Letters to the Editor category, Page 284

As Election Day nears, it’s impossible not to be more and more excited for the results. Finally learning which candidate will be able to start fulfilling all our hopes and dreams, starting Nov. 4. Just think, all your wants, wishes and desires will soon begin to be filled. Sometime between...

Voters in Pennsylvania need to know that if they received a mail-in ballot, they can trade that mail-in ballot at their polling location to vote on Election Day. They need to bring the ballot and the two envelopes that came with it. Democratic voters should be doing that to ensure...

Since its beginning, the moral standard of American society has been based on faith and family values, and that all people have certain unalienable rights endowed by our creator (per our Declaration of Independence). George Washington stated that “Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.” Other founders...

Growing up in an evangelical church, I recall “Sunday School,” where kindly parents taught us young teenagers the story of David fighting the fierce Philistine, Goliath. With only a sling in his hand, but also deep faith in God, David defeated a seasoned army champion! Later, I learned that the...

Woodward and Bernstein set the journalistic standard in the Watergate scandal. A third-rate burglary set into motion a chain of events that led to the resignation of a president. There was Deep Throat. Follow the money. All the president’s men. The Washington Post set the standard for journalistic excellence in...

The Democrats elected President Trump and they haven’t learned one thing from their blundering performance under President Obama. Instead, have doubled-down on that eight-year folly. Sobering up from their defeat would have taught them that their shrillness in insisting on control, silence, obedience and conformism is not working for them....

With a record number of people across the country voting by mail, the U.S. Postal Service is actively working to ensure the secure, timely delivery of the nation’s election mail. This is our No. 1 priority, and we value our partnership with state and local election boards to ensure a...

Peter, Paul & Mary had a hit with “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” in 1962. Today a new hit song might be “Where Have All the Adults Gone?” I have exercised my right to vote since I was 18. I knew the date of the election and voted, and...

I believe the current partial and/or complete closings of businesses, schools and sporting events would come to an abrupt halt (and prevent future closings) if the salary and per diem of the governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, and city mayors and council members were terminated for the duration of the...

Elections are about choices, and nowhere is there a bigger contrast than in the Pennsylvania state treasurer race. Our current treasurer, Joe Torsella, is a member of the Philadelphia elite. I don’t believe he has any idea how middle-class, hard-working Pennsylvania families in the state struggle to make ends meet....

Joe Biden asks if he looks like a “radical socialist.” I say no, but, he does look much like a socialistic Trojan horse ready for the glue factory. Letter-writers can present believable cases, left or right. What I’ve concluded, though, is a group has taken over the Democratic Party to...

President Trump has divided this country like no other president in history. In my opinion, his inept response to covid-19 has resulted in 228,000 dead Americans and almost 9 million sick. I believe that with four more years of this president, our republic will be in shambles, and this is...

Let’s talk lies. President Trump is accused of repeating 20,000 lies. I can summarize all of his lies into one: Mine is bigger than yours. The only people who care are immature adolescents. That brings me to all of the letters attacking Trump. They all read the same. He is...

As Halloween draws near, A suggestion I offer to allay your fear. Do not be duped by the mainstream press, For they mostly suffer with TDS. Do not vote for the one who calls us chump, Keep the America we love with a vote for Trump! Carl Massart Buffalo Township...

As a drafted Marine Vietnam veteran, I want a president who doesn’t fake bone spurs to avoid the draft and doesn’t believe that STDs was his personal Vietnam. I want a president who respects Gold Star families and heroes like John McCain. I want a president who responds to a...

I have seen many articles about the need for election poll workers in Westmoreland County. I completed the application back in August. As I never got a reply, I called multiple times and was told each time I would get a call back. I did not. Only one time was...

Since President Trump was elected, his enemies have accused him of not believing the “experts” or the “science” on a number of subjects. The two main ones are climate change and the covid-19 virus. When he pulled out of the Paris climate accord, the left went into orbit and blamed...

Joe Biden says he will not tax anyone who makes under $400,000. Why $400,000? The average hard-working retiree who got a pension and has Social Security, along with stocks/bonds and one or two annuities, will have $400,000 or more. You will be taxed on your entire portfolio. This will kill...

Who would have thought it would have come to this? The United States has a president who is a tax-evading, draft-dodging, narcissistic, habitual liar. The future of our country is at risk. I believe the blood of many of those who died from covid-19 is on President Trump’s hands. Early...

With all the historical “facts” being tossed out, I wonder as to their valid sources. Yes, letter-writer Dr. Joel Last (“History lesson on Republicans vs. Democrats,” Sept. 17, TribLIVE) was correct in stating that the Republicans tried to get citizenship for the freed slaves — to their credit; and the...

Although I am in total agreement with Ivo Fronzaglia’s letter “Catholic Church’s abortion stance” (Oct. 4, TribLIVE), it only scratches the surface. His letter was a commentary on Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik’s letter to his flock as it relates to the upcoming election. In it the bishop says he cannot...

The Supreme Court is our instant replay booth. Votes should be 9-0 maybe 8-1, never 5-4. In football, even opposing sides generally agree. Judicial activism is when a call changes after hundreds of years. All of a sudden in the 1960s, it was discovered, that the Bible and prayer didn’t...

Joe Biden needs, among other things, to take a course in basic economics. He’s said he will raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% because “that will raise a lot of money.” It’s true, but who does he think will pay the increased taxes? Corporations are beholden to...

Regarding Joseph Sabino Mistick’s column “Life will go on after election”: So Mistick longs for the “peaceful transition” of power this time. What about the last one, where the Democrats did everything they could to undermine and subvert that transfer of power? In my opinion, they lied and cheated, used...

Not long ago we were terrified that millions of Mexicans were illegally crossing to victimize Americans. In reality, the crime rates of illegals remain lower than U.S. citizens. We were led to believe the Trump administration rapidly responded to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Truth is, we symbolically addressed the threat,...