Letters to the Editor category, Page 39

Starbucks employees started unionization efforts in 2021. The company has been blocking their efforts, sometimes with intimidation and illegal activity such as firing employees who were trying to unionize (“Fueled by anger and caffeine, 200 Starbucks workers strike in Pittsburgh area,” Dec. 24, TribLive). The new CEO of Starbucks was...

It’s too bad O.J. isn’t still around; he could have given Coach T a few pointers as to how he assembled his “dream team.” Having stated this, with all the seeds available, it certainly isn’t any major accomplishment to get to the playoffs. Coach T, anything short of making it...

At a time when Pennsylvania is facing a teacher shortage that’s critical and worsening, the Freeport Area School District should be respecting teachers and the legally binding contract that the district negotiated with teachers, not dragging people into court when they were sick or hurt and need to take the...

Check out usdebtclock.org, where you’ll see our debt at $36.4 trillion with spending at $7.2 trillion against $5.0 trillion in revenue. Think about that! If we continue this spending trajectory, our debt will be $48.1 trillion in 2029. The need for innovative solutions like the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)...

Regarding the article “Pete Hegseth asked to define ‘jagoff’ at Senate confirmation hearing” (Jan. 14, TribLive): The esteem normally accorded to the U.S. Senate reached a new low when Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., asked Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Defense, to define and explain the term...

Free-for-all coming with Trump in charge So here we are. A convicted felon will be our president. We will be led by billionaires and millionaires, an oligarchy. As if any of them know what it’s like to live this life without any of the struggles that those with less encounter....

So here we are. A convicted felon will be our president. We will be led by billionaires and millionaires, an oligarchy. As if any of them know what it’s like to live this life without any of the struggles that those with less encounter. It’s all about power. My father...

Kudos to the writer of the well-thought-out letter “Opposing news, opposing views” (Jan. 9, TribLive). His conclusion is spot on. Hillary Clinton once refereed to MAGA supporters as deplorables. Since I don’t think she is ever right about things political, her opinion in my mind isn’t worth a hill of...

When will the Steelers’ owners replace the coaching staff so that the fans can have something to look forward to? Six in a row is uncalled for. Any other team would have replaced the coaches after two losses. Carl Felton Columbus, Ohio The writer is a Seward native....

I take exception with all four self-centered points in the letter “More meat, CO2 among resolutions” (Jan. 12, TribLive). With regard to one in particular, I suggest the writer rev up his 4.5-liter, 315 HP V8 Mustang and then go sit behind its tailpipe and breathe in that CO2. As...

On Jan. 12, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s office hosted an event called “Building Bridges,” where an Israeli and Palestinian peacemaker presented a message of hope and ideas for achieving peace. In his introductory remarks, the mayor said his job is to “make sure in this city that everybody felt safe,...

Regarding the letter “Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached key threshold” (Jan. 10, TribLive): Earth records hottest year ever! Yawn. The last 10 years are the 10 hottest on record and likely the hottest in 125,000 years! Ho hum. There were...

In reading Sen. Kim Ward’s comments in the article ”What they’re saying about it: Biden nixes U.S. Steel-Nippon deal” (Jan. 3, TribLive), I was surprised she favors a Japanese firm over an Ohio firm for the U.S. Steel buyout. I don’t believe she fought for the jobs lost when First...

I guess the writer of the letter “Sen. Fetterman, will you lead?” (Jan. 11, TribLive) doesn’t see how Americans were fed up with poor Democratic policies that hurt this country. Joe Biden is the worst president we’ve had in decades. His border policies have allowed millions of illegal immigrants and...

The writer of the letter “Destroying our foundations” (Dec. 31, TribLive) claims the foundation of Western civilization lies in the Ten Commandments, particularly “Do not murder.” While this commandment is an important moral ideal, history tells a different story. The USA was built on the displacement and slaughter of indigenous...

Thank you, Tribune-Review, for trying to know more about what happened in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve. Thank you, injured victim and paraplegic Jeremi Sensky, the Sensky family and friends, for trying to make sense of what happened during the deadly terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in the early...

In her column “Meta is wrong about abandoning fact-checking” (Jan. 10, TribLive), Lori Falce criticized Meta’s decision to no longer use official fact-checkers. She criticizes Meta’s choosing to use community notes instead of fact-checkers (similar to X), implying that it will lead to rampant disinformation. Somehow Falce has forgotten how...

The only enjoyable part of the evening of the Steelers’ wild card loss was WPXI sports reporter Jenna Harner before and after the game. Whoever hired her should get a huge promotion. She’s just as knowledgeable of all sporting news as she is pleasing to the eye. Let’s keep her...

Many of us as members of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Immaculate Conception parishes still are in shock and cannot understand why Father John Moineau was forced to resign as pastor. There are so many “whys,” and we’ve received no answers to any of them. When will we? It seems...

We are the board of directors of air quality advocate Valley Clean Air Now (VCAN). We all live in Allegheny County, most within three miles of the Clairton Coke Works (CCW) along the Monongahela River. We believe: • U.S. Steel is a corporation loyal to its stockholders, not residents of...

Kudos to Schu Team Six for scuttling the “Big Guy’s” reelection campaign! Chuck Schumer, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, George Clooney, Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Joe Manchin. Perhaps Presidential Medals of Freedom are in order? Andy Shubik Stoystown...

What causes cancer? Even dogs and cats get cancer. My doctor told me some people are just prone to cancer. I think it’s common knowledge that anything browned, burnt or scorched is carcinogenic. There are certain food additives that give me inflammation, such as modified food starch, caramel color and...

Donald J. Trump is depicted as the savior of the United States. He will inherit a great economy and will probably take credit for it. Companies don’t pay tariffs; consumers pay them. Congress holds the purse strings. Why are Republican politicians afraid of Trump? Are they afraid of losing their...

Once it was understood that 77 million American voters did not support his policies, it seems President Biden decided to do his best to inhibit America’s commonsense change for the people. Biden: • Auctions off expensive border wall components purchased by everyday Americans’ hard work and taxes, until he was...

From time to time, especially when I read wire copy from the Associated Press, I think about letting my Tribune-­Review subscription lapse. Their motto should be “All the news the Deep State sees fit to print.” Then I read an article by one of your excellent staff journalists and pay...