing renewable energy such as solar and wind. In fact, there are claims that new renewables are less expensive than installing fossil- fueled power stations. However, one big difference exists between the two. The difference is that fossil-fueled stations are “dispatchable.”...
Letter to the editor: End daily covid case count
As America and the world strive to have life resume to “normal,” it is long overdue that the covid case numbers be removed from the Tribune-Review and the TribLIVE website. Seeing those numbers are reminiscent of the daily body counts during the Vietnam War — and if you recall, those...
Letter to the editor: Not watching the Olympics
Hey NBC (“Nothing But Commercials”) and United States Olympic Committee: You have a big problem. And the following point isn’t even covid-19 related. You’re paying millions of dollars to broadcast the Olympics from Japan. You would like the American people to watch the events and the commercials that paid you...
Letter to the editor: Americans’ ‘tyranny and oppression’
The July 5 print edition’s front-page centerpiece featured an article with the headline “American resolve.” The subhead referred to the “determination of colonists,” and the article itself quoted the Hanna’s Town Resolves document, which cited the British “system of tyranny and oppression” and declared that all Americans needed to “resist...
Letter to the editor: RGGI will benefit Pa.
In the past, coal and natural gas helped power Pennsylvania economically, but now they are declining industries. We must look for new energy sources for the 21st century, while helping workers shift from old to new energy industries. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will help us do both. The...
