Letters to the Editor category, Page 72
Letter to the editor: Pa. needs to do better on education
In my learned opinion, maybe Pennsylvania doesn’t deserve to be called the “Keystone State” anymore. Maybe Pennsylvania should be called the “Tree State” and our motto can be “We can’t see the forest for our trees.” Pennsylvania was called the Keystone State because back in the original 13 colonies, it...
Letter to the editor: Trump a threat to democracy?
First they tried to keep him off the ballot. Then they tried to bankrupt him. When that didn’t work, they tried to throw him in jail. After all that, an underfunded, underprotective Secret Service almost got him killed. And they say that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. Go...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Trump, Biden-Harris
Let’s compare the Trump term in office to the Biden-Harris team’s term in office. Donald Trump failed to solve the migrant crisis at the border, his top campaign issue, even when Republicans controlled Congress. President Biden and Vice President Harris supported a bipartisan solution led by Republican Sen. James Lankford...
Letter to the editor: Olympics’ mocking of Christianity blatant
I’m a nonreligious Joe Schmo. What I saw at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was the blatant disrespect of Christianity on a world stage. Even with my backwoods education, I clearly saw 13 central figures in colors and poses reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (which inspired the...
Letter to the editor: God doesn’t make mistakes that can be fixed by abortion
The chosen people and the followers of Jesus Christ both worship the one true God. Our God is all powerful; without God, we cannot take a breath or move our pinky. Abortionists believe that God makes a mistake when a new human being is conceived, and that mistake can be...
Letter to the editor: Why do evangelicals support un-Christian Trump?
I have never understood the wide-ranging and deep support given to Donald Trump by evangelical Christians and their ilk. Trump is most decidedly UN-Christian. He is not religious; he doesn’t go to church. Furthermore, in an April 2016 interview, Trump could not quote one Bible verse — not one! Mainly,...
Letter to the editor: Not going to take it anymore
It’s no longer 1963. It’s no longer just a single spectator with a primitive 8 mm Bell & Howell home movie camera. They can’t pull off another JFK-type assassination in 2024. The grassy knoll now has every angle covered by someone’s smartphone camera. There is nowhere to run and nowhere...
Letter to the editor: A sartorial solution to our current crisis
Polyester is a much maligned fabric. In ages past, it was texturized to look like gabardine, in the case of a business suit, and, later, during the disco era, the 1970s, it was made to look like plaid mashed potatoes shaped with a fork. There were worse things happening to...
Letter to the editor: Olympics’ ridicule of Christianity disgraceful
Concerning “Opening ceremony tableau sparks Olympic flame of controversy” (July 29, TribLive): Who do the Olympic organizers think they’re fooling? Of course they meant to ridicule Catholics and Christians, Jesus’ supper with his disciples, by depicting them using the “rights victims du jour.” I don’t dismiss intolerance and outright abuse...
Letter to the editor: Is lawfare becoming the weapon of choice?
Lawfare is when government officials use their powers as a weapon against their adversaries with the intent of politically neutralizing them. The most famous lawfare cases were perpetrated by Democrats disguised as Klu Klux Klan members in the post-Civil War South who used it on former Black slaves. The legal...
Letter to the editor: Letter-writers need a reality check
Two recent letters have me wondering what reality the authors are living in. “Trump has integrity, honor” (July 29, TribLive) opened with “Trump is a man of integrity and honor.” “Harris will win because of Biden’s ‘payoffs’ ” (July 30, TribLive) accused President Biden of “payoffs” to the Teamsters and other...
Letter to the editor: Real reason food prices are so high
Let’s say the cost of fuel goes up 18% (actually it’s been more) since 2020. A farmer buys new equipment or parts to fix his equipment — 18% increase in fuel cost. A farmer buys seed/fertilizer to use for planting in the spring — 18% increase in fuel cost. A...
Letter to the editor: Project 25 piece better served as editorial
The article “What is Project 2025, and how could it impact the Pittsburgh region?” (July 28, TribLive) would have been better served as an editorial. To have it as a top story in your Sunday print edition is shameful. The entire article is conjecture and blatantly screams of “Vote for...
Letter to the editor: Ending K9 officers a bad look for Jeannette
The City of Jeannette recently announced that they are no longer going to employ the police K-9 officers (“Jeannette shutters K-9 program as ‘cost prohibitive,’ ” July 25, TribLive). Details were not given, but the officers recently filed a lawsuit against the city for overtime pay. Prior to the lawsuit, there...
Letter to the editor: Celebrating all of a person’s heritage
Simple biology shows us that each person has a mother and a father. Both contribute DNA equally to the offspring. If a person has both the great African American and people of India as a heritage, both should be celebrated. Ignoring this fact shows a sad lack of understanding of...
Letter to the editor: Saddened by daily news reports from Western Pa.
As the son of a mother who lovingly recounted growing up in Butler, and a grandfather who made sure I was the only kid in Queens County, N.Y., who grew up with a reverence for Ralph Kiner, Bill Mazeroski and most of all Roberto Clemente (which didn’t exactly endear me...
Letter to the editor: ‘Weird’ is a mean word, and Trump may take the bait
Was anyone surprised last week to hear so many prominent Democratic spokespeople use the same exact word? The word of the day was “weird.” When you see a montage of the clips, it’s obvious to me that they brainstorm via Zoom each morning to decide on the talking point for...
Letter to the editor: Netanyahu visit strange time for consensus
Congress gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a standing ovation. He has faced calls to resign from 72% of Israelis, including Hamas hostages’ family members, six of whom were arrested protesting the very address Congress applauded. He has faced indictments in Israel for corruption. Just a year ago, Israelis took...
Letter to the editor: Ending price gouging
Fidelity sends a periodic newsletter to its investors. Its June 17, 2024, issue dealt with the gap between the reality and the perception of the U.S. economy. The data shows the economy is healthy and growing, but Americans are very pessimistic. Our gross domestic product has grown over the past...
Letter to the editor: Red-light tech could increase fatalities
Regarding the July 30 article “Red-light district: Pittsburgh mulls tech to catch traffic light scofflaws” (July 30, TribLive): Pittsburgh City Council should consider the data from other cities that have implemented this policy. Washington, D.C., has been utilizing this technology since 2015, and fatalities have actually increased since doing so....
Sounding off: Politics week’s top letters’ topic
Why don’t we better protect our presidents, candidates? How many times have we heard the same refrain from a U.S. president, federal officials serving in the Secret Service, FBI and Central Intelligence Agency, and news media pundits after a president or presidential candidate has been assassinated or wounded in assassination...
Letter to the editor: Our pitiful world
What a pitiful world we live in when drag queens are in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, when illegals seem to have more rights than citizens, when many criminals are not held accountable, when the government wants to force its agendas on us and, especially, when a first-grader is...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ bait and switch
I find it curious how quiet the mainstream media is about the bait and switch pulled by the Democrats. It was President Biden who got the votes and the delegates, not Kamala Harris. If the Republicans had done this prior to the nomination, you know we wouldn’t hear the end...
Letter to the editor: We should all be concerned about Project 2025
Americans of all stripes should be concerned about Project 2025, a transition plan for the Trump government put together by many people who served in Donald Trump’s first presidential administration. For example, the section I cite below was written by Ken Cuccinelli, who served in the Department of Homeland Security...
Letter to the editor: Harris’ bad policies
To the writer of the letter “Harris will protect our freedoms” (July 28, TribLive): I thank you for your service. You are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, I would recommend that you read the article “Counterpoint: Bad policies, not gender, will cost Kamala Harris the presidency” (July 28, TribLive)....
