Opinion category, Page 407
Letter to the editor: It’s Democrats, not Republicans, who are sacrificing children
Give credit to letter-writer Lynne Hughes (“Republicans just want their guns,” June 7, TribLIVE), because it takes courage for a person to say, “I am a registered Republican who votes Democrat,” aka RINO. That said, Hughes made an asinine statement saying that the Republican Party will “sacrifice every single child...
Letter to the editor: Nelson’s college voucher program bad idea
I find Republican Rep. Eric Nelson’s proposed college voucher program ill conceived and rife with omissions (“Hempfield lawmaker’s bill targets Pitt, Penn State funding,” June 2, TribLIVE). It would take money away from Pennsylvania’s public universities and give it to parents for any postsecondary education or any other qualified education...
Editorial: Funding formula is PaSSHE pipe dream
Will a new formula redistribute state university money in a way that works? The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s governing board unanimously approved the funding proposal on Wednesday. It would follow what seems like an obvious plan, directing the money based on enrollment at what will be 10 universities...
Letter to the editor: What about the two-ton weapons — cars?
In response to Diana Steck’s letter “Enough is enough — we need action on guns” (June 8, TribLIVE): Wow, amazing, good go, Congress, for passing new gun control laws and saving the children of the USA. Steck got the “action” she clamored for. I sure won’t miss all of the...
Letter to the editor: Dairy farmers key to feeding future generations
I was disappointed to read the letter “Plant-based dairy products better for all” (June 13, TribLIVE), from the head of an animal rights organization who continues to disseminate misinformation about milk and dairy production. As one of the owners of our region’s most forward-leaning dairy operations, I thought I would...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 20....
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 20....
Mona Charen: It’s not what Trump knew, but what he had a responsibility to know
Watergate, whose 50th anniversary is upon us, is remembered for the question: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” But in our age of post-truth politics, the question loses its punch. The Jan. 6 committee devoted the second of its public hearings to demonstrating beyond doubt...
Letter to the editor: Remember your newspaper carrier in these tough times
The carriers who deliver our newspapers to our homes use their own vehicles. The extreme increase in the price of gasoline has to be crushing their already small profit margins. It becomes a job not worth doing. Please consider sending your carrier an extra $10 or $20 so we can...
Letter to the editor: Why aren’t leaders giving the majority what they want?
I was thinking: If our government is supposed to be a democracy and a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and according to polls shown on the news, over 80% of the people support background checks on resale of firearms and raising the age to...
7 letters from this week: Children suffer when we cater to gun owners
Children suffer when we cater to minority of gun owners The horrifying murder of small children is not the worst of it. The worst of it is catering to a minority of paranoid gun owners, who do not represent a majority of gun owners, to force millions of small children...
Letter to the editor: Privatizing liquor stores
State Rep. Natalie Mihalek says if state liquor stores are privatized, repatriated sales from shoppers who now go out of state to buy their liquor will more than make up for any revenue loss. That claim is hogwash. Delaware taxes a bottle of Jack Daniels at 74 cents, vs. the...
Andrew Reiner: On Father’s Day, some dads just want to parent without the stereotypes
Recently, I was sitting in the cafe of a large chain grocery store when two employees walked by. One of them must have been training the other one because he said to his colleague, “You saw how crazy things were for Mother’s Day? How we sold out of flowers?” The...
Letter to the editor: Thanks to Freeport mayor Swartz for love and dedication
My family and I would like to give thanks to Freeport mayor James Swartz Jr. for his decades of dedication and love to Freeport, the most friendly, well maintained, financially responsible and, most important, safest place to live in the entire AK Valley (“Freeport Mayor James Swartz Jr. resigns: ‘It’s...
Editorial: Always check the back seat for children
Today is a day to remember fathers. Instead, it seems important to urge everyone to remember kids instead. The littlest children. The ones without words yet. The ones who fall asleep quietly in the back of cars. Dads can take care of themselves. They really don’t need another tie. What...
Letter to the editor: LGBTQ+ students deserve same representation in Mt. Lebanon
The lawsuit filed by three Mt. Lebanon mothers is absolutely irresponsible, harmful and a waste of our taxpayer dollars (“Mt. Lebanon mothers sue school district, teacher over gender identity lessons,” June 9, TribLIVE). As taxpayers, we are angry our award- winning school district will have to fight this bigotry in...
Letter to the editor: Bad guys will always get guns
In response to recent letters about sensible gun control: Background checks are a must and registration is good, but I’d like to think these writers would agree the evil element can bypass background checks and certainly won’t register illegal firearms. So where does that leave us? If guns are taken...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: A son’s promise spans generations
Bill Mistick never forgot the day his father, Andy, came home from the mill and unfolded a large sheet of paper after the supper table was cleared. It was a drawing of something, but nothing that anyone recognized. Andy paused while the kids puzzled over it. Decades before, Andy had...
Con: Mandatory voting is a bad, unconstitutional idea
A handful of countries, most notably Australia, impose mandatory voting, with citizens facing fines and punishments if they don’t appear at the polls. And every few years, somebody proposes bringing this practice to the United States as a good-government reform that allegedly would improve the health of our democracy. Luckily,...
Pro: Universal voting makes sense for a full and healthy democracy
In our book “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting,” E.J. Dionne and I make a case for universal voting — that voting should be a required civic duty for every American citizen. Universal voting could be enacted federally or — more likely — by states or municipalities. If adopted,...
Letter to the editor: Dems will stop at nothing to take down Trump
I currently am watching, not for much longer, the Jan. 6 “hearings,” with no defendant, namely President Donald Trump. The Democrats, drowning in their own insanity, will stop at nothing to stop this great man from being reelected in 2024. What scared them in 2016 and what is scaring them...
Letter to the editor: Why still supporting Trump?
Why so many Americans support Donald Trump is beyond comprehension. I must confess that I am a DINO who bought wholeheartedly into the slogan to “Make America Great Again” in both 2016 and 2020. But Jan. 6 has caused me to do a 180-degree turnaround. Are the American people just...
Editorial: Victim’s stories have to be remembered
Homicide is a very clinical name given to the killing of one human being by another. Legally, killings can fall in a spectrum of responsibility. Vehicular homicide, involuntary and voluntary manslaughter, different degrees of murder. They all mean the same thing in the end. One person’s story ends. The drama...
Letter to the editor: It’s not extreme to expect Biden to solve our problems
Recently it was disclosed that a plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was foiled. The intentional leak of an upcoming court document in regards to the Roe vs. Wade decision was behind it. If this misguided individual would have gotten his news somewhere other than CNN, MSNBC, “The...
S.E. Cupp: Dems’ risky bet on Trumpy Republicans
If you gave money to the House Majority PAC, associated with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, you probably didn’t intend for it to help back a far-right Trump defender in California’s 22nd district, who believes Trump would still be president if the 2020 votes had been “properly counted.”...
