Opinion category, Page 132
Letter to the editor: US Steel acquisition a sensible move
Concerning the Nippon Steel attempt to acquire U.S. Steel: I recently retired after six years as senior buyer with a quality international company (unionized) that bought a lot of steel. When the Trump administration tossed U.S. Steel a lifeline with increased duties on imported steel, USS responded by raising their...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 16
Editorial cartoons for the week of Sept. 16....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 16
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Sept. 16....
Letter to the editor: Guns as gifts? Times sure have changed.
The AP article “Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings” (Sept. 6, TribLive) caused me great sadness and consternation. Apparently Colin Gray had given his son a gift of an AR-15 assault-style rifle, which he used in the shooting. When I was...
Letter to the editor: Don’t worry, mail-in voting secure
The writer of the letter “Who’s cross-checking the mail-in ballots?” (Sept. 4, TribLive) suggests there is something nefarious going on with Westmoreland County’s mail-in ballot system. I suggest he educate himself to the truth and to the process. For example, 50 ballot requests will still only result in the receipt...
Letter to the editor: Why isn’t Harris doing something now?
Kamala Harris has many great campaign ideas that, if elected president this November, she says she will implement on day one to strengthen and protect our nation and the citizens she will represent. But I must ask — where have President Joe Biden and Harris been for the last 3½...
Letter to the editor: Covid cause of high prices
The average person is not happy about prices, but this is not something you can blame on government policies. It goes back to our free market system that I learned about at Butler High School in the 1980s. Supply and demand control prices in our system. During covid, supplies became...
Editorial: Gainey misses chance with Fern Hollow announcement
Pittsburgh may be making a payment to the victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. What a victory for justice. What a ringing endorsement for government accountability. What an absolute bare minimum. The Gainey administration made the announcement Friday in a news release from Pittsburgh Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak. The...
Letter to the editor: Make foreign influence in our elections illegal
The Supreme Court, with Citizens United, allowed U.S. corporations to spend unlimited money on elections. In doing so, the Supreme Court opened the door to two inevitabilities: Misleading ads everywhere and foreign influence in our elections. Normally, foreigners can play no role at all in our elections, but big corporations...
Letter to the editor: Tough choice for independents
After doing the Democrat/Republican thing for a decade apiece, I’m now well into my third decade of being an independent. Sometimes it’s not easy being an independent, especially around primary time in Pennsylvania. Yes, I know it’s my choice. Living in a closed primary state that suppresses independent voters is...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Haitian immigrants here legally for better lives
Just about all that can be said has been said about Donald Trump’s debate performance last week. But people can’t stop talking about his bogus claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ dogs. The next day, The Washington Post ran a story with the headline, “Anatomy...
Point: Tim Walz wants policies to empower rural Americans
After rural voters turned out big for Donald Trump, a narrative emerged that rural America was made up of majority White communities who used to vote reliably Democratic but had shifted right. The emergence of Tim Walz and JD Vance in this election cycle offers a chance for a deeper...
Counterpoint: JD Vance speaks for rural America
Far too often, rural Americans feel ignored by presidential campaigns. While elites in Washington, New York and Los Angeles generate the headlines, focusing primarily on the two coasts, Americans outside major cities continue to fly under the radar. This needs to change, and the 2024 election could be the turning...
Letter to the editor: Losers and suckers
The boys who never made it off of the beaches of Iwo Jima and Omaha were losers and suckers. The 58,000-plus names etched on the Vietnam War Memorial wall were all losers and suckers. The five Army Rangers whose bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu after their Blackhawk...
Sounding off: Presidential race top letter-writers’ concerns
Think of the future when voting For the past 7½ years, the extreme left Democratic Party, the D.C. swamp bureaucracy and its cohort mainstream media have continually attacked and weaponized government agencies to try to politically destroy President Donald Trump so they could stay in power and retain their jobs...
Letter to the editor: Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump significant
One of the most significant political announcements following the Democratic National Convention was the endorsement by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of Donald Trump. Interesting that this front-page news story was buried on page B6 of the Aug. 24 print edition of the Tribune Review; I haven’t seen it mentioned since....
Letter to the editor: Father Monieau should be reinstated
It’s after Labor Day. Bishop Larry Kulick of the Greensburg diocese took hasty action days after Memorial Day. I believe Kulick chose to follow the faithless path instead of leading by Christian example. Kulick quickly condemned a humble servant of God, a hard-working, two-parish pastor and knowledgeable school administrator, our...
Editorial: Lifting residency requirement could benefit Westmoreland County
Where you live can often be used as the ticket to an opportunity. Live in the state of Pennsylvania, and you get a better deal on your tuition at a school like the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State or PennWest University. Live in some counties, and you might be able...
Letter to the editor: Right to free speech doesn’t mean ‘no consequences’
In “All have right to free speech” (Aug. 21, TribLive), the author makes some leaps and assumptions that wholly prove the exact point made originally. Let’s discuss: 1. Putting on a uniform and a sidearm absolutely does not mean that an officer sets aside his or her political leanings and...
Letter to the editor: Harris’ climate plans a scam?
In the first and so far only interview that Vice President Kamala Harris gave, she repeatedly stated that her values have not changed. She emphasized her commitment to saving the Earth from those who use fossil fuels in their daily lives. Not unlike Hillary Clinton, who suggested that closing the...
S.E. Cupp: Harris tricks Trump into following her script
After months of following the many twists and turns of this presidential election, we’ve all been zooming in on some very particular voters who will ultimately decide who wins in November. It’s the undecided, moderate and independent voters in seven swing states who are going to be the difference between...
Letter to the editor: Will Trump help workers?
Donald Trump congratulated Elon Musk for his willingness to fire workers seeking higher wages and better working conditions. “You’re the greatest cutter,” Trump said. “Look at what you do. You walk in, you just say: ‘You want to quit?’ They go on strike. And you (Elon) say: ‘That’s OK, you’re...
Letter to the editor: Mistick leaves out details on Trump’s Arlington visit
Columnist Joseph Sabino Mistick is a member of the Democrat media propaganda machine. The latest example was his column “A president for all Americans” (Aug. 31, TribLive), in which he claimed Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery was a political farce. Here is what Mistick didn’t tell you. The...
Lori Falce: America is a buffet. Don’t dish up racism
There is no cat in your fried rice. Despite decades of distrust and jokes, the chicken in your chicken lo mein is just chicken. When Bill Murray’s character in “Scrooged” warned his girlfriend about stray animals going into the chop suey, it was just another example of the fictional Frank...
Laurels & lances: Solemnity, spotlights & sweets
Laurel: To remembrance. Whether it was the small, local services such as that of Lower Burrell American Legion Post 868 or the larger events at the places where lives were lost, Southwestern Pennsylvania took a moment Wednesday in memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was that time...
