Letter to the editor: Pa. needs a gift ban
Pennsylvania lawmakers receive the third-highest salaries in the nation, but still legally take what amounts to bribes from wealthy special interests. Citizens are clearly unhappy with this situation (“Senate needs to give Pennsylvanians a gift ban,”
Nov. 6, 2022, TribLive, and “Why won’t lawmakers consider a gift ban?” Nov. 20,...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 16
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 16....
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 16
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 16....
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Getting out of wars is harder than getting in
Some years after the most successful U.S. war of recent decades — the 1991 rout of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait — Gen. Colin Powell articulated the principles that guided the Bush administration’s strategy. “Decide what you are trying to achieve politically and, if it can’t be achieved...
Nolan Finley: Blame Temple Israel attack on those who made antisemitism fashionable
Thursday’s attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., reflects more than two years of building animosity in this country and worldwide toward Israel, and by extension, the Jewish people. While officials have not formally called this a terror attack or assigned its motivation to antisemitism, I’ll...
William M. Cotter: Let the sunshine in — restore transparency to Pa. government
National Sunshine Week, March 15-21, is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place those principles at risk. Pennsylvanians deserve to know what their elected school and township supervisor boards, borough councils and other agencies plan to discuss and vote...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman must resign
Sen. John Fetterman was elected to Congress because when campaigning he promised to support issues like raising the minimum wage, helping make unions strong, reforming the criminal justice system, and promoting LGBTQ+ and abortion rights. But now, instead of fighting for those crucial matters, he is spending his time advocating...
Letter to the editor: America absent from important convention
The United States has been absent from belonging to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for over 40 years. In the 1980s President Reagan’s administration broached the possibility of joining UNCLOS if seabed mining close to our shores would be controlled by the United States, but...
Editorial: Hunger takes a bite out of college
There are things you think about a college student needing to pay for at school. The obvious cost is the tuition. The average cost of two semesters at a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education school — the most affordable four-year institutions in the state — comes in at just...
Letter to the editor: Renewable energy is the answer
Robert T. Smith’s commentary “Our planet’s doom is not so imminent” (March 5, TribLive) celebrates the recission of the Endangerment Finding and asserts that climate change is not an emergency. Smith rails against EPA regulations and those who want to “dictate … man’s activities through the control of carbon.” An...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: A history of working for the good of Pittsburgh
It has been estimated that nearly 700,000 people will visit Pittsburgh when the NFL Draft is held here April 23-25. That will be a lot for a small city of 300,000 residents, but the national exposure and boost in revenue are coming at a great time. New visitors to Pittsburgh...
Capt. Jason M. Deichler: ‘One for the Thumb’ — Pittsburgh’s next warship deserves Pittsburgh’s full support
In Pittsburgh, “One for the Thumb” was never just a slogan. It was a declaration — that toughness, discipline and hard work could earn something lasting. When the Steelers chased a fifth Lombardi Trophy in the 1980s, the city wasn’t bragging. It was acknowledging a standard. Today, that same spirit...
David L. Nevins: Non‑partisan doesn’t mean unbiased — Why America keeps getting this wrong
For as long as I’ve worked in democracy reform, I’ve watched people use nonpartisan and nonbiased as if they meant the same thing. They don’t. This confusion has distorted how Americans judge the credibility of the democracy reform movement, journalists and even one another. We have created an impossible expectation...
Letter to the editor: Let freedom ring
Pennsylvania’s newest license plate has the slogan “Let Freedom Ring,” with the Liberty Bell in the middle. Think about what it means. Martin Luther King Jr. used this phrase in his “I Have a Dream” speech during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Sixty-three years later, we are still fighting...
Editorial: Pittsburgh’s math problems are transparency issues
All over the country, people are pulling their financial information together, assembling receipts and taking everything to a qualified professional who can help make sense of the expenses, the income, the deductions, the taxes paid and the taxes due. Tax season can be stressful, but it serves an important purpose....
Letter to the editor: Supporting Arnold Palmer airport
The recent announcement that Spirit Airlines will end year-round flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Orlando has caused concern in our community. Orlando has long been the airport’s most popular nonstop destination, and its loss, combined with Spirit’s financial restructuring, creates uncertainty about Palmer’s commercial future. Even with these...
Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: Third Amendment, first line of defenseVideo
Editor’s note: This is the fourth column in a series exploring the history and legacy of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. A house is not a metaphor in the Third Amendment. It is right there in the text. “No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house,...
S.E. Cupp: Donald Trump’s Iran war without rhyme or reason
If you ask President Trump, he’ll tell you we’ve already won the war in Iran. When asked for an update by Axios on Wednesday, Trump responded with the kind of upbeat nonchalance and flippant boastfulness you’d usually see when asked about the progress on one of his hotels. “The war...
Elizabeth Stelle and Edward Timmons: Affordable child care begins with cutting red tape
Child care in Pennsylvania is expensive. Just one child in day care costs about 40% of the median household income of single-parent households in the commonwealth. When affordability is on everyone’s mind, we can’t overlook the opportunity to reduce one of the largest expenses for young families. Day care is...
Letter to the editor: Democrats suffering from TDS
Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well in the Democratic Party. Look at the socialist Democrats as they go about their business. I could see by the State of the Union that they don’t care about Americans. In my opinion, they are putting illegal immigrants first. Public trust erodes when...
Laurels & lances: Service & sacrifice
Laurel: To redding up. Fox Chapel senior Kabeer Chopra and the volunteers behind Green Bridge 412 are proving that cleaning up the environment can start with one person noticing a problem and doing something about it. What began after Chopra saw the amount of plastic waste generated during a summer...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s lies continue
During President Trump’s first term in office, he told, by some accounts, 30,573 lies, an average of 21 per day. I believe Trump’s unprecedented lying has continued in his second term: He still claims that foreign countries will pay for the U.S. government’s tariffs. He lies; we, the consumers, bear...
Paul Kengor: Our unique heroes — memorializing Maz and Franco
Exiting the Pittsburgh airport last week, I asked my son if he had glimpsed the statue of Franco Harris grabbing the football during the iconic December 1972 Immaculate Reception. We searched in earnest, given the redesign of the airport, which looks terrific. Still, the Pittsburgh airport wouldn’t be the same...
Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court has a marijuana problem
The 17.7 million Americans who use marijuana daily or near-daily can relax: The Supreme Court appears poised to hold that Congress can’t prohibit them from owning firearms. More significantly, the argument revealed that the Supreme Court’s originalist doctrine on gun laws has made it increasingly difficult for Congress to bar...
Jonah Goldberg: Republicans aren’t willing to call the war in Iran what it is
Let’s state the obvious: We’re at war with Iran. My evidence? Turn on your TV. U.S. forces, working with Israel, killed the supreme leader of Iran and many of his top aides. We sunk Iran’s navy and destroyed most of their air force. We bombed thousands of military sites across...
