Letters to the Editor category, Page 3
Letter to the editor: People can drive what they want to drive
Thanks to the writer of the letter “Why do people need trucks?” (April 18, TribLive) for your socialist opinion. I will drive what I want and what I can afford. Our Congress can’t make a decision on more important matters than passing a law on who can drive what vehicle....
Letter to the editor: Colleges, universities deliver big for Pa.
As a Seton Hill University student, I see firsthand the profound impact of our institution on its students and the greater Greensburg community. Seton Hill is one of more than 80 member schools in the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP). A new 2025 economic impact report...
Letter to the editor: Polio — it HAS happened again
Many Americans have forgotten the reality of infectious diseases like polio. Permanently disabled survivors all over the world want to remind the public that polio anywhere is a threat everywhere. The polio vaccine, approved in 1955, has proven to be one of the greatest public health achievements of our time....
Letter to the editor: How low does Trump need to go?
How far does President Trump have to stoop before his supporters realize just how bad he really is? How much longer can you defend his words and actions and still go to church with a clean conscience? On Easter weekend, he posts that he will wipe out an entire civilization...
Letter to the editor: Selective memory on Trump
The writer of the letter “Affordability and accountability” (March 18, TribLive) has a selective and partisan memory. He remembers and opines about Trump’s former actions; the pardoning of those jailed for their parts in the January 2021 “insurrection” and the dropped case of the supposed stealing of government classified documents....
Letter to the editor: Trump has gone too far
I love my country and everything it stands for. I once was a Democrat, then a Republican and now an independent. I kept an open mind for a number of years until Donald Trump took his second term as president of the United States of America. I then paid particular...
Letter to the editor: Protests are not about election loss; they’re about Trump’s actions
The “it” the writer of the letter “Protesters should get over it” (April 10, TribLive) refers to is the election loss. As usual, MAGA people cannot understand simple concepts. The protests are not about losing an election; they are about a convicted felon destroying the substance of the Constitution. Donald...
Letter to the editor: Go plant-based for Earth Day
Earth Day highlights the urgent need for evidence-based solutions to the climate and ecological crises. But what most people don’t realize is the biggest impact we can make as individuals starts on our plates. Extensive research shows that animal agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, biodiversity...
Letter to the editor: Our representatives must stop Trump
Well, Donald Trump cozies up with Benjamin Netanyahu and starts a war. He, they, don’t realize the Iranians will decide when this conflict ends. The ceasefire is an elixir to quiet the masses. The fact remains he is still supported by too many people who turn a blind eye toward...
Letter to the editor: Sheriff’s complaints perplexing
I find Sheriff James Albert’s complaints about transporting prisoners perplexing. He claims it should not be his department’s responsibility and if that duty was to be taken away, it would save taxpayers $250,000. How? Whether local police or Pennsylvania State Police transport prisoners, it is still going to be up...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ shameful behavior
The Senate Democrats have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security for over 60 days now, over their objections to ICE and Border Patrol agents enforcing the immigration laws they helped pass in Congress. This is absolutely insane behavior, especially in a time of active military conflict with a...
Letter to the editor: Pa. budget should focus on spending, not revenue
While I’m happy to see those people in Harrisburg start “early” on a budget, I have zero confidence. There is one fact that I have conspicuously noticed in recent years. All the talk about budgets in Pennsylvania has been around “additional revenue sources.” Not one word about spending. This is...
Letter to the editor: Gas company transparency would help our environment
Pennsylvania’s orphan oil and gas wells and its brownfield properties are often treated as separate challenges, but they share the same root cause: Economic value was created without fully accounting for long‑term cleanup costs. Across the commonwealth, tens of thousands of abandoned wells remain from generations of energy development. At...
Letter to the editor: Is 12-year term limit on county officials a joke?
Regarding the article “Voters to decide on placing term limits on Allegheny County officials” (April 17, TribLive): 12 years? At first, I thought this was a joke. Benjamin Franklin wrote the Pennsylvania Constitution and in it limited lawmakers to one year, with no pay. Oh, how things have changed. A...
Letter to the editor: Analyzing Trump’s rhetoric
I often wince at the things President Trump says. Trump recently warned Iran that “… a whole civilization will die tonight” unless “something revolutionarily wonderful” occurs. I think he was bluffing in the hopes that he wouldn’t have to use any more conventional military attacks to get their cooperation. He...
Letter to the editor: Nonprofits need to step up and help Pittsburgh firefighters
This week, WTAE-TV aired a story regarding the Pittsburgh fire department’s vehicles and their condition (I should say their long-past-working condition). They need help. Thank you to the University of Pittsburgh for making a five-year commitment to the city of Pittsburgh. What happened to Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Allegheny...
Letter to the editor: Why do people need trucks?
High gasoline prices continue to frustrate drivers, especially as global instability has constrained supply, a situation unlikely to resolve quickly. The solution is to conserve. If we use less, demand decreases, and the price with it. A few suggestions follow. Pass a law that if you want to buy a...
Letter to the editor: Congress is the problem
Whether you love or hate President Trump, he is not the problem. Congress is. How many of today’s problems are due to Congress? Here’s some examples: Congress has passed all required spending bills on time only four times in the last 50 years. That’s a 92% failure rate. Congress has...
Letter to the editor: Executive vs. judiciary
In his column “Rogue judges or a rogue president?” (April 4, TribLive), Joseph Sabino Mistick told only one side of the story when characterizing the Trump administration as the true rogue in disputes between the executive and the judiciary. Earlier this year, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh...
Letter to the editor: A madman in the White House
In 14 months, President Trump has turned America into a country that people around the world hate, fear, feel sorry for, laugh at, are sickened by, no longer believe in and want absolutely nothing to do with. I suppose when you put a lawless, dishonest madman in the White House,...
Letter to the editor: Let’s make Westmoreland a safe haven for criminals
After seeing on the news that the Allegheny County commissioners voted to defy federal law enforcement agencies and grant foreign criminals a safe sanctuary, it occurred to me we should call on our commissioners to follow suit and declare Westmoreland County a safe haven for certain other types of criminals...
Letter to the editor: We should be able to trust ‘the news’
“Back in the day,” as the expression goes, when Walter Cronkite or Huntley-Brinkley delivered the news, the public had a high degree of confidence that they were telling the truth. Federal policies were in place to ensure that “news” was accurate. Until the 1980s, when the FCC started media deregulation....
Letter to the editor: AI needs guardrails
The article “Southwestern Pa. is scouting the digital frontier” (March 31, TribLive) put a positive spin on advancing AI. For a different perspective, read TIME magazine’s April 6 article “The Most Disruptive Company in The World.” It tells of a company that is on the frontier of AI development and...
Letter to the editor: Bring back some form of the draft
Is it time for the draft? Not the meaningless NFL Draft where the quid pro quo has already been determined. The city and county will have a financial windfall, probably only to give it up to Steelers owner Art Rooney for facilities improvements. We’ve seen this movie. I’m referring to...
Letter to the editor: Better uses for billions than space travel, war
As I write another big check to the federal government I am wondering who benefits by Artemis, the $4.1 billion “trip around the moon”? At $250 per visit, $4.1 billion could send 2 million Americans to the dentist for a checkup/exam/cleaning, but that would be socialism. How many “socialist things”...
