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Letter to the editor: Trump convicted? Can’t wait to vote!
A convicted felon … of 34 counts? What a joke! Can’t wait to vote in November. Joe Marmo Cheswick...
Letter to the editor: Teachers should be respected
Perhaps if teachers were shown the respect they deserve from both parents and their children, more individuals would consider teaching as a career and, for sure, more teachers would not be leaving the profession. Monica Yuhas Smock...
Letter to the editor: Turning the tide on climate worries
What a weekend! I confessed my climate sins at the first of its kind Climate Confessional at the Center for Post-Natural History, at first Fridays on Penn Avenue Bloomfield. The climate “priest” listened to my climate worries and my friend Elizabeth’s. He absolved us, because he knows that the real...
Editorial: Paid parental leave could make Pennsylvania competitive
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade did more than just upend reproductive health law. It also made back-burner issues take on more urgency. If limits on abortion result in more pregnancies, more policies will be required to respond to the resulting children’s needs. States will...
Letter to the editor: Trump trial perspectives
I have often said, “you cannot win an argument with an idiot.” An idiot is unwilling to process factual information and adjust their opinion accordingly. In the recently completed trial of former President Donald Trump, there are many idiots who celebrate the guilty verdict and crow the jury’s decision justifies...
Kelly O’Connor: Here’s how states can optimize $50 billion in opioid settlement funds
Kudos to John Oliver and HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” for their coverage of the opioid crisis and the resultant settlement. Many states are struggling to use the settlement funds effectively, and some are already repeating the waste, fraud and abuse involving Big Tobacco settlement funds ($206 billion) in the 1990s....
Colin McNickle: Return money to Pa. taxpayers; don’t spend more
While the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing attempting to grow the commonwealth’s economy by giving away taxpayer money, a researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy says a better plan would be to return money to taxpayers. “Putting money back in the hands of Pennsylvania’s taxpayers...
Letter to the editor: Gazebo honors beloved Latrobe teacher
Thank you to all of the family and friends who joined us in dedicating the Canterna Gazebo at Loyalhanna Senior Suites on May 25. It was an overwhelming feeling to see so many attend this honor on behalf of our mother, Shirley Canterna. Our mom was a lifelong resident of...
Letter to the editor: Trump lacks respect for military
Many of us have friends and relatives who have been in the U.S. military. I had a cousin in the Army who died from friendly fire. His memory is becoming faint, which I am so sorry about. So many of us have been through this agony of losing a loved...
Editorial: Americans are unhappier than ever; 2 officials want to address that
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, writing on behalf of the Continental Congress, proclaimed all people have an inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A bipartisan duo of elected leaders recently argued we’re doing too little to advance that third and vitally important principle, and...
Letter to the editor: Biden may not be the Democratic nominee
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the presidential political tide has turned. President Trump is up in the polls in spite of the what I believe are corrupt attempts to prosecute him out of the race because the Democrats know they can’t beat him on policy. The majority of America knows...
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 10
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 10....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 10
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 10....
Letter to the editor: If you follow the Bible, you must vote against abortion
Abortion is a religious issue, not a political one. Read Jeremiah 1:4. Then the Sixth Commandment. Anyone who believes in the Bible should understand this. It couldn’t be clearer. If you are a follower of its teachings, you must vote against it. Eileen Condie Hempfield...
Letter to the editor: Rename Offutt Field — Greensburg Salem’s Hall of Fame Field
This month, MLB assimilated all the history and statistics of the Negro Leagues. Josh Gibson leapfrogged to the top past Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in batting average and home runs. Also playing at Offutt Field were Christy Mathewson, Johnny Lujack and George Blanda — all Hall of Fame members....
Letter to the editor: Biden’s chaos worse than Trump’s
CNN host and Trib columnist S.E. Cupp slams Donald Trump, saying, “Chaos follows him everywhere” (“De Niro isn’t voice voters should hear from,” May 31, TribLive). If creating chaos is one of Cupp’s measures of poor presidential leadership, how chaotic are President Biden’s unsecure southern and northern borders, allowing millions...
Editorial: What do Triangle Tech and Pittsburgh Technical College problems portend for trade education?
Career and technical education is important. It has become part of a growing conversation, as the reality and sustainability of university education are debated because of its cost. The requirement of a college degree for certain jobs also is being questioned. In 2023, Gov. Josh Shapiro removed that hurdle for...
Letter to the editor: Choose happiness and kindness
If a child asked you, should I be happy or sad, kind or mean, the answers are easy: happy and kind. But for some people, something happens that causes them to choose to be sad and mean. It is tragic that our supposed leaders do not govern but rather spend...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Remembering when Americans fought for freedom
As the nation remembered D-Day last week — with what was likely the last big gathering of American heroes in Normandy, France — the world was reminded of the value that America once placed on freedom. The numbers are staggering. On June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 Allied ships and landing...
Francis Wilkinson: GOP continues to wage war on mail-in votes in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, one of the paramount states of our mortal combat electoral system, voting by mail is legal. It’s also safe and readily administered and documented. As in other swing states won by Joe Biden, the 2020 election in Pennsylvania was scrutinized, adjudicated and relentlessly attacked. Despite months of partisan...
Counterpoint: Trump’s conviction is an important victory for the rule of law
Former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This is the first time in U.S. history that a sitting or former president has been found guilty of committing a crime. It’s a sobering milestone but a victory for accountability and the fundamental principle that, in our democracy, no one is...
Point: Trump verdicts make NYC ‘Venezuela-on-the-Hudson’
It’s hard to describe adequately what happened to Donald Trump in Venezuela-on-the-Hudson. Outrageous? A travesty of justice? A devastating blow to the sanctity of our justice system and its reputation for fairness and nonpartisanship? An American repetition of the Soviet show trials of the 1930s? It’s all of those things....
Letter to the editor: Where are all our flags?
We live in the greatest country in the world, and many men and women have died for our democracy and our freedoms. Yet I saw few flags flying on Memorial Day. Are we imprisoned by our binary views and a they/them mentality? Are we all about the me, me, me’s...
Sounding off: Trump and Biden top readers’ thoughts
Trump, Biden and the justice system The family of President Joe Biden is known to be close-knit and loving. It is difficult to imagine the pain the president feels in having to deal with the trial of son Hunter, which could conceivably land him in prison. It is notable that...
Letter to the editor: Some buglers need a little help
Regarding the letter “Our hero veterans deserve real buglers” (June 4, TribLive): I’ve been a VFW Post 33 honor guard for about four months and feel the need to stick up for our bugler. He always played the bugle without the aid of any kind until he no longer could...
