Letters to the Editor category, Page 306
Letter to the editor: Nursing homes need state help
Nursing homes and other senior care providers remain at the epicenter of this pandemic and desperately need funding. For these facilities, covid-19 remains a 24-hour challenge, but they’re running out of resources and need help from Harrisburg. Pennsylvania’s state government must provide immediate financial support so nursing home facilities can...
Sounding off: Steelers management should not allow political statements
The vast majority believe all lives matter. The vast majority believe in peaceful protests. The vast majority view a football game as a three- to four-hour escape from the harsh reality of dealing with life in these difficult time. By and large, they don’t see the game as a place...
Letter to the editor: Steelers management should not allow political statements
The vast majority believe all lives matter. The vast majority believe in peaceful protests. The vast majority view a football game as a three- to four-hour escape from the harsh reality of dealing with life in these difficult time. By and large, they don’t see the game as a place...
Letter to the editor: Gov. Wolf should let districts decide on fans at games
Gov. Tom Wolf’s comments about the state legislators Sept. 21 when he vetoed House Bill 2787 were some of the most pompous, arrogant and condescending I have heard in a long time (“Gov. Wolf vetoes House Bill 2787, leaving high school sports spectators in limbo,” Sept. 21, TribLIVE). His utter...
Letter to the editor: Republicans’ supreme hypocrisy
The editorial “Ruth Bader Ginsburg and necessary dissent” (Sept. 19, TribLIVE) was an appropriate response to the loss of one of the most revered Supreme Court justices in history. The nearly immediate statement by Sen. Mitch McConnell that her position should be filled quickly was not. It was highly disrespectful...
Letter to the editor: Why veterans support Trump
The question of why veterans would vote for President Trump is a no-brainer (“How can veterans support Trump?” Aug. 26, TribLIVE). I spent my service years to support things I learned in my adolescent years. 1. We must protect our Constitution written by our great founders. 2. We must protect...
Letter to the editor: What has Biden done for us?
I have only one question for Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Nancy Patton Mills (“We need Joe Biden in the White House,” Sept. 21, TribLIVE): What did Vice President Joe Biden do for Monessen and Greensburg from 2009 to 2017? David Scandrol Lower Burrell...
Letter to the editor: Why don’t Republicans stand up to Trump?
To all the Republicans in Congress, especially Sen. Pat Toomey: Joseph Welch, as chief counsel for the U.S. Army, in 1954 famously stood up to Joe McCarthy during his Senate hearings, saying, “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” This was a watershed moment in U.S. history and showed that...
Letter to the editor: Trump has done much good for U.S.
Regarding Timothy L. O’Brien’s screed “Of course Trump couldn’t resist Bob Woodward” (Sept. 10, TribLIVE): I suppose President Trump was “a con man and carny act” when he recognized and honored Americans killed by illegals, spoke to their families and welcomed them to the White House. These were people who...
Letter to the editor: What has Biden accomplished?
Joe Biden has spent 47 years in office and, in my opinion, accomplished nothing except to enrich himself and his family while his masters oversaw the destruction of the American dream for the middle class. Biden watched millions of good U.S. manufacturing jobs moved offshore. The bulk of the jobs...
Letter to the editor: Trump shows love for America
Letter-writer William Werts lists his reasoning for voting for Joe Biden, even though he has never voted for a Democratic candidate for president (“Pro-lifer plans to vote for Joe Biden,” Aug. 20, TribLIVE). He implies that President Trump is a racist. Please show me the proof. He mentions putting children...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s damage
Of all the damage that I think President Trump has done, from exacerbating economic inequality to allowing the pollution of our environment, to dismantling worker protection regulations, to being responsible for tens of thousands of American deaths and a worsening economy, the damage that is crushing my heart is his...
Letter to the editor: Seeking proof of Trump’s lie count
I see that some letter-writers have been hoodwinked by the Democratic Party that President Trump has lied 20,000 “verifiable” times, according to The Washington Post. Do they realize how absurd that talking point is? If you total the number of days he has been in office, it is around 1,330....
Letter to the editor: Backing Biden for president
I gave up my position as an Allegheny County judge Sept. 4 because I could not sit by as the worst president in history runs for reelection (“Don Walko to resign from Common Pleas Court to pursue political advocacy,” Aug. 25, TribLIVE). Here are what I see as some of...
Letter to the editor: Fears for Social Security, Medicare, government
If the Republican candidate is elected president, I believe Social Security will disappear and Medicare with it. I shed tears considering that if the Republican candidate is elected, the last shreds of a three-branch government that we know and believe in will continue to slip into an autocracy with martial...
Letter to the editor: Why the Republican rush to replace Ginsburg?
It appears to me that the unseemly rush to appoint a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it apparent that the Republican leadership has no confidence that President Trump is going to be reelected, and that there may even be a loss of Republican seats in both...
Letter to the editor: Democrats must be stopped
Letter-writer Diana Steck provided a list on “What it means to be a Democrat” (Aug. 30, TribLIVE). If she still believes these things, I think she is living in the past. I used to be a Democrat until the radical progressives hijacked the party and moved it so far to...
Letter to the editor: Steelers’ honoring of Rose offensive
The decision to “honor” Antwon Rose Jr. by displaying his name on Steelers helmets is unfortunate. Contrary to popular opinion, Rose was not shot after stealing a bag of pretzels from the corner grocery store. Immediately before the unfortunate police encounter, evidence suggests Rose was a participant in a botched...
Letter to the editor: Getting kids back to school, us back to life
This letter may be more about censorship of practicing doctors in America — hydroxychloroquine, for example — than going back to school. Hydroxychloroquine and other treatments are available. Covid-19 is not going away. Vaccines may not be a panacea. Look at flu vaccines. Are we going to let this virus...
Letter to the editor: Do the math and open up Pa.
One recent day on the Pennsylvania Department of Health website, the total number of covid-19 cases in the state since April 1 was reported as 146,214. This number is an accumulation of every case reported since April 1. Not active cases today. Let’s do the math: total cases 146,214 x...
Letter to the editor: Loss of Ginsburg is tragic
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of three Jewish justices on the Supreme Court who modeled her life after the key tenet of her faith as found in the book of Deuteronomy: “Justice, justice, thou shalt pursue.” It was a most difficult path for her from the start of her career...
Letter to the editor: Fair and just government?
A plague descended upon the land (coronavirus). Much of the country shut down. In order to better provide milk and cheese for his family, John purchased five goats. Bill took his family to Disneyland. Incidentally, Bill paid for their vacation with a MasterCard. Some time later, a nice government agent...
Letter to the editor: Lock up local ‘alligators’
If Pennsylvania Trump supporters are truly interested in “draining the swamp,” they need to look no further than our version of the Everglades. How many more years will we continue to ignore the obvious evils and dangers presented by the ruthless alligators such as Jake Corman, Jennifer Kocher, Ray and...
Letter to the editor: Appreciating DMV’s role in organ donation
September is DMV Appreciation Month, and we encourage you to thank DMV employees for the lifesaving role they play in the lives of more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. They are, quite literally, the key to registering organ and tissue donors in Pennsylvania. Our DMV...
Letter to the editor: Democratic Party the enemy
Letters for and against Trump are myriad, but I see virtually no pro-Biden letters. That is understandable, since there is virtually nothing pro about Biden. To me, he’s a man of obvious cognitive impairment who has been a government parasite for over 47 years, accomplishing essentially nothing except the enrichment...
