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Stacy Garrity: Is Shapiro taking notes from NYC mayoral race?
From New York City to San Francisco, voters are seeing their cities fall apart due to reckless crime policies, careless government spending and leaders who care more about quippy one-liners on social media than public safety. All eyes are now on New York City’s newest far-left sensation, Zohran Mamdani, whose...
Rep. Abby Major: The truth about cannabis legalization in Pa.
My name has been in the news recently for supporting a cannabis legalization effort here in Pennsylvania. While this may have surprised many of you (and myself), I have had my eyes opened this year to the realities that we are facing here in the commonwealth. Cannabis is already legal...
Cal Thomas: Late-night TV not what it used to be
Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” has been canceled by CBS, effective next May. Critics of the decision are claiming politics is the reason. They are right, except the show has been too political. During its 10-year run, it has been a conduit for Democrats to attack President Trump and Republicans. There...
Letter to the editor: Nobel Peace Prize for Trump?
Regarding Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize: wow! Hamlet’s lament “the time is out of joint”* was never more appropriate when the accessory to mass murder (weapons provider and ardent defender) is honored for peace making by the genocidal murderer. * Definition...
Letter to the editor: Support the Westmoreland County Fair
Some of my best memories as a kid came from the Westmoreland Fair. I loved walking through the barns and seeing the chickens, cows, sheep and rabbits. These were animals I didn’t get to see up close anywhere else, and it was something I looked forward to every summer. The...
Editorial: What happens to nursing homes if Medicaid takes a hit?
The total population of senior citizens is 55.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of that, 1.3 million are in nursing homes. That’s about 2.3%. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a lot, but the issue is it’s a moving target. For some people, a stay in a nursing home...
Letter to the editor: Immigration laws being enforced
The letter “Has our humanity disappeared?” (July 13, TribLive) is full of so many inaccuracies and falsehoods that it demands a response. He provided no facts, just emotion. It is, and always has been, lawful to deport refugees, asylees and lawful resident aliens. Yes, the State Department has always had...
Gregory Bernarding and Jeaneen A. Zappa: Local action can protect Allegheny County from rising energy costs
Pennsylvania families are facing a growing electricity affordability crisis — and President Trump’s latest energy legislation is making it worse. The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” signed into law July 4, slashes federal incentives for wind and solar power that have been driving down utility costs, all while pouring billions into...
Daniel DePetris: Putin’s conduct causes Trump to have a change of heart on Ukraine
President Donald Trump never stays still for very long. He makes decisions, only to delay their implementation. He listens to pretty much everybody before he settles on a course of action, only to change his mind at the last minute. Whether it’s withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria during his first...
Editorial: The risk of nuclear war waned after the Cold War. It’s back with a vengeance
When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire. Physicist Enrico Fermi tried to break the tension by taking bets on whether the bomb would ignite the atmosphere and...
Letter to the editor: Democrats, dead party walking
It’s obvious that the Democratic Party is in serious decline. Weak leadership still defending failed policies like open borders, woke/DEI/transgender disasters and their defense of antisemitic practices at many universities is just part of the problem. Democrats also refuse to understand that the reason ICE is working to remove the...
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 21
Editorial cartoons for the week of July 21....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 21
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of July 21....
Letter to the editor: Anyone regretting voting for Trump?
It’s true — 77 million of President Trump’s “sheep” elected him. But how many of those now regret their decision? Those who were forced out of their jobs? Those who may lose their health insurance and will no longer be able to take care of themselves or their loved ones?...
Letter to the editor: Respect each others’ opinion
Recently, when I returned to my vehicle after grocery shopping, I found a note tucked in the rubber of my door window. I imagine it was in response to my “No ICE” bumper sticker I so proudly adorned my truck with. The note read: “on 7/10/2025 ICE rescues 14 child...
Letter to the editor: Danes vs. Dutch
In the July 13 Tribune-Review, I kept looking for where the “Dutch foreign minister calls tariffs ‘shortsighted’ on page 4 (the continuation of the front-page story). The second paragraph of the third column says, “Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told broadcaster DR that Trump is taking a ‘pointless and...
Letter to the editor: Required reading for politicians
Let me start off by saying this commentary applies to politicians across the spectrum. There are many books or documents that they should be required to read. Here are the two that I would suggest as a great starting point. The first one is the Constitution of the United States....
Editorial: What are limits of expression on college campuses?
Protesting on college campuses is a rite of passage — part of the process of growing up and learning. It is universal. Student protests happened in medieval France, in the streets of China in the 1980s and in South Africa against apartheid in the 1970s. It is all over the...
Letter to the editor: Leaders must stop nursing home, hospital takeovers
As Pennsylvania lawmakers weigh the budget for the coming year, a crucial bill remains on hold in the state Senate. HB 1460, which passed the state House in a bipartisan vote, would give the state tools to bar predatory private equity firms from purchasing hospitals and nursing homes in Pennsylvania....
Joseph Sabino Mistick: A good turn and a bad one from McCormick
Pennsylvania’s first-term U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick did a good turn for his adopted city of Pittsburgh when he hosted the energy summit at CMU last week. But if that was two steps forward in his desire to become a true Pittsburgher, he took one step back days later when he...
ML Cavanaugh: We desperately need a dose of ‘Truth, Justice, and the American Way’
OK, I’ll say it. I’m sick of superheroes. I blame the Marvel Cinematic Universe (36 movies and counting over 17 years) and the DC Extended Universe (43 movies and counting, mostly since the late 1970s). Maybe Earth’s not big enough for two universes. They’re running pretty thin these days, down...
Counterpoint: One Big, Beautiful Bill is robbing working-class Americans
The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that passed through Congress is a raw deal for working-class Americans. It should be called the “Billionaire Bailout Bill.” At the center of the bill is a cruel tradeoff: deep Medicaid cuts that rip healthcare away from millions in exchange for tax breaks and corporate...
Point: Trump’s tax bill is built for the working class, not the donor class
President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill is not what you think it is. It’s not a stunt. It’s not a meme. It’s the most unmistakable evidence yet of a transformed Republican Party. To understand who benefits from this bill is to recognize the party’s new political mandate: delivering for...
Letter to the editor: Are we going backward with RFK?
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a well-known vaccine skeptic. His replacements for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will come under the same cloud that he, Kennedy, is under: vaccine skeptic. Vaccines have a proven track record of preventing illness. Under Kennedy and President Trump...
Letter to the editor: What is lunatic politicians’ agenda?
We now have lunatic politicians who openly encourage people to go after law enforcement people, mainly ICE, for doing their jobs. The politicians and others even want ICE offers to not wear masks. I guess it’s to show their faces so their lunatic thugs can go after them at their...
