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Editorial: Shooting joke wasn’t funny
“My client didn’t make an actual credible threat.” Defense attorney David Shrager made that statement in court Wednesday, dismissing the actions of Jason Bowen, 18, of Middlesex as an inappropriate joke. Inappropriate? Yes. Joke? Not funny. The “joke” was a Snapchat video showing Bowen shooting a semiautomatic rifle with the...
Letter to the editor: Fairness & civility in local politics
When retired executive John Ventre announced his decision to run for Westmoreland County Commissioner on Jan. 11, he was stunned to see that his extensive resume of work and board and charitable service, and his creative plan to help the county, was reduced to negativism regarding his former hobby and...
Letter to the editor: Protect our country
The Democrats had a gun control mantra: “If only one life is saved, it’s worth it.” I think this mantra is more applicable to building the border wall. We have already had illegals kill police and cause traffic fatalities. Democrats and RINOs have to get off their high horses and...
Letter to the editor: Immigrants, disease & our charity
Everyone talks about drugs and criminals illegally entering through Mexico, but I wonder about the disease coming in with these invaders. They probably have not been inoculated for many common diseases, and could be carrying other diseases common to their countries. Also, after their trek to an unwelcoming country, they...
Peter Morici: Swing voters want solutions, not socialist revolution
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez notwithstanding, the big winners in the midterms were moderate Democrats. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other party leaders carefully salted swing districts with young candidates who appealed to minorities, college-educated women and suburbanites who want solutions to problems in their daily lives, not a socialist revolution. The moderate Democrats...
Editorial: Everyone counts in census
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, 17 other attorneys general, six mayors including Pittsburgh’s Bill Peduto and the U.S. Conference of Mayors have won a federal court battle. They argued against a Trump administration directive to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The decision? The census means counting everybody,...
Problems with Pittsburgh’s proposed gun control ordinance
Pennsylvania’s 1.3 million concealed handgun permit holders may soon be considered criminals while visiting Pittsburgh. The proposed gun control ordinance bans everything from so-called assault weapons to starter pistols for track meets. The ordinance prohibits citizens from carrying guns except on their property or in their homes or “fixed place...
Letter to the editor: Government battleground
I recently read and reread a letter to the editor about our government. Then I thought about all the drama in our government. How can a government that has always stood for fairness and understanding become a battleground? Politicians have failed to agree on anything — because a certain person...
Letter to the editor: Gun issue distractions
I have one question for letter-writer Michael Rock (“‘Assault’ wrong term for rifles,” Dec. 27, TribLIVE), who quibbles about specifics of terminology and never mentions the terrible consequences of these weapons of mass destruction or any constructive solution: Was the Tree of Life synagogue massacre an assault? So often I...
Letter to the editor: Beware foreign drug makers
This morning’s news announced a 26-year-old had lost his life because he no longer had health coverage under his parents’ plan and he couldn’t afford a $1,300-per-month insulin drug on his own. This is truly a tragedy. However, most people with hospitalization drug coverage are unaware that this country gets...
Pat Buchanan: Trump should declare emergency
In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump’s stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States. Why? Because mass migration from the global South, not climate change, is the real existential crisis of the West. The American people know this, and even...
Tom Purcell: It’s up to us to realize Dr. King’s dream
We’ll celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and legacy next week. In these angry and divisive times, we all could benefit by reminding ourselves of his words’ truth, civility and wisdom. Too many of us are consumed with hatred and anger, which have reared their ugly heads in our...
Editorial: Mayor’s plan needs more details
“We welcome more details on the mayor’s full plan.” That’s what Highmark spokesman Aaron Billger said about Mayor Bill Peduto’s OnePGH idea. We second that. It’s not that we are critical of the plan or the goal. We don’t really have enough information to be critical. The initiative wants to...
Letter to the editor: Steelers, borders & pot
My thoughts about some recent news. • Once more the Steelers will not be in contention for a Super Bowl win. They have the talent, but need a coach. Mike Tomlin is a nice guy, but will never be a winner like Chuck Noll because he doesn’t enforce strict discipline....
Letter to the editor: Trump bully & liar
The letter I wrote a few weeks ago (”Trump’s made us laughingstock,” Dec. 13, TribLIVE) has been proven true. Our president is a bully, and this government shut down proves it. He is like a little boy who gets mad when he doesn’t get his way, takes his football and...
Letter to the editor: Tlaib misinformed on impeachment
Newly sworn in to Congress, Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib is getting some negative feedback regarding the profanity she used in a recent speech. Apparently, Tlaib was caught up in the excitement of discussing the opportunity to impeach President Donald Trump. In an online article, CNN noted that advocating a...
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 14
Editorial cartoons for the week of Jan. 14....
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 14.
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Jan. 14....
Jonah Goldberg: Recycled ‘Green New Deal’
It’s fitting that the Green New Deal pushed by many but popularized by Democratic phenom Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who had her “60 Minutes” debut last week, is a triumph of recycling. Not of plastic bags or soda cans, but of ideas. Specifically, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal...
Michelle Malkin: Wall a monument for the people
Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn’t like — except when it comes to President Trump’s border wall. Think about it. Boston’s Big Dig black hole, the nation’s most expensive highway project, burned through $25 billion and was plagued by deadly engineering incompetence, endless cost overruns,...
Editorial: Taking care of elderly pays debt
Pennsylvania has learned hard lessons about protecting its children in recent years, from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal to the failures of ChildLine to the Catholic Church grand jury report. We’ve taken deep looks at the value of our kids and the consequences of not protecting them. Hopefully,...
Letter to the editor: Liberals & immigrants
I wholeheartedly agree with Robert Ritchey’s ideas in his letter “Immigration win-win-win” (Jan. 4, TribLIVE). They are right on the money. I would like to add one stipulation: Bleeding heart liberal citizen sponsor will relinquish citizenship and be deported to immigrant’s country of origin along with immigrant when said immigrant...
Letter to the editor: Peduto, bring both sides together on guns
Mayor Bill Peduto has a unique opportunity to bring people together rather than to continue to divide us, as the recent gun legislation proposals are doing (“What’s next for Pittsburgh’s controversial gun-regulation proposals,” Jan. 8, TribLIVE). We are hearing a lot of viewpoints from both sides, but very little that...
Letter to the editor: See Trump for what he is
I am continually amazed by how so many people cannot, or will not, see Donald Trump for what he really is. The letter from Lou Mangione (“Let Trump do his job,” Dec. 17, TribLIVE) could, by some, be considered accurate. And yet: • Trump is no more scrutinized than was...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Free press, elections help debunk ‘official’ lies
In 1950, Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy, was speaking to a Republican Women’s Club in West Virginia when he hit upon a little theatrical device that would make him a national political figure. Waving a piece of paper in the air, McCarthy made a shocking claim about Communists whom he said...
