Opinion category, Page 405
Greg Fulton: Little black book a testament to Marine’s courage
In the top right hand drawer of my desk sits a small, worn, black book. At first glance it looks like a notebook or a daytimer from many years ago. On closer inspection, though, one can see that it is a pocket version of the New Testament. It may appear...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 30
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 30....
Editorial: Why can marijuana card companies advertise but doctors can’t?
When it comes to making health decisions, there are a lot of people bucking for seats at the table. The federal government wants its say. The state government definitely jumps up and down and waves its hands. There are the insurance companies. There are the pharmaceutical companies. Sometimes churches want...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Voice of Westmoreland
I want to thank Voice of Westmoreland for working diligently to raise awareness about the need to improve the capacity of our county’s mental health services and the request to spend some of the public covid relief funds for this purpose. Mental health professionals are often the only people that...
Letter to the editor: A deeper look into the Bible for guidance on abortion
In reference to David Ninehouser’s letter “Jesus never preached about abortion” (May 20, TribLIVE) that “Jesus speaks not a single, solitary word about abortion”: I am guessing Ninehouser is concluding that Jesus then condones it. This is misleading logic. Just because I don’t specifically say, “Don’t kick my dog,” doesn’t...
Letter to the editor: Honoring a true warrior and protector
We just lost another brave warrior and protector of our country. For those of you who never met Bob Brink, I would like to tell you a little about him. Bob was a strong family man. He had a huge heart and was there for you any time you needed...
Editorial: Remembrance and honor
For Memorial Day, a classic Trib editorial: On this Memorial Day, be grateful that Americans’ willingness to sacrifice for freedom’s sake, instilled by each generation in the next, remains as strong as ever. Today, Americans honor those most worthy of such gratitude — those who gave their lives in our...
Letter to the editor: Where is our decency and common sense?
I am a gun-owning wife of a military veteran, daughter of a lifelong member of the NRA and mom to a son who was on his school’s rifle team. I would never relinquish our weapons. However, as a responsible gun owner, I am appalled that those on the right have...
Letter to the editor: Teacher Jon Gentile was a powerful influence for good
Many have said much about Bethel Park High School teacher Jon Gentile, who died last week. I remember him through a lens different from that of most others. Mr. Gentile was one of the first people I met when I moved to the United States in 2014. I had little...
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers: I still have hope
As I sit on my porch, the crisp morning breeze wafts over the rose bush, enabling me to take in the sweet smell of the blossoms. The sun shines on me, warming up the air. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Right? Wrong. The beauty is a mask over...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: The honor of playing taps
Ralph Dudgeon has played taps hundreds of times during his 73 years. Starting when he was 11 years old, he would climb onto the East McKeesport borough firetruck at the end of the Memorial Day parade for the ride to the cemetery where he and his father — Ralph the...
Sounding off: Consequences of ending legal abortion
It is uncommon to think beyond the immediate consequences and side effects of an action … but it shouldn’t be. Consider the action of ending legal abortion in America. The immediate consequence would be increasing births. A side effect would be higher death rates among women because even when risks...
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Is this the end of the Bush family dynasty?
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s Texas Republican primary was more than another signal of former President Trump’s primacy within the GOP. It probably ended the seven-decade run of one of America’s greatest political families, the four-generation Bush dynasty. Paxton’s resounding defeat of Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s effort...
Letter to the editor: All lives matter
My response to legalized abortion: First, I hold to a conservative biblical teaching on abortion with both personal and Christian conviction. All lives matter. Second, born with a physical disability (congenital defect on my left hand), I learned the true worth and value of human life through loving and caring...
Letter to the editor: Dirty deeds may end democracy
All evil men mostly have others do their dirty deeds. Putin sits in the safety of his own country and watches. His ill-trained forces are due to Putin and his oligarchies having most of the country’s wealth. Russia’s own people are starving because of this. Why doesn’t Putin personally go...
Editorial: Apprenticeship could solve workforce, student loan problems
As school years are ending and students are graduating, there is a lot of moving on to start new phases of life. The focus for that tends to be on starting college. That’s an important step and helps prepare the next generation of doctors and lawyers, teachers and engineers. But...
Letter to the editor: Citizens kicked to curb
So unbelievable and disgusting is the fact that our governmental officials in Washington and in some of our states seem to have kicked the legal citizens of the United States of America to the curb. Unbelievable that the day has come when we have to consider whether we buy a...
Gary Franks: Biden can turn this all around, really
Our democracy is strong. But I have some questions. Can a very unpopular president with a 36% approval rating lead? Can a president with 80% of Americans telling him he is going in the wrong direction still be effective? And if he cannot be, what does this do to our...
Sheldon Jacobson and Janet Jokela: What impact will graduation season have on covid-19 cases?
College and high school graduation season has begun. With masking on the decline and new covid-19 cases on the rise, a perfect storm is brewing for the new omicron variant (labeled BA2.12.1) to anchor itself across the nation as everyone prepares for summer travel and vacationing. The good news is...
Colin McNickle: Hurdles abound for PIT passenger growth
Myriad challenges must be overcome if there is to be anything approaching significant passenger traffic growth at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), concludes an analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. And it’s all because some prior endemic issues are colliding with newer ones in very turbulent times, says Jake...
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Sen. Bill Cassidy still doesn’t know what hit him
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy still doesn’t know what hit him. That’s the only logical conclusion following a Sunday tweet in which he responded to the political firestorm he ignited last week. For those who missed it, it came when an interviewer from Politico asked about his state’s high rates of...
Letter to the editor: Biden, Pelosi have no power with Catholic church
Recently the San Francisco Examiner editorial board made an appeal to the pope to dismiss Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for his action of banning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion due to her support of abortion. Their assumed opinion, thinking the pope will listen to them, is as absurd...
Letter to the editor: Will we survive Biden destruction?
OK, enough is enough. When President Obama was in office, he declared that he would fundamentally change America. Look back with an honest eye and you will see what I see: that Obama started the great divide of our citizens and promoted racism at every opportunity. And don’t forget his...
Letter to the editor: We should do what we can on climate change
I take issue with op-ed writer Dave Murray (“What would I give up for a climate emergency?”) on many counts. He doesn’t want to treat climate change as an emergency, describing a future without so many products made from fossil fuels, while not mentioning the biggest ones, transportation and electricity...
Paul Kengor: Yes, your vote really does count
I remember a column years ago by a writer arguing that your vote doesn’t count. A curmudgeon who enjoyed tweaking readers, he took on the sacred civics aphorism: “Your vote counts.” He insisted that, in fact, your single vote really doesn’t count, except for the rarest occasions where a one-vote...
