Letters to the Editor category, Page 367
Letter to the editor: Using race to promote ideology
I’d like to dissect Steven Ignatz’s letter “We shouldn’t tolerate ‘the Squad’”. First, a physics lesson: Neither white nor black are colors, because they do not have specific wavelengths. A color is visible light with a specific wavelength. Now that we have gotten the science part of this response out...
Letter to the editor: We want action on guns
Another day, another mass shooting, another NRA anthem: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. If this was a virus that was killing people every day, the federal government would use all means at its disposal to stop and eradicate the virus. Could this be the time when the U.S....
Letter to the editor: Many veterans support Trump
I have a few comments and corrections on Carl Mochak’s letter “Disagreeing with Trump supporters.” First off, who do you think you are? You are telling all veterans who support our president that we should be ashamed of ourselves and we should realize everything we fought for means nothing? I...
Letter to the editor: Clearing up health care nonsense
Regarding Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar’s op-ed “Trump putting patients in control” (July 22, TribLIVE): We should consider what buying a house or a car would cost if the price was government controlled and a secret. They would be harder to find and more expensive. Mysterious middlemen...
Letter to the editor: Pedestrian fears in Unity
I’m wondering why a 76-year-old man who has lived in Unity Township all his life pays taxes. I have lived in Edgewater Terrace for 29 years. I have complained for years, to no avail, about cars going through stop signs and speeding, since my house is in the middle of...
Letter to the editor: Another severance tax will hurt Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf has been traveling the state like a salesman pitching RestorePA, but his sales pitch glosses over how he will pay for it (“Wolf tours Greensburg blight, touts proposed gas severance tax,” June 6, TribLIVE). What consumers need to know is that this plan will be funded through...
Letter to the editor: Will grant pay for drug awareness?
The article “Westmoreland County takes over $91K salary, benefits for drug task force head” (July 25, TribLIVE) was very interesting. A $250,000 grant, $91,000 a year for a single salary since 2016, means none of the money has gone toward drug awareness. Now here’s the rub: The commissioners in their...
Letter to the editor: Inhumane treatment of migrants
With sheer revulsion, Americans are being treated to the inhumane sights of packed detention centers where migrant men have barely enough room to stand yet alone lie down to sleep. In sweltering conditions, many wear face masks to mitigate the overwhelming stench. These men are detained for weeks with little...
Letter to the editor: Free speech on all sides
In reference to Glenn Plummer’s letter “Next steps for Trump supporters,” I have a few questions and an observation. The first question is, why on earth is he so angry? I shouldn’t have to point out that we live in a representative republic, and as such, every once in a...
Letter to the editor: US has done well on environment
The recent raising of the discussion on climate change by our Democratic Party members must be viewed with one important requirement. Over the last few decades, the United States has done a darn good job of cleaning up our environment. No, it is not perfect, nor is it completed, but...
Letter to the editor: Flawed champion of bigots
A war was fought. They were almost socially eradicated. But like a mutated cell they did not die and now they metastasize with a new host, the president. Once again Americans are divided. But in place of Abraham Lincoln, we have Donald Trump. The contrast is almost total. The danger...
Letter to the editor: Trump restoring our freedom
Dave Cremonese’s letter “Escape from freedom” (July 2, TribLIVE) is a smokescreen. President Trump is trying to restore freedom, truth and facts for the average American. Liberals, including the biased press, many politicians and liberal judges, dictate every aspect of our lives. Homosexuality is just an alternative lifestyle. Public displays...
Sounding off: American dream needs borders
There’s no American dream without a border. It marks the beginning of differences between what’s inside the boundary and what’s outside. Some of those differences are opportunities, some are the laws designed to protect the people within. Without laws, a person’s assets might easily be exploited or stolen by others....
Letter to the editor: Irony of blacks’ mistrust of police
In watching the honoring of Pittsburgh Police Officer Calvin Hall, I was struck by the irony of it all. Here was a policeman, an African-American, so very well respected by his colleagues both black and white and his superiors. Earlier on there were words of respect from Lt. Gov. John...
Letter to the editor: It’s getting harder to determine truth, reality
A wise man once said, “Our problems are many, while our solutions are few.” I think a wise man said it? Or did I just make that up? Truthfully, I’m not sure. I’ve read and viewed so much on TV, social media, newspapers, books and magazines, etc., over the past...
Letter to the editor: Politicians should work for a living
I’m so tired of them. You know the ones, living off of our hard-earned money while we do actual work day in and day out. They get to ride around in big new cars with smartphones and unlimited data plans while we drive to work in thousand-dollar cars just waiting...
Letter to the editor: Petroleum industry greed
I firmly believe that the government has to step in and take some kind of control over the petroleum industry, because the price of fuel is out of control. Oh yes, many years ago I pumped fuel when it was 25.9 cents a gallon, but at that price I cleaned...
Letter to the editor: We’ll never see gambling, carbon tax proceeds
The risibility of reality distortion was on display in the July 24 edition of the Trib. At the top of the Opinion page was a cartoon depicting how the promised revenues from gambling were to be returned to citizens in the form of property tax relief — but weren’t. Below...
Letter to the editor: Degradation of Schenley Park
Schenley Park is a gift to our area from another age. The recent collapse of part of Serpentine Drive under the weight of a 36-ton tri-axle paving truck points up the neglect of our heritage. Hiking trails from Bartlett Street playground to the silt-choked lake under Panther Hollow Bridge are...
Letter to the editor: Democratic-dominated Pittsburgh is doing fine
As a lifelong Republican, I look with dismay and a great deal of disgust at many of our largest cities — Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to name a few — all dominated by a single party, the Democratic Party, for years, some for decades. They all...
Letter to the editor: Workplace bullying deserves more attention
I hope your readers will take an interest in a social problem that does not receive enough attention: workplace bullying. Workplace bullying is repeated mistreatment of one or more workers (the targets and victims) by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is threatening, humiliating and intimidating and...
Letter to the editor: Disagreeing with Trump supporters
Inept is my new favorite word. I admit I had to look it up in the dictionary after the UK ambassador said President Trump was “inept.” I can understand why Trump would be upset with that comment. That is Trump in a nutshell. But there is still room in that...
Letter to the editor: The elemental helium crisis
So now we have an “elemental crisis” (not to be confused with a constitutional crisis) of a necessary noble gas: helium. How is this possible? Is it from filling birthday balloons (nope, since the downfall of the Mylar balloon due to environmental issues)? Too many MRI scans being prescribed? Nope,...
Letter to the editor: Natural gas a win for everyone
There were a lot of numbers in the article “Report: Pennsylvania had record year for natural gas production” (July 10, TribLIVE). They all were pretty good, including the fact that the state conducted 36,873 compliance inspections last year. Oversight already is substantial. Regulators are doing their job to keep us...
Letter to the editor: We shouldn’t tolerate ‘the Squad’
I am a man of color; white is still a color, isn’t it? That’s why it appalls me that the four congresspeople who call themselves “the Squad” I believe use their color to promote racism, socialism and hatred toward our country. These four radical liberals should be thrown out of...
