Opinion category, Page 420
Letter to the editor: How far does pro-lifers’ care extend?
I find the logic of those in the pro-life movement misguided and hypocritical. These conservatives seem to care so much about unborn human life. They most likely apply the same loving principles to living, breathing human beings. I can imagine they care deeply about a pregnant Mexican mother crossing the...
Tom Purcell: Dad’s inspiration key to learning the art of grace
After all these years, my dad inspires me still. As I write this, the almost 89-year-old fellow is fighting to get back onto his feet as stenosis, bad knees and general old age are wearing him down. But though his body shows wear and tear, his mind remains as agile...
Letter to the editor: Those who take a life deserve death penalty
I read the letter “If we respect life, we must end death penalty” (April 25, TribLIVE), about the man on South Carolina’s death row to be executed by firing squad. This is why we are having all these shootings; this is what needs to be done. I bet the person...
Letter to the editor: Thank a nurse this week
Every day across Pennsylvania, nurses make it possible for students with mental and physical health challenges to succeed at school and for patients everywhere to get the care they need. During National Nurses Week May 6-12, take a moment to say thank you to the certified school nurses, registered nurses...
Editorial: Independent voters need to be engaged in primary process
In an increasingly partisan Pennsylvania, the way for one party or the other to win isn’t about the people who register Republican or Democrat. It’s about engaging the independents who haven’t declared a side. There are about 1.3 million registered independent voters in Pennsylvania. They make up about 15% of...
Letter to the editor: Free speech and misinformation
For roughly 230 years, our country has relished free speech. Then the Democratic leadership started with their lies. The liberal press and media have chimed in with them. In my lifetime, I never expected the major news channels to go along with the concept of disinformation instead of providing the...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 9
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 9...
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 9
Editorial cartoons for the week of May 9....
Mona Charen: Climate catastrophists need to chill
The Supreme Court building is surrounded by crowd-control barricades after the leak of a draft decision in the Dobbs case. The plaza was clear, however, on April 22, Earth Day, when Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colo., set himself aflame to protest climate change. Bruce’s extreme deed, an echo of the...
Robert Gregerson: Continuing the Pitt-Pennsylvania partnership
At the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus, community is important to us. In fact, it’s what drives us. As a community member for nearly 60 years, we have a long history of educating local students in a supportive environment, helping them gain the tools and opportunities necessary to stay here...
Letter to the editor: Overturning Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court seems about to overturn Roe v. Wade. Just when you think the whole world is going to hell, something important, beautiful and wonderful happens. God is real, present, aware and involved. And he never loses in the long run. P.S.: Thank you, President Trump. Richard J. Krauland...
Letter to the editor: Don’t let your rights be taken away
“My body, my choice!” is the sentiment Republicans and conservatives shouted when they were asked to wear a mask in public. Yet when a woman wants to assert dominion over her own reproductive rights with the same chant, Republicans and conservatives tell her “NO!” Which is why it is absolutely...
Letter to the editor: Congress reflects our political divide
I think that both Eddie Zipperer (“Point: The legislative filibuster is destroying Congress,” April 23, TribLIVE) and James Wallner (“Counterpoint: The filibuster is not the problem,” April 23, TribLIVE) completely missed the point. There is no doubt that we live in a politically divided country. That division is reflected in...
Editorial: In celebration of mothers
Orson Welles famously said that we are born alone and we die alone. He was only half right. Few people are truly born alone. That first birthday sets up a relationship that defines our lives. When we are born — whether it is in a hospital or a home or...
Letter to the editor: Speed is indeed a problem
If letter-writer Tom McCarey (“Radar about revenue, not safety,” May 4, TribLIVE) thinks speed is not a problem, I would ask him to drive on Route 28 any time of the day or night and again be able to make that statement. I can see his little town, maybe with...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Opposition picks matter in Pa. races
Primary elections are rarely real barnburners. Candidates in each party are solely focused on becoming their party’s nominee for the fall election. After the primary, they would normally all unite behind the victor and then turn their fire on the other party’s nominee. But this year is different. This year,...
Sounding off: Teaching history will not divide us
Once again, one must point out that critical race theory is not being taught in any public school in the United States. Nor was it ever intended to be. The real attack is on the normal process of updating American history, something which every country engages in. Beginning in the...
Lloyd Corder: Economists agree $15-an-hour would harm America’s economy
From worker shortages to historic inflation, Americans are concerned about the economy. While there are many disputes about what the right solution should be, economists agree about one thing: A $15 federal wage is not the answer. In fact, it could make matters worse. To get a better understanding of...
Rebecca Sohn: Honoring the bereaved mothers
Today we again celebrate and honor those who are mothers — an official holiday in the United States since 1914. Celebrations of motherhood are not new. They have existed in many iterations dating back to the Greeks and Romans and now take place throughout the world. However, what has and...
Rob Richie: A better presidential primary for 2024
No election in the United States is as important as our elections for president. Yet if the last two cycles have told us anything, it’s that how we nominate presidents is broken and deeply unrepresentative — a process as much about dumb luck as it is about candidate quality or...
Letter to the editor: Why no news on Easter shooting?
It has been almost three weeks since the Easter shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood. Two young men were killed. There has been nothing released about who did it or why. Have the police been on vacation since then? Or did the liberals defund the Pittsburgh police without telling anyone?...
Letter to the editor: Steelers standard is mediocrity
It’s official, the Steelers standard is mediocrity! We were told third-round pick Mason Rudolph (their best QB on the roster) had a first-round grade, but Mike Tomlin won’t play him. Now we draft Kenny Pickett in the first round, who has a third-round grade, to be the heir apparent to...
Editorial: Can algorithms help or hurt child protective services?
An algorithm is a process that uses math or computers to work through a problem to find a solution. They have become more and more a part of our lives as computers run everything around us. Algorithms are behind traffic lights, facial recognition on phones and ads that pop up...
Letter to the editor: Charter school shell game
George Will’s April 24 column “Crippling charter schools” falsely states that “charter schools are the most accountable public schools.” In fact charters make up 6% of public schools in Pennsylvania but account for about 25% of the lowest performing schools. They have a large negative effect on the test scores...
S.E. Cupp: You don’t have to be pro-choice to oppose overturning Roe
Elections have consequences, they say. Late Monday night, Politico broke what could be the most consequential result of Donald Trump’s 2016 election, posting a leaked draft of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s would-be majority opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade. “Roe was egregiously wrong from...
