Letters to the Editor category, Page 32
Letter to the editor: Lessons for America as we approach 250 years
The concept of entropy refers to the tendency toward increasing disorder over time in the dispersal of energy. Entropy applies to political entities, such as empires, as well as to the physical world. Although Americans may not think of our country as an empire, much of the world does. According...
Letter to the editor: Protect our forests
In one of the most remote yet beautiful areas of Pennsylvania lies Allegheny National Forest, home to several endangered species as well as the Eastern hellbender salamander — our state amphibian, whose population also is threatened. In 2025, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced plans to roll back the Roadless...
Letter to the editor: Government policies power our inequality
Our income and wealth inequality are a significant concern for Americans, and rightly so, because the United States is the most unequal high-GDP economy in the world. And the situation is worsening: The top 20% own 86% of the country’s wealth, while the bottom 80% own 14%. Our government’s policies...
Letter to the editor: Did you vote for stopping the pollution fight?
Regarding the letter “My choice — Trump” (July 11, TribLive): When you voted for Donald Trump and Dave McCormick and Guy Reschenthaler, did you know you were voting to: “Repeal funding to Address Air Pollution at Schools” and to “Repeal EPA Rules Relating to Multi-pollutant Emissions Standards.” These are in...
Letter to the editor: A critical decision on prisoner leg restraints
Voters need to be aware of a serious matter regarding emergency rooms and the need to provide security. There have been three critical incidents this year where an individual from the Allegheny County Jail has attempted to escape and had to be tackled on a hospital floor in the presence...
Letter to the editor: Reasons to release Epstein list
First Jeffrey Epstein’s client list was on the Attorney General Pam Bondi’s desk for review. Then it became Jeffrey who? The question is, who is being protecting? There is no reason to doubt that President Trump is on the list. Just about everyone in the world has seen the video...
Letter to the editor: Pirates need to find better work ethic
Pittsburgh is an exceptional, hard-working town. We work shifts and overtime; we are known as the highest coffee consumers to get us through those long, late hours, a variety of jobs, a spectrum of skills. People show up and stay until relieved. I think the Pirates’ ownership, management, coaches and...
Letter to the editor: RIP Ozzy, a musical god
Heard the news of Ozzy (Osbourne)’s passing with a heavy heart. I’ve been a huge fan since the ’60s, as were millions of others over the years. Never be another like him. The song “American Pie” is about “the day the music died” about the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie...
Letter to the editor: America’s quagmire
In 1981, CIA Director William Casey is quoted as saying, “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” In many ways this quote sums up what I believe is the modus operandi (mode of operating) of our government. With this in mind, I...
Letter to the editor: Donald Trump’s life’s work
A well-known “urban myth” posits that a thousand chimpanzees pounding away on a thousand typewriters would eventually create the complete works of Shakespeare. Never believed that one, but Prez 45/47 has convinced me that one human with 98.8% of a chimp’s DNA (as we all do), one black Sharpie and...
Letter to the editor: Protect children by releasing Epstein list
Would we want a criminal history check done if a person applied for a position at a bank, a police department, a casino? Why do any less to protect our children than we would do to protect our money? Children deserve to be protected from pedophiles, child abusers, child rapists....
Letter to the editor: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the ‘Great Die Off ‘
Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t health care reform — it’s a death sentence. By slashing Medicaid, dismantling the ACA and triggering automatic Medicare cuts, this bill will by some estimates cause more than 500,000 preventable deaths over the next decade. So while the rich get tax breaks, the...
Letter to the editor: Instead of right and left, let’s look at what Trump has accomplished
Our politics seems to have evolved mostly into the outspoken haters of President Donald J. Trump versus his loyal Make America Great Again supporters. To me, it’s basically lifetime left-wing socialist politicians attacking a conservative, capitalist businessman president. When you ask their reasons, they both produce lists of conflicting “facts”...
Letter to the editor: Get a real job and get over it
The writer of the letter “United against Trump” (July 14, TribLive) states that he and his family are referred to as “scum” and he has lost his job and retirement. Please elaborate on your job loss. Are you an unemployed government employee who thinks I should pay your salary and...
Letter to the editor: Disturbing developments
Among so many things, here are two very disturbing recent news items: The stable genius, in touting his Big Beautiful Bill, stated: “I have never seen a wind farm in China.” His ignorance is staggering; actually, maybe not if you’ve ever listened to his statements. If he actually ever read...
Letter to the editor: Nobel Peace Prize for Trump?
Regarding Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize: wow! Hamlet’s lament “the time is out of joint”* was never more appropriate when the accessory to mass murder (weapons provider and ardent defender) is honored for peace making by the genocidal murderer. * Definition...
Letter to the editor: Support the Westmoreland County Fair
Some of my best memories as a kid came from the Westmoreland Fair. I loved walking through the barns and seeing the chickens, cows, sheep and rabbits. These were animals I didn’t get to see up close anywhere else, and it was something I looked forward to every summer. The...
Letter to the editor: Immigration laws being enforced
The letter “Has our humanity disappeared?” (July 13, TribLive) is full of so many inaccuracies and falsehoods that it demands a response. He provided no facts, just emotion. It is, and always has been, lawful to deport refugees, asylees and lawful resident aliens. Yes, the State Department has always had...
Letter to the editor: Democrats, dead party walking
It’s obvious that the Democratic Party is in serious decline. Weak leadership still defending failed policies like open borders, woke/DEI/transgender disasters and their defense of antisemitic practices at many universities is just part of the problem. Democrats also refuse to understand that the reason ICE is working to remove the...
Letter to the editor: Anyone regretting voting for Trump?
It’s true — 77 million of President Trump’s “sheep” elected him. But how many of those now regret their decision? Those who were forced out of their jobs? Those who may lose their health insurance and will no longer be able to take care of themselves or their loved ones?...
Letter to the editor: Respect each others’ opinion
Recently, when I returned to my vehicle after grocery shopping, I found a note tucked in the rubber of my door window. I imagine it was in response to my “No ICE” bumper sticker I so proudly adorned my truck with. The note read: “on 7/10/2025 ICE rescues 14 child...
Letter to the editor: Danes vs. Dutch
In the July 13 Tribune-Review, I kept looking for where the “Dutch foreign minister calls tariffs ‘shortsighted’ on page 4 (the continuation of the front-page story). The second paragraph of the third column says, “Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told broadcaster DR that Trump is taking a ‘pointless and...
Letter to the editor: Required reading for politicians
Let me start off by saying this commentary applies to politicians across the spectrum. There are many books or documents that they should be required to read. Here are the two that I would suggest as a great starting point. The first one is the Constitution of the United States....
Letter to the editor: Leaders must stop nursing home, hospital takeovers
As Pennsylvania lawmakers weigh the budget for the coming year, a crucial bill remains on hold in the state Senate. HB 1460, which passed the state House in a bipartisan vote, would give the state tools to bar predatory private equity firms from purchasing hospitals and nursing homes in Pennsylvania....
Letter to the editor: Are we going backward with RFK?
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a well-known vaccine skeptic. His replacements for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will come under the same cloud that he, Kennedy, is under: vaccine skeptic. Vaccines have a proven track record of preventing illness. Under Kennedy and President Trump...
