Jamelle Bouie: Trump is the anti-Trump
There is an alternate universe in which Donald Trump is the popular, successful president of his imagination. In this world, Trump has a clear view of the political landscape. He knows he won a narrow victory, not a landslide. He knows that his key voters — the ones who put...
Letter to the editor: Never enough cyber savings
The article “Western Pa. school districts tally expected savings from cyber charter tuition reform” (March 3, TribLive) reveals an important truth: For many school districts, it will never be enough. Despite receiving record levels of state funding, including hundreds of millions in new dollars, school district leaders say the latest...
Editorial: Why answers help communities heal
When the unexpected occurs, we want to know why. We want to know how it happened. And we want to know what can be done to stop it from happening again. On April 22, 2022, an explosion ripped through a home on Hialeah Drive in Plum, destroying the house and...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s wars
President Trump wasn’t kidding when he named the Department of Defense the Department of War. He has now attacked two sovereign nations, neither of which posed any direct threat to the United States. Our military intelligence is so advanced we were able to surgically remove Venezuela’s president and kill Iran’s...
Commentary: Can AI fill out a winning March Madness bracket?
The end of the college basketball season is fast approaching. Selection Sunday is less than a week away, with dozens of teams waiting to see where they will be seeded and, for some, if they fall on the right side of the bubble. This also means that college basketball fans...
Aaron Brown: Strict new voter proposals have us searching for our true ID
When Kathy Magnuson was young, she signed her Social Security card with pride, if not precision, by her maiden name: “Kathy A. Brown.” She got married in 1963 and signed her new card more formally, “Kathleen A. Magnuson.” A later replacement card got the full treatment, “Kathleen Ann Magnuson.” These...
Letter to the editor: Trump is tanking our country
On March 2, in what should have been a somber, respectful speech about our veterans at the Medal of Honor ceremony, President Trump had the audacity to start bragging about choosing gold drapes and building the “most beautiful ballroom in the world.” Really? Are you kidding me? People are dying,...
Editorial: Creative partnerships can support nonprofits and city needs
The old YWCA building on Downtown Pittsburgh’s Wood Street is not the kind of property that inspires civic pride. It is what Point Park University’s Ted Black described as “quite frankly a bit of an eyesore.” Few people walking through Downtown would disagree. Vacant buildings rarely improve with age. But...
Letter to the editor: Democrats not protecting us
Does the Democratic Party stand for anything except hatred for America and its citizens? If you don’t believe that, then why did the Democrats remain seated during the State of the Union speech when President Trump challenged them to stand up if they believed it is all elected legislators’ first...
Austin Sarat: From moral authority to risk management — how university presidents stopped speaking their minds
Throughout the 20th century, college and university presidents spoke out on everything, from wars to civil rights struggles, with a sense of moral authority attempting to guide the course. Their language was typically direct and free of jargon. “Democracy is the best form of government. It is worth dying for,”...
Steve Kerr: The human cost of gun violence in America
I love coaching basketball. Being around young people, seeing their potential and helping them become the best versions of themselves is incredibly gratifying. But the job also offers a glimpse into how fragile it can all be. One injury, one bad break, a change in circumstances can shift everything for...
Chuck Collins: How billionaires worsen affordability crisis
Americans of all political stripes are concerned about affordability. Some politicians would like to change the subject. Billionaires and their allies in politics have tried everything, from falsely blaming the rising costs of food and housing on immigrants, to dismissing the entire concept of affordability as a “hoax,” as President...
Letter to the editor: Families of the dead pay the price for drunk driving
I read the story about the little girl killed by a drunk driver; her name was Roxanne Bonnoni (“Drunk driver who killed Harrison girl, 11, gets 3-6 months in jail,” Feb. 26, TribLive). My husband, Daniel A. Predajna, was killed by a drunk driver who was drag racing and didn’t...
Letter to the editor: Trump is responsible for ICE tragedies
I believe Donald Trump is a failed president and a seriously flawed person. I hold him responsible for the killings of Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Trump chose Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth and Gregory Bovino to send ICE agents to invade Minnesota. These repulsive, untrained agents have brutalized Americans...
Editorial: Punching the overtime clock adds up
Westmoreland County has an overtime problem. TribLive reporting shows regular reliance on overtime has pushed some employees’ earnings far beyond their base salaries. In 2025 alone, county workers made more than $7.2 million in overtime. The largest share went to the prison, where overtime exceeded $2.2 million. Dispatchers at the...
Letter to the editor: Do Democrats care more about illegal immigrants?
Those who watched President Trump’s State of the Union Address witnessed the disrespectful and unhinged behavior of the Democrats in attendance. Over 70 Democratic representatives chose to not attend, and instead held their own rallies, with bizarre singing, dancing and people in animal costumes. Those in attendance were disruptive and...
Hal Brands: Israel has become America’s not-so-secret weapon
The ongoing war against Iran has raised a number of important issues: the ability of air power alone to achieve regime change, the ethics and effectiveness of targeting Iran’s leaders, the question of how much damage the war will cause in the region, and what its effects will be around...
Lauren Hall: Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at odds over issues, but things have reached a point where even the idea of compromising appears to be...
Noah Feldman: Decades of presidents ignoring the War Powers Act led us here
When you bomb a country and take out its leader, that’s an act of war. Under the Constitution, Congress must declare war or otherwise authorize the use of force before the president may take such action. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Iran, where the joint U.S.-Israeli attacks that killed Supreme...
Letter to the editor: Hospital patients
The beautification of North Avenue on the North Side has caused the intersection at Sandusky Street to become a significant obstacle for cancer patients and the handicapped attempting to enter valet parking to Allegheny General Hospital. The intersection has been a one-lane, one-way mess for months, causing patients to sit...
Letter to the editor: Will Trump send his sons to fight in his war?
So the man who campaigned for president and promised no more foreign wars or endless entanglements lied to the country. No surprise there, since I think all his campaign promises were lies when he made them. Nothing new there. It was good of him, however, to let the country know...
Editorial: What Texas tells us about the 2026 midterms
The early political signals emerging from Texas may offer a revealing preview of the national mood heading into the 2026 midterm elections. While one state rarely defines the entire political landscape, Texas often serves as an important barometer for the broader tensions shaping American politics today: polarization, ideological intensity and...
Letter to the editor: Christian nationalism abominable
Last month, the U.S. Army chaplains paid tribute to a Hindu holiday by posting a picture of the Nataraja, an image well known in Hinduism. It depicts the god Shiva in his “dancing” pose, standing with one leg raised and crossed over the other, and a small, troll-like beast crushed...
Editorial cartoons for the week of March 9
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Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of March 9
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