Opinion category, Page 176
Editorial: Will Innamorato’s 500 houses plan work?
Some ailments are acute. They are like an asthma attack — sudden, unpredictable and requiring an urgent and immediate response. Others are chronic and demand steady and sustained supervision, like the steroid inhaler an asthmatic might take daily to strengthen the lungs and stave off an attack. Acute and chronic...
Letter to the editor: Trump is scary
The Time magazine cover story of May 27 included an interview with Donald Trump and his closest advisors, in which Trump’s second term agenda was laid out. The following is an excerpt of that article: “He would let red states monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans....
Letter to the editor: Freedom isn’t free
We just observed the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Do you know what D-Day was? Those unbelievable young men stormed the beaches of Normandy to preserve freedom. The women of that era represented their strength working the factories (Rosie the Riveters) doing tasks they never dreamed of. What will you do...
Gary Franks: Recalling Biden vote to support a sitting president guilty of a felony
In early 1999 Delaware Sen. Joe Biden had absolutely no problem ensuring that then-President Bill Clinton would remain president of the United States, despite the latter being guilty of a felony. After the U.S. House impeachment of Clinton, at the Senate trial, Biden voted twice on the floor to allow...
S.E. Cupp: Money can’t buy me love…or an election campaign
In June 2015, Donald Trump announced he was running for president and made several eye-opening promises. Among them, that he’d be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created.” (He left the White House in 2020 with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover.) Another, that he’d build a border...
Talor Musil and Sean O’Leary: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub means more fracking pollution, false promises
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2, is sweeping through Pennsylvania with much the same fanfare as the fracking boom back in 2008. Once again, fossil-fuel companies like EQT and CNX are promising our region groundbreaking new ways to produce cleaner energy, supercharge job growth, and revolutionize the region’s economy. In...
Patrick Sable, Corinna Skorpenske and Amy Stuart: Harrisburg must fully and fairly fund our schools
Public school districts across Allegheny County are facing substantial challenges in continuing to maintain our high academic standards while addressing the many needs of our diverse student population. For example, in the South Park School District, special education costs have grown $7.1 million, while the district has only received $1.2...
Letter to the editor: Kennedy as president?
Maria Bartiromo recently had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on her Fox News show. He told her how angry and upset he is about not being included in the upcoming presidential debate between Presidents Biden and Trump. Kennedy is afflicted with a rare voice disorder that makes it difficult to understand...
Letter to the editor: Justice won out with Trump verdict
The recent verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial proves our justice system works and that no one is above the law. According to Trump, it was rigged. He’s always the victim. The whole country is against him and in a big conspiracy to keep him out of the White...
Lori Falce: Prisoners held in Russia mirror hostages held in Iran
Americans held in a foreign country during a presidential election year. It’s a scenario that sounds familiar for a reason. In 1979, after the revolution overthrowing Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, hundreds of armed college students took the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It was a shocking event, with 66 Americans...
Laurels & lances: Fire and EMS
Laurel: To pulling together. A fire can can devastate a residence. Even when there is no loss of life, it can upend a family and send people scrambling to find shelter and replace the necessities they have lost. But what happens when the residence lost is the place people go...
Letter to the editor: Respecting our judicial system
The partisan responses to the Trump hush money verdict make clear the stark choices voters have this November (“Experts laud legal system for withstanding pressures of Trump trial,” June 2, TribLive). We can either elect an unrepentant scoundrel or a sanctimonious hypocrite. President Biden is calling for respect of the...
Paul Kengor: Our cursing culture
This week, I came across a profanity-laced tirade from the singer Adele aimed at an audience member she sharply disagreed with. I’ll try to sanitize her statement for this community-friendly publication, which isn’t easy and which, well, underscores the point of this column: “Are you (expletive) stupid?” shouted Adele. “Don’t...
Jonah Goldberg: Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election? Sure it could.
How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November? The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I suspect the verdict will matter, just not in ways that are easy or even possible to predict. A lot of the instant reaction revolves around...
Greg Fulton: Recognizing one last hero from D-Day
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” These are the first lines of a short message from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Letter to the editor: 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 the president has not condemned the...
Letter to the editor: Destruction of women’s sports
Well, the Biden administration has allowed girls and women’s sports to be ruined. I wonder what they’re dreaming of destroying next. I recently watched a trans girl destroy the dreams of the girls in a state title championship track meet. Those girls should’ve grabbed their belongings and left the track,...
Editorial: More mental health treatment options are start to solving many social problems
The former Inn at Lenape Heights Event Center and Golf Resort was sold in January for $2.5 million. It prompted a flurry of questions as people in the Manor Township community were left wondering about the impact. The closing took away a hotel, restaurant and location for weddings and other...
Letter to the editor: Do we really want Trump leading us?
Donald Trump reportedly referred to the 1,800 Marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood, a place venerated by the Marine Corps where the German advance toward Paris was stopped in 1918, as “suckers” because “there is nothing in it for them.” One report said he refused to go to...
Hal Brands: Putin’s shadow war against Europe is intensifying
Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on charges of planning to attack military facilities. English prosecutors claim that Russian agents set fire to a warehouse containing aid for Ukraine. Sweden is investigating alleged Russian-sponsored acts of sabotage. The Czech government accuses Moscow of sabotaging its railways. Estonia, meanwhile, has...
Elizabeth Kopple: What volunteering as a poll worker taught me about politics
LOS ANGELES — When I used to complain about the divisiveness of American politics, my son, Henry, would often suggest I do something about it. Henry had been a poll worker during the 2020 elections, when he was 17. It was his first official job and he loved the experience....
Letter to the editor: Message to Madden on Negro League stats
To Mark Madden: If you don’t want to include Negro League stats for Major League Baseball players, then don’t count any of Wayne Gretzky’s WHA stats, as they are counted in his NHL stats (“Adding Negro League stats to MLB is dishonest, factually incorrect,” May 31, TribLive). Bob Davidson Carnegie...
Letter to the editor: Trump years preferred
Those celebrating the “guilty” verdict against Donald Trump smugly state “no one is above the law” while ignoring the millions of foreigners who are entering the U.S. illegally. By contrast, it seems to me that Trump and his supporters are below the law, as will be proven if this kangaroo...
Editorial: The sad history of Pennsylvania’s inability to pass a budget
The three branches of government can each do or not do their jobs independent of each other most of the time. The governor of Pennsylvania never has to ask permission for staying inside the lines of his executive tasks. The Legislature doesn’t need the governor’s OK to introduce bills or...
Letter to the editor: Law and order party?
What ever happened to the law and order party? They refuse to support the police with commonsense gun safety regulations that could save their lives. They refused to convict the twice-impeached former President Trump over his criminal extortion scheme of Ukraine’s president and when he refused to admit election defeat....
