Letter to the editor: Honest questions needing honest answers
This letter is in no way an attempt to dismiss any concerns about any recent actions taken by the Trump administration. However, I do have some real, honest questions to which I would love someone to give real, honest answers. Why are the two people killed by federal agents in...
Dick Polman: Pam Bondi has me pining for Janet Reno
I found it perversely entertaining watching shrieking she-devil Pam Bondi as she sought to defend her dirtbag tenure at the Department of Pedophile Protection. She made the Wicked Witch of the West look like Mother Teresa. Any second I expected her to vow vengeance against her congressional inquisitors, a la...
Kaitlyn Buss: The Guthrie search shows what’s possible. Can we make it the standard?
If there’s any chance Nancy Guthrie’s assailant will not be found, it won’t be for lack of awareness. Her disappearance has mobilized extraordinary attention nationwide. It’s heartbreaking to think the 84-year-old Arizona woman — the mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-host of NBC’s Today Show — might still be held against...
Letter to the editor: Let ICE agents do their jobs
The violence and vitriol directed at ICE agents is entirely misplaced. In their anger, protesters are ignoring a fundamental truth: Agents do not create policy; they enforce it. These men and women are doing exactly what the government hired and empowered them to do. If our leaders truly disagree with...
Letter to the editor: We can’t unsee the truth about Renee Good
Renee Good is dead. We know the 37-year-old Minnesota resident died as the result of gunshot wounds. We know when she was killed and where. We saw video of the incident. We saw Good seated in her vehicle and heard bits of a conversation she had with the U.S. government...
Letter to the editor: Patients deserve quality dental care
I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and returned here to practice dentistry. For the past 16 years, I’ve cared for patients across the region after taking the reins of a long-established local practice. Recently, a patient came in for a routine cleaning and checkup. During that exam, I identified a...
Letter to the editor: Year of the Horse — the Year of Assimilation
As we celebrate the Chinese New Year and enter the Year of the Horse, it is worth pausing to reflect on what this moment might quietly offer us. In Chinese culture, the horse represents strength, steadiness and the courage to move forward even when the path is uncertain. A single...
Editorial: RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is entering a new phase
The stability of the U.S. vaccine market rests on an obscure $4 billion fund known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long a critic of the fund, now appears intent on dismantling it. Vaccine production can be a fickle business....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 16
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 16....
Christopher Magra: How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pa. wilderness
This Presidents Day, I’ve been thinking about George Washington − not at his finest hour, but possibly at his worst. In 1754, a 22-year-old Washington marched into the wilderness surrounding Pittsburgh with more ambition than sense. He volunteered to travel to the Ohio Valley on a mission to deliver a...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 16
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 16....
Editorial: A closed door doesn’t mean disappearing help
A closed door is often read as an ending. It marks the moment a business shuts down or an opportunity slips away. But sometimes a closed door is not the end. Casa San José has closed its front door. At the same time, it is buying a building. The nonprofit...
Colin McNickle: Another way PPS can save money
Pittsburgh Public Schools, facing a multimillion-dollar deficit that will force it to draw down precious emergency money from its reserve fund, could find partial relief by overhauling its contracting processes, concludes an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. “Given the district’s ongoing financial woes, compounded by the board...
Letter to the editor: Inhumanity of ICE raids hard to defend
I was appalled after reading the article by Paula Reed Ward about local ICE raids (“‘Lives shattered’: Emiliano’s vows to reopen after feds seize 16 in immigration raid,” Aug. 7, TribLive). The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on these restaurants were not done to simply detain “illegal aliens,”...
Letter to the editor: Alzheimer’s and early diagnosis, ASAP
My inspiration to work with the Alzheimer’s Association was my sister, who was diagnosed at 47; she passed away this past August at 57. We were a year apart, and she was my person; my best friend. Alzheimer’s runs strong in my family, and while I’m no longer fighting for...
Letter to the editor: Pride in America lost under Trump
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the recent Netflix documentary, “Miracle:The Boys of ‘80,” the story of our USA hockey team which miraculously defeated Russia 45 years ago in Lake Placid, N.Y. It reminded me that intense pride in America is an emotion I’ve totally lost under President Trump’s unbridled, authoritarian presidency....
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs statewide solution to housing shortage
Pennsylvania faces a housing shortage. Young professionals can’t afford homes near new jobs, families fail to bid for starter homes and seniors looking to downsize lack options in longtime communities. As the region’s economic center, Pittsburgh attracts workers and investment, but zoning regulations and red tape often make it easier...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: With Trump, we should never forget
No one should be surprised that Donald Trump thinks that advising someone to obey the law should be an indictable offense. But the refusal of a federal grand jury to indict six members of Congress for doing just that shows that common sense can still prevail. All six are military...
Joe Palaggi: What ‘Star Trek’ understood about division — and why we keep falling for it
The more divided we become, the more absurd it all starts to look. Not because the problems aren’t real — they are — but because the patterns are. The outrage cycles. The villains rotate. The language escalates. And yet the outcomes remain stubbornly the same: more anger, less trust, and...
Letter to the editor: A halftime show plan we can all agree on
Since the Super Bowl halftime show became a lightning rod for controversy, I would like to propose a new halftime show solution. Before the season, each of the 32 NFL teams will choose a musical artist that represents their city. The NFL team whose fanbase donates the most to food...
Constitution Under Construction: Who’s on First?Video
The foundation of any structure is more than a hole in the ground. It is the difference between a pile of bricks and a house built to weather a storm. The First Amendment to the Constitution carries that weight for every change that follows. While the Constitution is where the...
Letter to the editor: Planned Parenthood provides essential services
Everybody deserves the right to control their bodies, lives and futures. Lawmakers and public officials hostile to abortion want to attack Planned Parenthood and strip people of essential health care. Elected officials are supposed to help the communities they serve. Instead, these public officials are trying to shut down a...
Editorial: Savannah Guthrie, Cassandra Gross and the hard truth about missing-person cases
Watching Savannah Guthrie sit on a couch and look into a camera is nothing new. It is how many Americans start their day — with a cup of coffee and the “Today” show. But for two days this week, the usually upbeat host has not been interviewing others about their...
Letter to the editor: Evil rules the world
Are you aware that a new batch of Epstein files has just been released, over 3 million pages, or were you too busy preparing for Super Bowl festivities? This trove of documents, with millions more still unreleased, has exposed the extent of Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and control among the world’s...
S.E. Cupp: Trump and Hegseth gave Mark Kelly a huge 2028 gift
If you’ve ever thought about running for president, don’t. You probably don’t have what it takes. That’s not because you’re inherently unqualified — hell, if Donald Trump can get elected, it sure feels like anyone can, and I have no doubt you’d probably do a better job. But a good...
