Opinion category, Page 53
Editorial: Political parties in Allegheny need to stop infighting
It is common to see politicians in the nation’s capital attack each other with harsh rhetoric. What has become even more commonplace is to see the political parties tear themselves apart like a wishbone pulled in two after Thanksgiving. Pennsylvanians get to watch the ugly spectator sport up close as...
Letter to the editor: Norwin fact check, again
The letter “Petty election decisions will be costly” (May 28, TribLive) is right about one thing: Petty decisions are costly. Just not in the way the writer thinks. Let’s clear up the record — again. In just two election cycles, the faction the writer supports has lost nine out of...
Cal Thomas: The predators vs. the sloths
Six months after the Democrats’ disastrous performance in November’s election, The New York Times reports the party is “still searching for the path forward.” Democrats have hired consultants, one of whom asked voters what animal would they assign each party (elephants and donkeys, the traditional symbols for the respective parties,...
Ashley Nunes: Outrage over Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
Electric car subsidies are heading for the chopping block. A tax bill recently passed by House Republicans is set to stop billions in taxpayer cash from being spent on electric vehicle purchases. If embraced by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the bill would gut long-standing...
Letter to the editor: Steelers should be above political fray
To the entire Steelers organization, As a season ticketholder and lifelong fan of the Black and Gold, I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern following the recent decision by Rocky Bleier, Mason Rudolph and Miles Killebrew to name President Trump as an “honorary Steeler.” The Steelers have...
Editorial: Ukraine hits back hard — drone strikes show Russia has plenty to lose
Helmets off to the Ukrainians for giving the Russian aggressors a humiliating black eye and the loss of $7 billion in military hardware using 117 relatively cheap drones. Yes, war is hell and that pain should be felt by the instigators of war (like Vladimir Putin) and not just the...
Letter to the editor: Legacy media no longer credible
The “legacy media” spent much of the last four years trying to cover up the fact that President Biden was diminished physically and mentally to the point that many believed him to be unfit to serve. In my opinion, they helped the Democrats hide Biden from scrutiny by ignoring his...
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 9
Editorial cartoons for the week of June 9....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 9
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of June 9....
Counterpoint: Trump is upholding the Constitution by calling out its weaknesses
When asked in May whether he needed to uphold the Constitution of the United States, President Donald Trump responded, “I don’t know.” That answer seemed to shock many, but perhaps it shouldn’t have. Rather than signaling disregard, Trump’s response reflected a rare, if blunt, honesty about the serious constitutional flaws...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro working on our clean energy future
I’m sure the millions of people living in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas felt the effects of the brutal April 29 storm that left over 325,000 local residents without power. The storm was unprecedented, leaving major parts of the city nonfunctional for weeks. However, devastating storms with high winds are...
Letter to the editor: Better speed limit enforcement would make Cedar Street exit safer
Route 30 near Cedar Street has long been a concern for motorists and local residents alike (“Cedar Street exit improvements planned to boost safety on Route 30 in Hempfield,” May 22, TribLive). While the posted speed limit stands at 55 mph, many drivers consistently exceed this limit, traveling at 65...
Editorial: Database would help protect property values and empower municipalities
Blight isn’t interesting. No one wants to talk about abandoned buildings. No one wants to think about old structures left to rot. Those properties already haunt their neighborhoods. Can’t we just ignore them? Yeah, we don’t like to talk about blight, either. So let’s talk about the state taking action...
Letter to the editor: Supporting public education will make US great
School vouchers and cyber charter tuition payments are causing irreparable harm to public schools. They take money away from public schools and funnel it to people who don’t need it. Most surveys show that around two-thirds of voucher money goes to students whose families were already paying for private school....
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Bloomfield gym saving lives for 40 years
Mark “Marco” Machi will tell you that he is the richest man in Pittsburgh. Forty years ago, Marco and his wife Christine, both avid bodybuilders, had a chance to buy an empty industrial building on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield. The money was going to be tight, but they bet on...
Colin McNickle: How Pa. can best support the AI revolution
It certainly is on its way to become the “it” phrase of 2025: data centers. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has fueled the rush to build data centers to crunch all the algorithmic permutations that are part and parcel to AI. And all that crunching takes a lot...
Point: Trump’s unconstitutional actions threaten democracy
President Donald Trump is pursuing a path that is actively destabilizing the guardrails of our Constitution. Unless he changes course, our nation — the world’s oldest continuing democracy — risks a crisis where the president is no longer beholden to the rule of law. Americans will suffer the consequences. America’s...
Sounding off: Pirates, politics among week’s topics
Nutting has an obligation to do better A message to Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting: Mr. Nutting, as an owner, you have a moral obligation to the fans, the city, the region and the MLB to field a winning team. Reinvest your MLB earnings to pay Paul Skenes real money...
Editorial: Federal disruption response team may be best way to react
This week has been a carousel of action and information for a program that serves low-income youth and young adults. It started when news broke that the U.S. Department of Labor was hitting the pause button on Job Corps. Job Corps provides residential and nonresidential job training and GED programs...
Letter to the editor: Fetterman transformed
Sen. John Fetterman, given his wardrobe and trash talking vocabulary, may appear different, but unfortunately he has proven to fit right in when it comes to those in Congress, who have become a class unto themselves when it comes to pay and benefits. Despite what I see as the rampant...
Letter to the editor: Easy to see where we’re headed with Trump
The letter “Rantings about Trump” (May 15, TribLive) mentioned “deep personal hatred” for President Trump. The hatred is for what he and his propaganda minister Steven Miller are doing to our country and democracy. Let’s talk about rantings. I will stop the war in Ukraine and conflict in Israel in...
Michael Stelzig: Almost there for Nippon Steel-US Steel deal
As a Pittsburgh native, I was relieved to hear that President Trump decided to reconsider the Nippon-U.S. Steel deal he once opposed. No longer subject to election-year politics, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States recently submitted its national security review to the president. On May 30, during...
S.E. Cupp: Trump just can’t deliver on any of his promises
There’s nothing Donald Trump believes in more than his own power of persuasion. From “The Art of the Deal” to Trump Steaks to his foray into politics, Trump’s North Star has always been his confidence that he can convince anyone of anything. Remember, simply by assuming the office of the...
Letter to the editor: Pirates will never get better, ever
Tough loss for the Pirates, but good loss for us. We had started to believe again in the Pirates, and by this we include the team on the field and in the office and the ownership. Yet alas, we had ice water dumped on us again; the reality is the...
Letter to the editor: Protect Medicaid and SNAP
I strongly oppose the current regime’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which proposes deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — programs thousands of our neighbors rely on daily. Roughly 16,000 Butler County residents depend on SNAP to put food on the table. More than 63,000 rely on Medicaid and other public health...
