Letters to the Editor category, Page 34
Letter to the editor: Libraries are vital
The news regarding potential funding cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) should concern every member of our community. Our local libraries and museums, supported in part by the IMLS, are hubs for learning, connection and cultural enrichment. These institutions offer a wealth of resources that strengthen...
Letter to the editor: We must do more to prevent gun suicide
Take a moment and think about if your life has been impacted by suicide. Now imagine there was a way to prevent that loved one from taking their life. There are measures to prevent firearm suicide in our country that are not being taken. Gun suicide is a massive public...
Letter to the editor: Signs of Build Back Better
While out driving the other day enjoying all the benefits of Build Back Better, I couldn’t help but notice the wonderful quality of the asphalt patches and the miles of tar lines poured as far as the eye can see. It was some of the most amazing asphalt and tar...
Letter to the editor: We’re watching the destruction of our country
On one hand, we have witnessed the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a legal alien, for organizing and leading protests against the slaughter of thousands of Palestinians and the destruction of their homeland. On the other, 1,600 duly tried and convicted American citizens involved in the attempted overthrow of our government...
Sounding off: Libraries, Steelers, Idlewild purchase, DOGE cuts on readers’ minds
Our communities need libraries As a former public librarian and current school librarian, I am in a position to tell you about the impact libraries have on communities. At the Carnegie Library, the staff and I helped elders learn how to use computers for the first time, taught them how...
Letter to the editor: The real Pentagon waste not being addressed
The Pentagon is not able to pass an audit of its expenses. It cannot account for around one-half of its budgeted $850 billion. There is waste and abuse in failed weapons programs, unnecessary nuclear expansion and exorbitant prices for goods and services by defense contractors. The failure of DOGE to...
Letter to the editor: Solving the senior care workforce crisis
Pennsylvania’s aging services providers, including nursing homes, senior living communities and home and community-based services, continue to sound the alarm about their ongoing workforce crisis. We don’t have enough qualified workers to care for Pennsylvania’s fast-growing older population, due to costly staffing agencies and limited government support. To help, LeadingAge...
Letter to the editor: Hoping for a return to tradition with new Idlewild owners
So glad to hear another company is taking over Idlewild & SoakZone, along with Kennywood and Sandcastle. Hopefully, the new owners will restore the beauty and traditions Idlewild once valued before it was sold to Palace Entertainment. Joanne Thornburg North Huntingdon...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s golf costing taxpayers millions
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in February said they had already saved taxpayers $55.6 billion. According to NPR, the amount was closer to $6.5 billion. “Taxpayers” paid more than $26 million for Trump’s golf outings this year; he has traveled to his own golf resorts, Trump International Golf Club...
Letter to the editor: Our communities need libraries
As a former public librarian and current school librarian, I am in a position to tell you about the impact libraries have on communities. At the Carnegie Library, the staff and I helped elders learn how to use computers for the first time, taught them how to sign up for...
Letter to the editor: Respect history and don’t use Nazi symbol
I have seen protests saying President Trump and Elon Musk are Nazis. The swastika, the symbol of the Nazis, is on the signs they hold and place in their front yards. This is emotional for me because I don’t think they have any idea of history. My father-in-law endured 18...
Letter to the editor: In praise of ICU nurses
Have no doubt, kindness is alive and well in our world. In addition to suffering from ALS, I recently spent over five weeks in the intensive care unit at UPMC Presbyterian hospital, where I was treated for pneumonia and respiratory failure. The doctors, technicians and other staff were fantastic and...
Letter to the editor: We’re witnessing a constitutional coup
I believe the U.S. is in the throes of a constitutional coup, the seizure of power through exploitation of loopholes in the Constitution. Using the Project 2025 blueprint, democracy is being dismantled and replaced by an oligarchy composed of billionaires. First, we get the chaos created by a flurry of...
Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t government fund Mount Vernon?
I have a gripe with the government, too, but it’s not about politics. I’ve been donating to George Washington’s Mount Vernon home for the past year, and every time I do, I am informed by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association that they are the only ones that support and seek...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s greatest accomplishments
After seeing the continued support from the die-hard MAGA base of all things President Trump and co-President Musk do, I had a realization of what Trump’s greatest accomplishment has been so far. In my opinion, they have been able to convince hard-working Americans to accept higher prices and slashed government...
Letter to the editor: Steelers need an overhaul
I get tired of reading and hearing in the national media about how much players around the league love Mike Tomlin. The Steelers consistently miss signing priority free agents and only retain their own priority players when they give “highest paid at the position” contracts. The Rooneys need to conduct...
Letter to the editor: Cuts to research not good for region
As someone who was born and raised in Pittsburgh but a product of European immigration, I’d like to move on. I’m a commercial union carpenter. I typically build local hospitals and research facilities for a living. A career anyone should be proud to have. Lately though, things aren’t looking so...
Letter to the editor: Like Lennon, looking for the truth
The great John Lennon was a target of FBI surveillance by the alleged cross-dressing tyrant J. Edgar Hoover, primarily for exposing the truth. More than 50 years later, Lennon’s lyrics ring truer than ever: “I’ve had enough of reading things by neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians. All I want is the...
Letter to the editor: Why no punishment for attack plan leak?
An operational war plan got loose. So what? In January 1940, a German plane crashed in Belgium carrying Hitler’s war plan to invade France. The French were thrilled, smugly sure they were ready for the Germans. Realizing that, the Germans completely changed their plan. The French went to war against...
Letter to the editor: War on woke is war on justice
President Trump has declared war on woke. Since woke is about concern for injustice and the seeking of justice, Trump’s words amount to a war on justice. The deeds that support these words include: 1. The pardoning of the Jan. 6 rioters. 2. Siding with aggressor Russia over Ukraine after...
Letter to the editor: Who is best pick to fix our problems?
It strains belief that the political left sees fit to assign the most complex, important tasks to be handled by the federal government, as though it were the most capable party to accomplish such tasks. To illustrate, imagine the mentality needed to say something like this: “We have a big,...
Letter to the editor: America headed in wrong direction
I am proud to be a United States citizen. Living in a country where we can voice opinions without fear of being oppressed. I am worried that these freedoms are being taken away. We live in the greatest nation because we are not persecuted for our beliefs. All that is...
Letter to the editor: Musk and DOGE saving America
With over $36 trillion in debt (over $100,000 per person) and increasing at about $2 trillion a year, the United States is on a spending spree that could very soon lead to bankruptcy. If that were to happen, government spending would stop, the dollar would plummet and our great nation...
Letter to the editor: Mental health is not a joke
I have read many letters to the editor that I differ with in opinion. But the attitude projected by the writer of “Trump, president for life?” (March 24, TribLive) especially offends me with his ending. He writes that he fears the suicide rates in the nation may rise, and ends...
Letter to the editor: Long covid will be here a long time
Your editorial “5 years after covid, scars linger” (March 13, TribLive) was (almost) right on target. I will give two examples. 1. My grandmother, born in 1898, had the 1918 Spanish flu but survived. On Thanksgiving morning 1974, she woke up with the strangest cough. I was home visiting my...
