Opinion category, Page 790
Tom Purcell: Living the cord-cutting dream
I’m so unhappy with my cable TV and internet services that I’m going to do what I’ve long dreamed of doing: Cancel my subscription! I’m not alone in my unhappiness. Consumer Reports says cable providers “have consistently rated below average among services we cover.” A 2014 Consumer Reports survey of...
Editorial: Would Pa. prison beds be better used for drug treatment?
There are increasingly more women behind bars in Pennsylvania. A Tribune-Review project looked at women in the Westmoreland County Prison, where the female population inhabits two units with 115 beds. When we think about prison, we don’t tend to think about women, despite the ratings for “Orange Is the New...
Letter to the editor: Why Trump supporters believe him
I have been at a loss to understand why family members and friends are such strong supporters of President Trump. He continually lies and when facts support that he lied, he calls it “fake news,” and his supporters believe him. Recently I heard a doctor on a medical panel call...
Letter to the editor: You know Trump is right
We hear from the media that no compromise will be reached on the wall because both sides are playing to their bases. Who are the bases? On the one side are Trump haters, multinational corporations and their media spokespeople, Dems and Republicans who are supported by companies that want cheap...
Letter to the editor: Supporting clean energy
I am writing to express support of the 100 percent renewable energy bill introduced in Harrisburg last month, and to thank Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, for becoming a co-sponsor. Already some of Pennsylvania’s largest cities such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Allentown are committed to going 100 percent renewable. And they aren’t...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 18
Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 18....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Feb. 18.
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Doyle McManus: Trump’s bromance with Kim Jong Un faces a reality check as nations discuss nuclear disarmament
WASHINGTON — Persuading North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons will be a long and grueling process that will require President Trump to make significant concessions — and even then, the effort may fail. That dose of caution from Trump’s special envoy to North Korea,...
Michelle Malkin: Oklahoma’s rape kit scandal
If you are puzzled by the nationwide rape-kit testing backlog, Oklahoma provides maddening insight on the bureaucratic forces that create intolerable inertia — and injustice. An estimated 225,000 rape kits have gone unprocessed across the country; more than 7,200 have been neglected in Oklahoma. Last month, a woman who reported...
Richard Serbin: Vatican should chip in for clergy abuse survivors
Finally, decades into a still-unresolved crisis, some Pennsylvania bishops are now agreeing to compensate victims of predator priests. But it seems that one responsible party is getting off scot-free: the Vatican. For four days later this month, bishops from around the world will meet to discuss the child sex abuse...
Editorial: Community events require community support
A community that is close-knit is generally one that survives if not thrives. That’s not just everyone knowing each other’s names. It doesn’t have to have a “Cheers” corner bar or a Mayberry sheriff. It doesn’t have to be a sitcom with pies cooling on the windowsill and kids engaged...
Letter to the editor: Democrats, party of death
History is replete with mass murderers — Ramses II, King Herod, Gengis Kahn, Mao Tse Tung, Hitler, Stalin — and now the Democratic Party has joined those ranks, or at least finally admitted to being a member for the past 45 or 50 years. The legislation recently signed into law...
Letter to the editor: No walls
Area 51 = no walls. Eastern Russian border = no walls. Border between North and South Korea = no wall. Keith Vacula Penn Hills...
Letter to the editor: Here’s what Trump has done
Regarding Carl Mochak’s letter “Trump must be impeached” (Feb. 8, TribLIVE): It seems like you’re in line with the Trump haters. Your last line asked what has he done for me. Here’s what he’s done: more than 4 million jobs created since his election, including 400,000 manufacturing jobs; 4.2 percent...
Letter to the editor: Republican greed has hurt country
Good policies don’t last forever. Just think what a better country we could have been, but politics got in the way. Our country could have been in better financial shape for our children’s children. But the greed of the Republican Party has screwed up our standard way of living. The...
George Will: Socialism a classification that no longer classifies
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!” — Karl Marx WASHINGTON Norman Thomas was not easily discouraged. Running for president in 1932, three years into the shattering, terrifying Depression, which seemed to many to be a systemic crisis of capitalism, Thomas, who had been the...
Antony Davies & James Harrigan: Minimum-wage myths
Gov. Tom Wolf has put Pennsylvania’s minimum wage front and center in the news again, as he tries to raise it to $12 an hour. This is music to the ears of people earning $7.25 an hour, but it won’t be a happy tune for everyone. Politicians would rather you...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Judge Dillon, guns & Pittsburgh
Let us start with the fact that Pittsburgh City Council’s gun-control legislation is born of heartbreak, frustration and anger over the murder of 11 of our neighbors during morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue in October. Councilman Corey O’Connor’s proposal to regulate guns within Pittsburgh city limits is...
Jeff Remington: STEM, pot & our prosperity
I am very appreciative of Gov. Tom Wolf’s generous attention to Pennsylvania’s education needs during his tenure. His recent budget address gave additional credence to how he values education in the commonwealth. He is not alone. The 2019 Senate and House Education Committees are made up of lawmakers who are...
Editorial: THON raises money and hope for cancer cure
Cancer is scary. It is a dark monster that steals joy and causes pain. It takes away people we love. It is no reason to dance. Except at Penn State. Except during THON. The largest student-run philanthropy in the world, the annual dance marathon to raise money to battle pediatric...
Sounding off: Stop tantrums, politicians
The attitude of our elected representatives, on both the state and federal level, is talk-talk-talk while digging their heels in and throwing a tantrum to get their own way. Solutions addressing critical problems never get beyond the talking stage. These do-nothingrepresentatives who consider themselves privileged need an incentive to finding...
Letter to the editor: TSA thanks Pittsburgh for support
The Pittsburgh area’s outpouring of support to Transportation Security Administration workers during the recent government shutdown was overwhelming, and we sincerely thank you. Knowing that TSA was on the job without getting paid, the ’Burgh community stepped in. The airport, airlines, restaurants, bakeries, delis and businesses provided lunches for the...
Letter to the editor: Legalized pot is a gateway drug
Having a family member who went through outpatient rehab a few years back, I am amazed that Pennsylvania would consider legalizing marijuana. During every family meeting I attended, it was stated that marijuana is a gateway drug. Has that changed? Make it legal, and the next step could be cocaine,...
Letter to the editor: Minimum wage hike will hurt poor
Does it make you feel better that the minimum wage is going up? You’ve been told that it will help the working class poor, and this will help increase what they have to spend and the economy. Wrong, wrong and wrong. There’s no evidence to support the claim. Increasing the...
Letter to the editor: Hunting in Pa.
I’ve hunted in Pennsylvania for 62 years and missed only one year due to travel. I missed many opening days of buck season due to school and work requirements, but that didn’t deter me. In life one does what is required at the moment and not what is convenient. Things...
