Opinion category, Page 118
Letter to the editor: A Trump win could be catastrophic for women
The story “’She should be alive’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans” (Sept. 20, TribLive) is a wake-up call for Pennsylvania voters. It describes how two women died when they did not get proper medical treatment after developing complications from taking abortion pills. Why? Because Georgia’s six-week...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s behavior un-American
Donald Trump is, of course, wholly unqualified to be president. I find him to be demonstrably and unquestioningly stupid, corrupt, intellectually and physically lazy, incompetent and lacking even a modicum of executive ability by any standard. A completely unserious person. Had he not been born of privilege, I can only...
Letter to the editor: Shame on Trump for Palmer comments
How low can Donald Trump go? Or better, how low will be too low for many of his ardent supporters? His pseudo-Christian credentials are already known to clash with his narcissistic, self-serving behaviors. But now we have his recent comments about the “manhood” of Arnold Palmer, a man from Latrobe...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s Palmer comments disgusting
I am thoroughly disgusted by the disrespectful way Donald Trump spoke during his Latrobe rally about Arnold Palmer, a decent, respectful and honorable gentleman. Palmer knew Trump because of their mutual interest in golf. Below is an excerpt from a September 2018 article in Sporting News written by Palmer’s biographer...
Letter to the editor: How will Trump disgrace us tomorrow?
There have been so many instances within his period of political life in which Donald Trump has reached a new low. It would be impossible to cite them all, but two recent disgraces stand out. The annual gala New York City dinner honoring Al Smith, the first Catholic nominated to...
Letter to the editor: Trump insulted a great man
How you are remembered in your life is dependent upon how you treated others regardless of your fame and fortune. Such is the man I knew, Arnold Palmer, a man I was privileged and honored to know. I was appalled and disgusted at the callous and demeaning comments made about...
Letter to the editor: Contrasting Trump and Palmer, Rogers
Over 25 years ago, my wife and I decided to move to the Latrobe area to raise a family. It seemed impossible to imagine a better place — after all, this was the home of Mister Rogers and Arnold Palmer, American icons known to the world for their grace, charity...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: How elections really work
David Voye doesn’t sleep much these days. The manager of Allegheny County’s Elections Division says, “You fall asleep very quickly, but then you wake up every half hour thinking about things you need to do.” It has been that way since right after Labor Day. Elections departments work year-round, and,...
Letter to the editor: Picking candidates who support abortion puts blood on voters’ hands
The writer of the letter “Do women’s lives matter to Republicans?” (Oct. 10, TribLive) intended to support abortion, but I think she failed to do so and instead proved that her mother needed a better doctor, not an abortion. Before Roe v. Wade, medically induced abortions were performed when the...
Sounding off: Writers lobby for picks as election nears
Honor with Harris, dishonor with Trump If your forebears emigrated from any country in Central Europe on NATO’s front line against Putin’s Russia, honor your forebears who came here for liberty, the good word of the U.S. and Ukraine’s fight for freedom by electing Kamala Harris president. Donald Trump says...
Letter to the editor: Casey’s fentanyl ad deceptive
In Sen. Bob Casey’s political ad against Dave McCormick, he focuses on McCormick’s investment in a Chinese company making fentanyl and smuggling it to Mexico to make illegal drugs and smuggle it back into the U.S. That company is Humanwell. Its income is between $3 billion and $4 billion per...
Editorial: Scirotto chose NCAA over Pittsburgh. That’s why he shouldn’t have taken the job in the first place
Pittsburgh police Chief Larry Scirotto is resigning his position effective Nov. 1. He isn’t doing it because of problems within the department. He isn’t doing it because of rampant crime that can’t be controlled by the officers under his leadership. He’s doing it because he would rather referee basketball games....
Letter to the editor: Why Trump is against immigrants
Why does Donald Trump say he will gather immigrants into camps and deport them? He must mean illegal immigrants, because 75% of U.S. immigrants are legal. But even those illegal immigrants still do the things that most immigrants do: They work, pay taxes and add to the strength of our...
S.E. Cupp: Will GOP cross the Hitler threshold for Trump?
It’s been 41 years since President Ronald Reagan gave his famous “Evil Empire” speech. It was 1983, the height of the Cold War, and Reagan spoke passionately about the “focus of evil in the modern world” that was the Soviet Union. He rejected arguments of false equivalence between the U.S....
Letter to the editor: Harris is too liberal
Kamala Harris is a fake, an attempt by the Democratic Party billionaires to create the image of her shedding her skin as a rampaging liberal with socialist ideology and no credentials for leading America. It’s as simple as asking yourself: Am I better or worse off than I was in...
Tom Corbett and Conor Lamb: Our elections are safe and secure, so vote with confidence
America’s elections are the safest and most secure in the world. Bar none. And once again, Pennsylvania is leading the way. The world looks to our electoral system as a model of freedom and fairness, powered by a rigorous system of checks and balances that are viewed across the political...
Frank Donatelli: Trump has problems with democracy
Pennsylvania has always prided itself on electing leaders who are focused on governing and making democracy work to solve urgent problems. This has been true from the very beginnings of the American republic and the adoption of the Constitution in Philadelphia over 200 years ago. Pennsylvanians have put the public...
Letter to the editor: There are other ‘choices’ rather than abortion
Hiding behind the terms “reproductive rights,” women’s “health care” or “choice” does not change the fact that abortion kills an unborn baby. Organizations such as Walking With Moms in Need (walkingwith moms.com) and PreBorn! (preborn.com) provide support for expectant mothers and their babies during pregnancy and for as long as two...
Letter to the editor: Honor with Harris, dishonor with Trump
If your forebears emigrated from any country in Central Europe on NATO’s front line against Putin’s Russia, honor your forebears who came here for liberty, the good word of the U.S. and Ukraine’s fight for freedom by electing Kamala Harris president. Donald Trump says Putin “can do whatever the hell...
Letter to the editor: Be proud to show support for Trump
Donald Trump has been much maligned by biased liberals and their willing allies, the judicial courts and left-leaning press. Meanwhile, President Biden and Vice President Harris seem to have been shielded from negative stories by the same groups. So Trump appears power-hungry and corrupt. That is not true. Many conservatives...
Laurels & lances: Pups & pensions
Laurel: To a new home. Ikon the police dog has taken a roundabout road to finding a forever home. The pup was gifted to Tarentum police by country singer Brian Kelley. It was a surprise donation when the former Florida Georgia Line frontman was playing a benefit concert hosted by...
Letter to the editor: What happened to welcoming the stranger?
Whether to escape tyranny and persecution in their homeland or simply from a desire to attain the oft-mentioned American dream, immigrants have long seen America as their best hope for the future. Initially, many have received less than a gracious welcome, but never have I seen such outright hatred and...
Paul Kengor: Trump’s tax cuts for fat-cat billionaires?
Among the annoying ads running in the 2024 presidential campaign, I’m particularly bothered by the Harris-Walz commercials blasting Donald Trump’s alleged tax cuts for “millionaires and billionaires” enacted during his presidential administration. The Harris-Walz campaign promises to “roll back Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.” I detest these ads...
Lori Falce: Lessons for Elon Musk from the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes
When I was a kid, I loved seeing the Publishers Clearing House envelope show up in the mailbox. I would open it and spread out the contents on the dining room table — stickers in this pile, cards in another, forms in a third. I would read the rules like...
Letter to the editor: Trump should apologize for Palmer remarks
I grew up in Latrobe and was fortunate enough to have attended high school with Jerry Palmer, Arnold Palmer’s brother. Although I did not know Arnie personally, I know my peers and I considered Arnie and his family a class act. Therefore, it was disgusting to see Donald Trump come...
