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Editorial: Recommendations in wake of Trump Butler rally shooting fall short
The U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump has released recommendations in a 180-page report. The task force, chaired by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, was authorized in the aftermath of the July 13 shooting at Trump’s political rally at the Butler...
Letter to the editor: School choice promotes excellence
As superintendent of River Valley School District, I believe in educational excellence tailored to meet the diverse needs of students and families. That’s why I support expanding school choice and increasing parental involvement in education. Our system must move beyond one-size-fits-all solutions. Parents should be free to choose the best...
Jonah Goldberg: The headlines said Amnesty International accused Israel of genocide. Here’s what they missed.
In a shocking development last week, Amnesty International effectively exonerated Israel of genocide. This was easy to miss, and not just because of the recent crush of news. Amnesty’s report, titled “ ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza,” buried the lede, as journalists say....
Dave Anderson: Independents, tripartisanship and America’s future
The key for independents to gain a voice in American politics over and above influencing a race between a Democrat and a Republican is to find a way to be a player in Washington without creating a war with either of the two major parties, which are basically at war...
Cal Thomas: Pardoning the unpardonable
Media reports say President Biden is about to issue a slew of blanket preemptive pardons for people associated with his administration to thwart any “revenge” the incoming Trump administration might take against them. While the Founders intended presidential power to be nearly unlimited (there is an exception for a president...
Letter to the editor: Trump can finish draining the swamp
President Trump’s selections for his Cabinet and government agencies have been criticized. The left says those people don’t have enough government experience. That is exactly why he chose some of them. The federal government has become too dictatorial, corrupt and woke. It has forgotten that these people are public servants...
Letter to the editor: Let’s be a respectful people this Jan. 6
On Jan. 6, 2025, patriotic Americans will gather to demand that Vice President Kamala Harris “do the right thing” by upholding the Constitution. Former President Trump once called on his “base” to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard, and I urge every American to do the same, standing firm...
Editorial: Social media needs regulation, not one company ban
A federal appeals court Friday upheld a controversial law banning the U.S. operations of TikTok — the popular video-based social networking app owned by Chinese company ByteDance — unless it finds a U.S. buyer. That gives the company six weeks to keep fighting before the ax falls. This impacts a...
Letter to the editor: Life has worth, and it’s worth protecting
Leading up to the election, the pro-choice candidates never wasted an opportunity to remind us that their opponents are against legal abortion. While most of the political ads on television focused on the terrible case of rape, which accounts for less than 2% of abortions, none of the ads mentioned...
Trudy Rubin: Assad’s fall deals a blow to Russia and Iran, but leaves Syria’s future uncertain
Syrians are dancing in the streets of Damascus and other cities to celebrate the collapse of the hideous regime of Bashar al-Assad, the man responsible for an estimated 600,000 dead in a 13-year-long civil war — including tens of thousands viciously tortured to death in his dungeons. Those still alive...
Tyler Cowen: The sad decline of the public hangout
You can learn something about a city by just walking through it. Most of New York City’s Manhattan core feels bustling, whereas a San Francisco block can seem dormant. In Rome, it is common to see groups of men standing around, chatting or arguing. We are all familiar with such...
Letter to the editor: Solar a smart move for schools
Rightfully highlighted by the Trib is a local superintendent’s efforts to keep her school district energy and cost efficient (“My school district has saved over a million dollars by going solar. With Solar for Schools, your district could be next,” Nov. 18, TribLive). The Carlisle Area School District manages to...
Letter to the editor: Keeping Westmoreland County safe
It appears society has become more dangerous. I have witnessed the news media calling for women to arm themselves. My office has seen an increase in gun permits issued to females, and we often advise them to get training if a weapon is purchased. Due to the increase in liberal...
Editorial: How should police respond to mental health calls?
On Jan. 7, Susan Shepherd called the police. Her son Christopher Shepherd, 48, was in the grip of a psychiatric crisis. He had a kitchen knife. He barricaded himself in his Upper St. Clair home. It wasn’t the first time. Christopher Shepherd was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder....
Letter to the editor: Democrats need a new direction
I am very confused. Will the DNC continue to walk away from rural America, thus our district, or will it open its eyes and look in the mirror? My bet is that nothing will change, and we will continue to lose elections by larger and larger numbers in our county...
Athan Koutsiouroumbas: What can Pa. learn from California’s minimum wage proposition?
Confounding pundits and pollsters alike, Californians voted against increasing the minimum wage in November. Buried in the headlines of the 2024 presidential election, the shocking failure of a minimum wage hike in a blue state may epitomize the type of policymaking that Americans are choosing to reject. It likewise serves...
Sheldon H. Jacobson: Fired college football coaches are doing better than ever
As the end of the college football season approaches, many teams are beginning to eye which bowl they will be playing in. It also marks the time when coaches who have not met expectations are being fired. The list of fired coaches is already long and growing, likely to be...
Letter to the editor: How can we have fair elections when officials don’t follow the rules?
Does this surprise you? Election officials from four Pennsylvania counties admitted that they counted ballots that were not signed or dated during the 2024 election even after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled they couldn’t. Whether or not this would have helped Republicans or Democrats is not the point. They did...
Letter to the editor: No more crippling Trump tax cuts
President-elect Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts were a disaster for most of the country. They tossed a few pennies to the average citizen, but the top 1% received almost all the proceeds. It is the single largest tax cut for the wealthy in U.S. history. Many of them received a...
Editorial: Biden’s pardon of his son betrays those who stand for the rule of law
When it comes to his son Hunter, Joe Biden is always a father first, a president second. Last Sunday, at the close of the Thanksgiving weekend and the warmth of family gatherings, Biden granted a full and unconditional pardon for his son’s convictions on tax evasion and gun-related charges. As...
Letter to the editor: Pray for younger generation
In his book “Mere Christianity,” author C.S. Lewis, an atheist, begins by acknowledging that wherever one goes to whatever group of beings, there always seems to be a code of what is good for the culture and what is bad: a way of living peacefully together in harmony. In the...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 9
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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Dec. 9
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Letter to the editor: Banning social media? The children will survive.
Regarding the editorial “Is a social media ban here possible?” (Dec. 3, TribLive): I’m old enough to remember when the same thing was said about pool and comic books. I survived. So will today’s children. Of course, this is different. Isn’t it always? Bob Peirce Venetia...
Letter to the editor: Reauthorizing PEPFAR to fight HIV/AIDS will save lives
Our fight to end HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest success stories, and that’s in large part due to an American program you might have never heard of before. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was established by President George Bush in 2003 to stem the scourge...
