Letters to the Editor category, Page 70
Letter to the editor: Facts about Walz’s military record
I know this is an opinion page and facts don’t really matter to a great many in Westmoreland County … i.e., the Sherry Hamilton legal, financial and procedural mess we are experiencing at the Register of Wills Office. Vote R no matter what! The truth is about performance records. In...
Letter to the editor: Vance enters the lion’s den
On Aug. 11, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance sat down for an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Absent from Fox News’ equivalent Sunday morning show was Kamala Harris’ vice presidential running mate, Tim Walz. But that shouldn’t shock, given Walz’s aversion to combat zones. Right out of...
Letter to the editor: Project 2025 and Agenda 2030
There has been recent talk of the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 as a means to slander President Trump. But I haven’t seen any talk of the United Nations’ far-left Agenda 2030 and implementation by President Biden and his “squad.” Agenda 2030 was created in 2015 by the UN and...
Letter to the editor: Vote to continue American progress
Since the time of our country’s founding we have been a progressive people. We threw off the yoke of British colonialism and established a nation “of and by the people.” This was radical thought in the 18th century. This November I believe we will be challenged to continue America’s progress...
Letter to the editor: Support Biden’s plan to correct Supreme Court
The majority of Americans do not approve of the actions of this Supreme Court, which has been bought and paid for by the Federalist Society. For decades the Federalist Society has groomed, indoctrinated and bribed lawyers and law schools with their millionaires’ and billionaires’ money. They see our government working...
Letter to the editor: Harris is no moderate
We now know the Democrats’ presidential candidate, after they pushed the sitting president, and the only candidate to receive any primary votes, out of the race. Do we really know her? The Kamala Harris campaign, with the help of the mainstream media, is trying to rewrite history and rebrand her...
Letter to the editor: Trump in a league of his own
Policywise, Donald Trump follows the standard Republican line: take away environmental protections and lower taxes for the rich (trickle down economics theory). In his rude and crude manners, puerile name calling and in playing to the worst prejudices of a frighteningly large cohort of middle Americans, he is in a...
Letter to the editor: Different coverage for Trump
Wow, a multipage article on using Sen. John Fetterman’s comment out of context (“’Cheap fake’ video clip posted online misstates Fetterman’s pick to win Pennsylvania,” Aug. 8, TribLive)! President Biden, Vice President Harris and many Democrats continually take President Trump’s comments out of context. I don’t remember seeing anything in...
Letter to the editor: Tone-deaf plan for Downtown Pittsburgh
News that the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is seeking $5 million in Allegheny Regional Asset District funding to redevelop Pittsburgh’s Eighth Street block into a large lawn for festivals, performances and water play highlights a dismal understanding of Downtown’s security and economic positions. When unveiled as part of a larger Allegheny...
Justin Fox: Harris didn’t fail her border task. But did she succeed?
In March 2021, two months after she and President Joe Biden took office, Vice President Kamala Harris was assigned the task of addressing the “root causes” of illegal immigration from the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, aka the Northern Triangle. This is the job that some...
Letter to the editor: Send Jeannette’s K9 officer to Tarentum
Tarentum needs a police dog for their K9 unit. Jeannette has one that they no longer use or want. What’s the dilemma? Francine Romeo New Kensington...
Letter to the editor: Don’t hide scrutiny of Walz’s military career
Regarding the article “With national spotlight comes intense scrutiny of Walz’s military career” (Aug. 9): Really. You put it in the Sports/Business Section B, Page 5? Why not “hide” it at the end on B8? With major questions about the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate and his previous assertions of...
Letter to the editor: Hate-filled letters by law enforcement alarming
Protect and serve? Editor, editor, editor … it’s terrifying to read letters that you publish, but it’s surprising to see how much racism and bigotry pervade this little area. More surprising is what happens when I look up the authors of these letters, particularly “Not going to take it anymore”...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need perfection in a leader
The letter “Why do evangelicals support un-Christian Trump?” (Aug. 6, TribLive) really got me thinking: Am I voting for a person who I want to run the country, to keep me and my family safe, to keep the economy running such that I can afford to feed my family without...
Letter to the editor: Harris should work on inflation now
I just saw that Vice President Kamala Harris intends to work on reducing inflation as soon as she takes office as president. Just a thought — why don’t she and President Biden work on it now? In my opinion, they are the ones who caused the rise in inflation. Lou...
Letter to the editor: Doesn’t Trump care, or does he think we’re stupid?
Why does Donald Trump respond to issues the way he does … seemingly without thinking about the facts or those who might be affected? Or does he just not care? Is he continuing with the guidance his dad provided on how to “attack”? Does he lack compassion or understanding or...
Letter to the editor: Pa. must make a plan for methane
One important but overlooked cause of climate change is methane emissions. In Pennsylvania, oil and gas companies release over 1.1 million tons of methane every year. This contributes significantly to the state’s global warming pollution, as methane has 86 times the heating potential as carbon dioxide does within 20 years....
Letter to the editor: Kamala Harris, DEI candidate?
At the recent National Association of Black Journalists convention, Donald Trump was asked if Kamala Harris was a DEI candidate. It was a “gotcha” question, but let’s look at Harris’ political history, and maybe we can answer it. When Joe Biden was choosing his VP, he pointedly announced that he...
Letter to the editor: Hard not to get down on the Pirates
Back in the ’70s, the Pirates had a team of heavy hitters and were nicknamed “The Lumber Company” by, I believe, announcer Bob Prince. A little later they had some very fast runners join the team and were renamed “The Lumber and Lighting Company.” It’s easy to get down on...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s gaffes a pattern, not coincidence
It is my opinion that news media disseminators are ever so quick to point out that many of Joe Biden’s words are just mistakes or he misspoke, misspoken words taken out of context, or they are just misinterpreted or just coincidences. They are forever defending him and making excuses. On...
Letter to the editor: Trump and threats to democracy
The writer of the letter “Trump not the threat to democracy” (July 31, TribLive) begins what I see as a diatribe of falsehoods by denying that Jan. 6 was an insurrection. They tried to hang the vice president. So what exactly was it? He continues with fictional government restrictions under...
Letter to the editor: Trying to support local business, but …
I know this has probably been covered before, but … my pharmacy can’t get my insulin, which is Humalin 70/30 vials. That has been going on for about four months now. And now I receive a call telling me their wholesaler can’t get the blood thinner I use, as well....
Letter to the editor: Troubling that Dem voters had no choice
I find it rather troubling that the party that always calls the other a threat to democracy ignored the democratic process and “installed” Vice President Kamala Harris at the nominee for president. There was no primary for voters to decide who they wanted to run, just the establishment’s choice. After...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro would have been great VP pick
In 2010, I had the privilege of getting to know Gov. Josh Shapiro personally when he was kind enough to meet me at a Downtown Pittsburgh hotel along with his chief of staff to discuss state government issues. Shapiro was an up-and-coming state representative from Abington at the time, and...
Letter to the editor: Even most flawed have redeeming qualities
A recent letter-writer asks, “Why do evangelicals support un-Christian Trump?” (Aug. 6, TribLive). Scripture provides his answer. Adam couldn’t resist peer pressure. (Genesis 3:12) Noah, the last righteous man of his time, was a drunk who slept in the nude. (Genesis 9:20-21) Abraham, the forefather of faith, let other men...
