Letters to the Editor category, Page 82
Letter to the editor: Trump is no savior
I read daily from Trump supporters who seem to believe lies and ignore the lengths this man will go to to succeed. Sadly, the person with no moral character and a liar continues his quest to be a sovereign and has a constituency of citizens who believe he is the...
Sounding off: Trump, Biden top week’s letters
Criticizing Trump doesn’t equate to support of Biden I am compelled to respond to those letter-writers who think criticism of Donald Trump automatically means the person criticizing must love and support President Biden. How nice to be able to see the world is such black and white terms! No need...
Letter to the editor: Tired of the whining about the border
I’m really tired of hearing and reading the whining from grown adults (particularly aged 50+) about the southern border. If we rallied together the retirees, the armchair pundits and the people who use religion to mask their blatant racism, we could have at least four or five squadrons ready to...
Letter to the editor: We’re a republic, not a democracy
Recent articles and cartoons have opined that our national government is a democracy and not a republic. Unfortunately they are wrong. Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s small gesture shows his character
As a speech teacher, I told my students about a boss who was hiring new employees. He deliberately left a book on the floor and waited to see who would stop to pick it up. Then he planned to hire that candidate. Recently, Donald Trump was about to board Marine...
Letter to the editor: State retirees need a COLA
Our Pennsylvania state House passed a bill in June 2023 to grant the pre-Act 9 (2001) retirees a cost of living adjustment (COLA). These retirees, most of them in their 80s and older, have not received a COLA for nearly two decades. They have been existing on the same income...
Letter to the editor: Criticizing Trump doesn’t equate to support of Biden
I am compelled to respond to those letter-writers who think criticism of Donald Trump automatically means the person criticizing must love and support President Biden. How nice to be able to see the world is such black and white terms! No need for any critical thinking. This lack of critical...
Letter to the editor: Dangerous times
Regarding the letter “Conservative talking points don’t ring true” (May 9, TribLive): Famous scientist Carl Sagan once said, and I quote, “You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it’s based on a deep seated need to believe.” Facts don’t seem to matter...
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers should be keeping us safe
It is difficult to understand how women and mothers can be against safeguarding our families. Two of our legislators, who happen to be women, Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward and Senate Judiciary Chair Lisa Baker, are obstructing sensible gun-safety legislation. Protecting its citizens is the first responsibility of government....
Letter to the editor: Veteran won’t vote for Biden
The writer of the letter “Veteran stands for democracy, not Trump” (May 7, TribLive) stated that as a veteran, he pledged to defend our freedoms. I say, amen. Also as a veteran, I find it very difficult to stay silent when I see freedoms, values and individual responsibilities being regularly...
Letter to the editor: Grateful for kind gesture at Macy’s
A few days ago I went to Macy’s to return some things. I didn’t have my Macy’s card with me. A lady said, “Here, use mine,” and inserted her card. Between the things I was returning and the things I was purchasing, there was 66 cents difference, and she paid...
Letter to the editor: Trump will get fair trials
In the letter “Trump charges sign of election tampering” (May 7, TribLive), we find the question, “How can we possibly perceive the roughly 90 felony charges leveled against the Republican candidate by multiple Democratic prosecutors in multiple Democratic-led cities as anything other than blatant election tampering?” The defendant in these...
Letter to the editor: Trump haters, wake up
Are Democratic voters just incredibly naive? Or maybe they just don’t care when the lies are about the “other guys.” So, if Donald Trump is targeted, anything goes. By now it should be obvious to the least savvy of voters that leftist prosecutors have targeted Trump and constructed the crimes....
Letter to the editor: What Trump gave us
Regarding the letter “Trump will let us shine again” (April 28, TribLive): When President Trump took office, the economy was in the 91st month of expansion since the great recession, caused by policies of the Obama administration in which Trump had no hand. If the letter-writer thinks that Trump’s policies,...
Letter to the editor: Supporting Israel is supporting terror
WARNING: The following letter will be disturbing to the sayanim (look it up) and all the media-brainwashed people who consider any criticism of Israel to be antisemitism: I contacted Sen. Bob Casey at his website and asked his position on the Israel/Gaza situation. I received a lengthy one-sided screed condemning...
Letter to the editor: Pharmacy benefit restrictions will hamper Pittsburgh’s economic development
Four years since the onset of covid-19, the aftershocks of the pandemic continue to ripple across Pittsburgh. Commercial office vacancies and falling city tax revenues present fresh challenges that we must work collaboratively to overcome. Despite these hurdles, downtown Pittsburgh is making strides to recover. Over the last couple years,...
Letter to the editor: Biden supports women
In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022), which was the fifth iteration of VAWA since he championed its original passage in 1994 as a senator. He had been pressing for its passage since 1990 but had been...
Letter to the editor: Men, women and grizzly bears
Lori Falce takes the clickbait explaining a social media meme that wastes large amounts of internet bandwith and human intellectual capital (“Men growling over bear question are missing the point,” May 3, TribLive). There’s no lesson to learn from the “man vs. bear” question. She’s not the only woman caught...
Letter to the editor: Killer nurse tragedy could have been avoided
After pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempted murder, Harrison nurse Heather Pressdee, who admitted to administering insulin to nursing home patients who did not require it, was justifiably sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison (“ ‘She is evil personified’: Victims’...
Letter to the editor: Marc Fogel a victim of politics
The editorial “Difference between Brittney Griner and Marc Fogel? One came home” (May 4, TribLive) sent a powerful message regarding Fogel’s struggles in Russian custody. He lives in pain from all the surgeries he had, and possibly medical marijuana was the only option to relieve some of his pain. When...
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers should work on fixing Social Security
Congressional lawmakers, wake up and do something about the Social Security system. People are tired of politicians repeating that the system will run out of money and not be able to pay recipients their full payments. They claim Social Security may cut payments in the future because of funding issues....
Letter to the editor: School funding and more taxes
I applaud the well thought out, viable suggestion in the letter “An equitable school funding alternative to property tax” (May 3, TribLive). However, it would just mean an additional tax. The politicos wouldn’t dream of giving tax money back! They will just spend the money on something else or line...
Sounding off: Policing Hempfield, Bob Casey, protesters on readers’ minds
Time for Hempfield to get its own police force I’m curious about Hempfield Township’s decision to secure a state grant to demolish an unused state penetentary for $3.5 million (“Demolition plans advancing for former state prison,” May 6, TribLive). Wouldn’t that money go a lot further in securing their own...
Letter to the editor: Why people don’t like Trump
I believe people don’t like Donald Trump because he lacks certain qualities: He has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honor and no grace. While Trump may be laughable, I doubt...
Letter to the editor: We aren’t that different
Expressing opinions in this day and age is very difficult. There is such a lack of respect for differing opinions that expressing yourself is difficult. The vulgar hatred of the Jews being expressed makes me realize how corrupt our society has become. It scars me to my core. I fight...
