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Counterpoint: Yes, we can still count on the young to defend America
As we approach Memorial Day and honor the hundreds of thousands of young, brave Americans who have lost their lives in defense of the United States, one can’t help but wonder if today’s youth would answer the call to duty as eagerly as their parents and grandparents did during times...
Point: We’ve failed to teach our young people love of country, democracy
As we approach Memorial Day, it is sobering to recognize that today’s young people are unlikely to respond as enthusiastically to a call to serve their country as members of the World War II generation did 80 years ago. Young people do not exhibit the high levels of patriotism and...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 26
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of May 26....
Letter to the editor: Autism doesn’t destroy families
When I say “autism,” you might think pity, toxins, dependence, repetitive behaviors, thank God it’s not my child. When I say “autism,” I think joy, genetics, interdependence, passions and thank God for my child. I hold space in my heart for families with profoundly autistic children; I do not personally...
Letter to the editor: Crosby best pick for Penguins’ head coach
I have an important message for Kyle Dubas in his search for a new Penguins head coach. Stop searching and name Sidney Crosby your interim head coach. There is nobody better to analyze the current needs and direction the team should be headed than Sir Sidney. Bringing in some recycled...
Editorial: Now it’s on you, Nippon Steel
On Friday, President Donald Trump pivoted. He dropped his previous opposition to the acquisition of U.S. Steel, a marquee name in the history of American manufacturing, by Nippon Steel, a larger force in metals on the global stage. “This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon...
Letter to the editor: Simplicity, service, sacrifice
In October, I was terminally diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Rather than despair and be defined by my illness, I have chosen to redefine ALS. As I approach death, ALS means to: Appreciate Life’s Simplicity. Life’s simple miracles are the most profound: a hug from your...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Corey O’Connor must get ready to work
“Do the job you were hired to do or you’re fired” seems to be the message Pittsburgh voters sent on primary Election Day last week. For the second time in four years — with challenger Corey O’Connor’s defeat of sitting Mayor Ed Gainey — an incumbent mayor was denied reelection....
Allison Schrager: America’s debt problem is also a retirement problem
The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged this month what the other two main credit rating agencies did years ago: America has a debt problem. Now it’s time for America to recognize that solving its debt problem will require addressing another hard truth: Americans have a retirement problem...
Letter to the editor: Distorted view of democracy
I think the writer of the letter “Vote to bring back democracy” (May 14, TribLive) has a distorted view of democracy . He thinks President Donald Trump is assaulting the legal and justice system, when in reality it is those systems that have been assaulting Trump for years with fake...
Letter to the editor: Scirotto situation part of Gainey’s loss
While there are many reasons Ed Gainey lost the Pittsburgh mayoral primary; one of them was his ridiculous decision (secretive of course) to permit police Chief Larry Scirotto to referee high-level college basketball games while still employed as chief. Referees at that level make $100,000 to $150,000 per season, including...
Editorial: Penn State trustees did not take time to explore options in closing campuses
Penn State trustees took a vote Thursday that will close seven Commonwealth Campuses. At the end of Spring 2027, the New Kensington and Fayette campuses, along with five others, will stop being land-grant university branches and become empty shells. The 28 trustees that voted for this looked at it dispassionately,...
Letter to the editor: Stigma of correctional officers
For many regarding residents at the Allegheny County Jail, focusing on the residents’ strengths and lived experience, treating each resident as an individual, giving each resident the opportunity to learn and grow and perceiving the community as a resource and not as an obstacle are precepts that are paramount from...
S.E. Cupp: Trump and the GOP have abandoned conservatism
On Thursday morning, a gleeful GOP celebrated the passing of President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” by the House. It didn’t come easy — there were a few dissenters — but eventually, fear of Trump’s retribution likely pushed it through. But it’s a Pyrrhic victory, if a victory at all, and...
Letter to the editor: Students need better tools to learn
As a high school student, I see firsthand the impact outdated textbooks and poor athletic facilities have on our education and well-being. It’s frustrating to be told education is a top priority when our reality says otherwise. In some of my classes, we’re using books that are full of outdated...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s chaos has us bewildered
President Trump has refined his latest method of organized chaos — distractions that keep the public scratching their heads, as there are many and they vary in subject. Just to name a few: make Canada the 51st state, gain control of Greenland, “export” the worst of the worst of our...
Lori Falce: Due process, habeas corpus and the burden of American jurisprudence
Navigating the law isn’t easy. There is a reason lawyers go to school for so long, pay so much for their education and in turn charge what they do per hour. The law is not as easy as “thou shalt not.” It requires deeper understanding of not just what is...
Laurels & lances: Pay attention please
Laurel: To greater focus. When you get behind the wheel, there is a lot to grab your attention. You need to watch the road in front of you. You have to be alert for other cars at intersections. You need to watch for pedestrians and bicycles. You need to check...
Letter to the editor: We deserve accountability on Biden
I have written several letters to the editor over the past few years regarding Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline during his presidency and the damage that it has caused our nation. When his handlers had exhausted his usefulness and could no longer hide his obvious mental decline after the disastrous...
Paul Kengor: The ‘least American’ but ‘very American’ pope
Prior to the papal conclave, I did a column titled “The pope of surprises.” It made the point that, throughout history, the Catholic cardinal-electors leave the Sistine Chapel selecting a pope few expected. But gosh, no one expected an American pope. “One of the more extraordinary days of my life,”...
Letter to the editor: We’ll all suffer under Trump administration
I think Kamala Harris was right about everything. She warned us what Donald Trump would do if he was elected again. I believed he would exact revenge on Americans because he was not elected in 2020. You don’t tell Trump “no.” It’s absolutely shameful the leader of our country is...
Letter to the editor: Walmart and tariffs
In 2018, Walmart purchased 80% of its products from China. Since then, these purchases have dropped to 60% with items being sourced from countries such as Vietnam and India. In fiscal year 2024, Walmart claimed two-thirds of its product spend was from suppliers that reportedly were made, grown or assembled...
Editorial: Voters ousted incumbents in dramatic primary races
Pennsylvanians went to the polls Tuesday. If they cast ballots earlier via mail, those votes were counted Tuesday. It might have been a bit anticlimactic. Turnout was so low in some areas that the Greensburg Fire Department Central Hose Company No. 2 polling place saw only 15 people as of...
Letter to the editor: Norwin doesn’t need a new stadium
After reading about plans the Norwin School District has for a new football stadium, I had to write expressing my feelings on this topic (“Norwin’s $25M stadium renovation project panned by critics,” April 21, TribLive). My wife and I moved here five years ago from New Jersey to be close...
Jonah Goldberg: History alone should have made more reporters skeptical about Biden’s health
Hundreds of thousands of photos were taken of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And yet there are only four known photos of him in a wheelchair. This was deliberate. FDR hid his disability from polio, even from his mother. He ordered the Secret Service to destroy images of him in a wheelchair....
