Letters to the Editor category, Page 360
Letter to the editor: Unbelief in God is real threat
We need not fear “climate change,” but human unbelief in the sovereign God. As in Noah’s day, God flooded the earth but had Noah prepare an ark to save he and his family. Today’s ark is the church, all believers in Jesus Christ. Get on board, the weather is fine....
Letter to the editor: Heart of man must change
A young bank teller asked me, “What is the biggest change that you saw during your 90 years?” I replied, “The people.” The greatest generation were not angels, but divorce and drugs were practically nonexistent. People wore their Sunday best when going to church. X-rated movies were unheard of. In...
Letter to the editor: Trump-Jesus comparison blasphemous
Since Jesus has been elevated to a position of inherent perfection and infinite goodness, unattainable by any mortal, I would have to regard D.A. Scandrol’s letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) as pure blasphemy, not to mention inaccurate on almost every point. Mr. Scandrol, Jesus did not establish a...
Letter to the editor: REAL ID real chance to do good
Oct. 1, 2020 is the date when you will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, photo ID card or another form of federally acceptable identification to board commercial domestic aircraft, access a military installation and/or get into federal buildings that require identification upon entry. This provides all Pennsylvanians who choose...
Letter to the editor: Trump not America’s savior
Never have I read or heard anything as blasphemous as D.A. Scandrol’s comparison of Jesus Christ and Donald Trump (“Trump as Messiah,” Sept. 20, TribLIVE). I can only assume he means what he said. If so, he apparently knows little about either Jesus or the president. Jesus was not a...
Letter to the editor: Enemies of the Second Amendment
So now we have an age-old gun manufacturer, Colt, capitulating to the leftist/socialist movement to chip away at the Second Amendment by stopping the sale of its AR-15 rifle to civilian customers (“Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market.”) This is typical of businesses folding to the pressures of...
Letter to the editor: Praise for Kaley Bastine’s efforts
Hats off to Kaley Bastine, a 7-year-old who has raised a large sum of money to support our local police departments (“Harrison’s Kaley Bastine spreading police fundraising efforts to New Kensington,” Aug. 28,TribLIVE). What a terrific young lady. During my 35 years as a teacher in the Highlands School District,...
Letter to the editor: Children vaping & voting
Lori Falce pulls no punches in “Vaping defense is up in smoke.” The mother of all truth-bombs was “These aren’t grown-up decisions.” This blows up any progressive argument in favor of lowering the voting age to 16; children should not vote. Child-like citizens of voting age get addicted to the...
Letter to the editor: Rebuilding the Pirates
I’d like to add my opinion to the suggestions on how to rebuild the Pirates. The GM and all the coaching staff should go! Josh Bell should bring interest from an American League team as a DH. He is too clumsy and slow as a position player. The following players...
Robert Torres & Randy Padfield: In emergencies, be prepared, not scared
In the past year, Pennsylvanians have experienced an unprecedented amount of rain and flooding in areas that have never flooded before, causing increased concern over the preparedness of Pennsylvanians. A study conducted by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Association revealed that only 26% of Pennsylvanians age 65 and older have a...
Sounding off: Property tax thwarts homeowners’ plans
My wife and I have reached the point in our lives where the kids are gone and our older home and land require more work than we’re able/willing to do, so we are attempting to downsize to a smaller property. Unfortunately, a prohibiting factor is the high property tax on...
Letter to the editor: Think about morals, ethics when you vote
We are desperately in need of action in a moral and ethical way. Vote! Always be aware of who you vote for, and then act in a moral and ethical way. Joyce C. Morgan Greensburg...
Letter to the editor: Our environmental debt
We are leaving coming generations a very heavy burden of debt. At some point in the near future this debt will come due and they will be forced to pay. I am not talking about dollar debt. I am talking about carbon debt. I am talking about the way we...
Letter to the editor: Who wants self-driving cars?
Some folks, somewhere within our consumer-driven economy, have decided to spend a major effort to develop self-driving vehicles. The idea of being able to sit back in your own automobile and head out onto the open road and have the driving taken care of by some automated system and not...
Letter to the editor: America needs God’s grace
The anger and rage are palpable. The divisiveness is nearing civil unrest. Our moral depravity is of biblical proportions. America the beautiful is turning very ugly. Vitriol spews from television, radio, newsprint and social media as if from the mouth of a serpent. We vainly attempt to change the meaning...
Letter to the editor: Legalize Sunday hunting
Regarding the article “Sunday hunting push faces obstacles in Pennsylvania,” Sept. 14, TribLIVE): It is time to take the Pennsylvania Farm bureau out of the mix altogether. Legalize Sunday hunting in state forests and on state gamelands and be done with it. The bureau claims written permission from landowners is...
Letter to the editor: Reasons to be Pittsburgh proud
There are many reasons why I am proud to be from Pittsburgh and its surrounding suburbs. Inventions from Pittsburgh include the polio vaccine, the first radio broadcast from KDKA in 1920, the first Ferris wheel, the first movie theater, the first baseball stadium (Forbes Field), the Big Mac (on McKnight...
Letter to the editor: Bills would work to end gerrymandering
Let’s work together to stop partisan gerrymandering. Gerrymandering puts power in the hands of a few — the politicians — at the expense of the rest of us — the citizenry. We can stop this crooked process by telling our state reps that we support House Bills 22 and 23....
Letter to the editor: Democrats deceitful, deranged
Impeachment inquiry: Disgusting, deceitful, deranged, demented Democrats. ‘Nuff said. Frank Novotny Unity...
Letter to the editor: Undermining our freedom of self-defense
For hateful rhetoric like Robert Jedrzejewski’s letter “NRA’s terroristic ways” (Sept. 10, TribLIVE) to be spewed out on your pages on 9/11 — a day reminding us that we are victims in the face of oppression unless we mass and fight to overcome our assailants, as those on Flight 93...
Letter to the editor: Youth, vaping & climate
Regarding two prominent topics in the Sept. 20 edition (“Vaping defense is up in smoke”; “Greensburg joins in Global Climate Strike”): Our youth are not educated, enlightened and mature enough to grasp the fact that sucking an unknown foreign substance directly into their little pink lungs is dangerous (basic anatomy/physiology),...
Letter to the editor: NRA not terroristic
I disagree with letter-writer Robert Jedrzejewski’s view of the NRA ("NRA’s terroristic ways," Sept. 10, TribLIVE). He is pro gun control. I am pro responsible gun ownership, which the NRA promotes. Guns are inanimate objects. They do not, cannot and never will be able to shoot themselves. They need an...
Letter to the editor: Society needs love & laws
At a time in our lives where everybody seems to be at each other’s throat, the simple truth is that love is the defining difference in a society. That love comes from God. Here’s the simple truth as to why we have so many problems. We kill our young before...
Letter to the editor: Tom Wolf right to act on charter schools
I am writing to inform op-ed writer Colleen Cook (“Tom Wolf’s attack on charter schools unfair”) that Gov. Tom Wolf’s attempt to fix the problems with the state’s charter schools is spot on, particularly those that are cybercharter schools. While your son has benefited from taking his classes this way,...
Letter to the editor: Can’t forgive Jane Fonda
On page A4 of your Sept. 15 edition, you reported that Jane Fonda was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. As a Vietnam veteran, I cannot begin to tell you how much this upsets and disrespects me and every one of my brothers and sisters in arms who...
