Letters to the Editor category, Page 256
Letter to the editor: We must love one another, regardless of color
We observe Memorial Day in remembrance of the lives laid down to secure our freedom. Religion and speech are the first two freedoms enshrined in our Bill of Rights. It is proper to emphasize then, that they are not from the hand of government but from the God who makes...
Letter to the editor: Who’s spewing mindless diatribe?
Letter-writer Bob McBride (“Useful idiots of Democratic Party”) argues that those of us who are Democrats apparently have some kind of hive mind where we glean our information from such “socialist” sources as CNN, thus making us incapable of independent thought and action. He also makes disturbing accusations that we...
Letter to the editor: Fracking in Murrysville
We urge the Commonwealth Court to reject the misguided request by the Murrysville Watch Committee to overturn the municipality’s 4-year-old ordinance allowing unconventional drilling such as hydraulic fracturing in rural- residential overlay districts (“Citizen group appeals to Commonwealth Court to overturn Murrysville fracking ordinance,” May 11, TribLIVE). As the May 10...
Letter to the editor: Killing baseball in Pittsburgh
I am 66 years old and grew up in Pittsburgh watching the Pirates at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium and then PNC Park. Some of the best sporting events in Pittsburgh happened at those venues. The best one I experienced was the 2013 National League wild card game. Since...
Letter to the editor: Let’s judge our children by their character
Borrowing from the sentiments of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream that one day our children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by their sexual identity, orientation or gender, but rather by the content of their character. Keith Kondrich Swisshelm Park...
Letter to the editor: GOP’s election plans will take away voters’ rights
In his letter “How about we all make our own mask decisions?” (May 23, TribLIVE), George Silowash said he believed state mask mandates have taken our rights away. I wonder if he feels as strongly about these changes to state election laws being pushed by Republican state Rep. Seth Grove:...
Letter to the editor: Enabling disabled to marry
I am disabled. And this past year, I watched my able-bodied friends struggle with postponing and downsizing weddings, while living with the reality that I can never ,marry without risking loss of life-sustaining health care. Marriage should be an equal option for all, including disabled people. As long as we...
Letter to the editor: A history lesson on slavery
Contrary to statements made by some of our current political leaders, white slavery predates Black slavery in America. The white slaves not indentured, who began to arrive here in 1618, included hundreds of children who had been rounded up from the streets of London. Other slaves came from the ranks...
Sounding off: All in Pennsylvania are deserving of an honest living
Thought experiment for Gene Barr, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, who, according to the article “Is extra $300 in federal unemployment assistance stopping people from applying for jobs?” thinks we should take “that extra $300 (per week of unemployment benefit) and offer it to jobless workers...
Letter to the editor: Real world vs. fantasy world
There are people who live in the real world (conservatives) and people who live in a fantasy world (liberals). Now that Democrats control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, their No. 1 goal seems to be taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves, their loved...
Letter to the editor: Reasons to join RGGI
As a soon-to-be college graduate, I know that my generation sees environmental issues as important because we know our future is at stake. Addressing climate change cannot be postponed any longer, especially in Pennsylvania, the fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter in the nation. To address climate change, Pennsylvania should join...
Letter to the editor: Ideas for dealing with rioters
In this letter I use two portmanteau words. A portmanteau is a word blended from two distinct words, such as crack and addict to form craddict, and dead and derriere to form deadierre. I, and many of my fellow Americans, are fed up with the anarchy that prevails in many...
Letter to the editor: Officer should be charged in Chicago boy’s killing
George Floyd’s death led to conviction of his killer. Daunte Wright’s life was taken by a police officer who has been charged with manslaughter, but not murder. Adam Toledo’s killer has not been charged with anything. This 13-year-old boy was shot and killed March 29 by a Chicago police officer...
Letter to the editor: Save us from Biden’s magic pen
Well, I thought I said everything about how I feel about President Biden, but it never stops with him. I guess he’s trying very hard to turn America into a communist country with all his hypocrisy. I don’t think any previous president has made such progress in destroying people’s lives...
Letter to the editor: What Republican Party has become
Former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently stated, “There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump Party.” So what exactly is a Trump Party? Well, since former President Trump “hijacked” the party, here’s what I think it stands for: Pushing the “big lie” that the election was stolen,...
Letter to the editor: Why no tributes to Officer Brian Shaw?
There were tributes to George Floyd all over the country, including an invitation from President Biden for his family to visit the White House. I haven’t heard anything about a tribute to officer Brian Shaw, the New Kensington police officer gunned down in 2017. Small tributes, yes. Not to mention...
Letter to the editor: Useful idiots of Democratic Party
It’s pathetic! Many of the Trib’s letter-writers must just turn on CNN, or similar cesspools of false information and incitement, and hit the “record” button on the side of their brains, then later plunk their sorry butts down at their little keyboards and hit the “play” button. They all spew...
Letter to the editor: Sickness in Republican Party
Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from her Republican leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 12 because she had the courage and integrity to criticize President Trump. She said he is a danger to our democracy. There is a sickness in the Republican Party, and its name...
Letter to the editor: Why all the fuss on mail-in ballots and voter ID?
So many letters about mail-in ballots. If we are unable to get to a voting place, we request mail-in ballots. This a fact, and it won’t change. We go to the grocery store, drug store, gas stations, liquor store, mall and other stores, so we can go to vote —...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s policies are destroying the country
Now you have gone and done it! I’d like to thank my fellow Americans for electing a president who is rapidly destroying our country. In a little more than 100 days, Joe Biden’s policies have created the greatest border crisis in American history, destruction of energy independence, upheaval in our...
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs a gift ban for lawmakers
Pennsylvania legislators have a strong sense of entitlement. The recent article “From frames to furniture to food, here’s how Pa. lawmakers spent millions of taxpayer dollars” (May 12, TribLIVE) shows how generously the state taxpayer supports the perquisites of legislators in running their offices. If that isn’t bad enough, legislators...
Letter to the editor: Torrance workers not protected
Because our call to address danger at Torrance State Hospital has been ignored by management, we feel compelled to go public about a series of assaults against forensic security employees being committed by a prisoner. The assaults began in March and have occurred as recent as May 14 when a...
Letter to the editor: So much waste in stimulus bill
Why can’t our know-it-all leaders run our government like most of us run our households? You don’t put yourself so far in debt that you never can pay it back. What happens when 100% of your income is taken in taxes? Are we then living in slavery? We have more...
Letter to the editor: The truth about Trump
Honestly, why are so many Trump idol worshippers so snide, aggrieved and misinformed? I don’t get it. I voted for Joseph R. Biden principally because Donald Trump made such a dishonest hash of American diplomacy. It was bad enough when Trump fawned over Vladimir Putin even after American intelligence agencies...
Letter to the editor: Aren’t we one nation under God?
Thomas Jefferson: “I, however place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and Public Debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral...
