Letters to the Editor category, Page 320
Letter to the editor: Will law-abiding, God-fearing citizens prevail?
Never in my almost 65 years have I seen our nation in such an absurd and perilous state. We are nothing less than an empire in the final stages of collapse. We have replaced common sense with nonsense. Politics and news media are discredited beyond redemption. I believe we have...
Letter to the editor: Veterans should always count
Regarding the article “Veterans left out of census count” (July 12, TribLIVE): Yes, veterans should be considered, included and counted in every aspect of our country. One problem is there are veterans and there are others who are not really veterans. A veteran who was drafted (years back) was asked...
Letter to the editor: Businesses should respect rules, customers
Many businesses follow the state rules, although not easy, and Pennsylvania has shown a decrease in covid-19 positives and deaths. Responsible businesses have even gone beyond state requirements. Unfortunately, a few businesses choose to disregard guidelines. As the saying goes, a bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Recently I stopped...
Letter to the editor: How about extra payment for essential workers?
I’m writing to find out where the talk about the essential workers’ hazard pay went. I have worked through this whole pandemic and put my family at risk every time I walk into my home after work. There are people who don’t have jobs who got a stimulus check, and...
Letter to the editor: Student success barometer for country’s health
If you are wondering what is wrong with America lately, just look at “education.” Annually we pay over $600 billion to educate more than 50 million students. So what do we get for our money? Half of our students are not proficient in either mathematics or science and 40% are...
Letter to the editor: Pay cut may help politicians find solutions
As a sign of solidarity and an exercise in empathy and understanding, I propose our elected officials take a 100% pay cut until the current heath and economic crisis is brought under control. The money could be redirected to patients with mounting bills, small businesses and essential workers. Perhaps our...
Letter to the editor: There should be only one ‘race’
Do Black lives matter? Such a question/concern should never even have to be raised. Can hope exist for real social justice and achievable joyful life, unencumbered by divisions innumerable when people have to declare that their lives matter? Yet, there may be hope if we accept that race is a...
Letter to the editor: Pa.’s natural gas industry follows rigorous rules
Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s report on natural gas, as described in the editorial “Grand jury report on fracking indicts the state” (July 7, TribLIVE), is “factually and legally inaccurate.” Those aren’t my words; those are the words from the dedicated Department of Environmental Protection professionals who also described the report...
Sounding off: A Biden win would benefit Republicans
A Joe Biden victory is the best hope Republicans have. Because if Biden loses, President Trump will continue to drag down the party for four more years. Republicans are already in serious danger of losing more seats than anyone ever imagined because they have protected and enabled Trump. If the...
Letter to the editor: If Trump cared, he wouldn’t hold rallies
What does it say about the character of a man who would willingly and knowingly put thousands of people’s health and lives at risk seemingly for the sake of flattering his ego and feeding his lust for power? Surely if President Trump’s record was as sterling as he would have...
Letter to the editor: We need to band together to deal with crises
I can’t understand why we keep changing from one thing to another. The coronavirus has cost us many lives, and many more if we keep fooling ourselves that it is not serious or deadly. Everything was being dealt with until May 30; then our nation turned itself into a riot...
Letter to the editor: Trump could win if he becomes diplomat
Our country and our culture are being undermined and destroyed by terrorists. What we are doing about it is not working. We treasure our federal system of government. If President Trump is forced to call in the Army, it sets a dangerous precedent for him and for the country and...
Letter to the editor: Refusal to wear mask endangering lives
Some people are complaining about their civil rights and freedoms being taken away by Gov. Tom Wolf’s mask mandate. Some realize the danger we are facing from this killer virus and are happily following the advice of scientists and medical experts. Others are saying “No one is going to tell...
Letter to the editor: Democratic leaders failing on covid-19 response
Once again, Joseph Sabino Mistick shows he is just another political hack (“Medicine and science, not politicians, will keep us safe,” July 11, TribLIVE). While his comments are true about the politicians cited, all Republican, he ignores the most egregious examples of failure, all Democrats. I believe the governors of...
Letter to the editor: Public cybercharter schools provide quality education
Recently, the Hempfield Area School Board sent a letter discouraging families from choosing public cybercharter schools, which are often the best educational opportunities for their children. I have worked within a public cybercharter school for 15 years. As public school educators, it is our responsibility to both ensure all students...
Letter to the editor: The Common People’s Four Freedoms
In 1942 U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace gave a speech about the “Century of the Common Man.” He stated that the American Common Man (people) would be willing to die and go abroad to defend the “Four Freedoms” articulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of religion...
Letter to the editor: Media should be more equal in reporting
Although I have no case in point, I absolutely refuse to believe that no white person has ever been killed by a Black officer in the commission of a crime or as a suspect of a crime. Why is that? It’s not on the news, there are no protests or...
Letter to the editor: Confederate soldiers were not traitors
I am disappointed in Colin Powell, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Democrats for playing politics by calling the Confederate military “traitors.” They are playing insult politics with the dead who were faithfully defending their seceded independent country and its principles. I remember in the 1950s...
Letter to the editor: God’s supply is limitless
“OK, that’s enough! I’ve had it with your murmuring and complaining!” What child hasn’t heard those words? Now we have a number of people in the country who need to hear those words. In God’s economy, you don’t need to take from those who have to give to those that...
Letter to the editor: Falling coronavirus deaths
With a constant barrage of headlines about “x” number of new cases of covid-19, little is mentioned about how the number of deaths has fallen. A constant focus on cases with very little attention to the few deaths has conditioned people to equate cases with death. Nothing could be further...
Letter to the editor: Wolf, Levine must take the heat
The trouble with politicians is their vision is blurred by political correctness and they can’t see or do what is right for their townships, boroughs, state or nation. Will Rogers once said “a remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.” Trafford Councilman Zach Cole’s comment about Pennsylvania’s health secretary...
Letter to the editor: ‘Left-wing’ labels misused
After seeing letters like “Democratic leaders must speak out, too” and plenty of fearful tweets and Facebook posts, I feel the need to share some thoughts about the threat of left-wing extremist violence. It’s completely overblown. Pundits throw out misused buzzwords — “Marxist, socialist, antifa”— to create a fearsome boogeyman....
Letter to the editor: Covid-19 and the Catholic Church
Covid-19 has become a whipping boy for all ills associated with the failure of ecclesiastics and hierarchs to protect the Catholic Church. Effeminacy has resulted in inept management and cowardly responses to its festering systemic problems. On March 28, the Pittsburgh Diocese capitulated to the civil authorities, thereby abandoning the...
Letter to the editor: Condemning damage of past, present
We need to be cautious about looking at and condemning 18th-century culture with 21st-century eyes. Two hundred years from now, people may look back at us and condemn us for killing our unborn babies. Lynne Castle Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Black lives matter, all lives matter
Thanks for bring back Walter Williams’ column to your print edition. In my opinion, he is the best columnist to appear in the paper. Williams acknowledges that Black people need to take more responsibility for Black problems. I am an 80-year-old white male, and I believe that Black lives matter...
