Lori Falce: Yinz know the Christmas Star, right?Video
I am one of those people who doesn’t look at the holidays as a series of individual dates. From Thanksgiving to St. Nicholas Day to Christmas to New Year to Epiphany, each day is a bright light strung on a wire, illuminating the darkest days of the year. In between...
Letter to the editor: Trump, Mamdani setting a new tone for playing nice?
The 1970s was a bright few years for musical variety shows on television. How people loved the Osmond family, the Partridge Family, the Jackson Five. Retired as I am now, I lapse into deliquescent oldster memory jags and start singing. It was a generous hunk of a century going backward...
Laurels & lances: Fossils & fees
Laurel: To finding an icon. When you think about mascots, you think about the kind that wear exaggerated cartoon suits at a sports venue. We have those covered with the Pirate Parrot, Iceburgh and Steely McBeam. But Pittsburgh has other mascots — the inanimate kind that are more like landmarks....
Cal Thomas: We lose, they win
In 1988, when President Ronald Reagan was asked by a reporter during the summit in Moscow what his goal was in the Cold War, he said: “we win, they lose.” When it comes to today’s Russia and its unprovoked war with Ukraine, President Trump’s goal at least in practice and...
Letter to the editor: Littering ruining our roads
The people who drive on Route 119 from New Stanton to Scottdale should notice what a nice job PennDOT did cutting the grass. Instead all you see is all of the garbage they ran over and shredded. It looks absolutely horrible. Next time take the time to pick up the...
Letter to the editor: Democrats’ deflection
The writer of the letter “Name-calling goes both ways” (Nov. 3, TribLive) referenced, in rebuttal, my letter “Why I’ll never vote for a Democrat” (Oct. 25, TribLive). In my letter I cited the following reasons why I will never vote for a Democrat: Democrats’ embracing political violence; Democratic prosecutors and...
Editorial: What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
Thanksgiving is not just a day off and a big dinner. We tell ourselves that it is a uniquely American holiday. It may seem like that, the way it is based in our Plymouth Rock origin story. It comes to us wrapped in the trappings of turkey and stuffing, the...
Letter to the editor: We are not a Christian nation
We are not a Christian nation. Evangelicals use biblical verses to justify the cruelty and crimes against the poor and homeless in this county. For years, Republicans screamed about shifting wealth distribution to lower wage earners. Instead, since President Reagan, shifts in wealth distribution has been to the top 0.1%...
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich: Giving thanks can be an act of unity
Two stories anchor our oldest holiday. Both took place in times of division and deprivation. And both offer a hopeful note about who we can be when we try. The first, of course, unfolds in Plymouth, Mass., in 1621. After a devastating first winter that wiped out nearly half the...
Elizabeth Kosmetatou: Britain’s arrogance in exporting the disgraced former Duke of York
The British have, at long last, cast away Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — and rightly so. His shockingly parasitic existence, alleged sexual and financial misconduct, association with Jeffrey Epstein, evasions and astonishing lack of remorse have rendered him an embarrassment even by the indulgent standards of hereditary privilege. But now, having decided...
Letter to the editor: Lies about Democrats and immigrant health care
With so much misinformation out there, it’s no surprise that many people are reaching incorrect conclusions. The letter “Democrats need to put Americans first” (Nov. 10) repeats one of the biggest whoppers by claiming that Democrats supported the shutdown to maintain and increase massive health benefits and subsidies for immigrants....
Letter to the editor: Capitalism vs. socialism
The USA was founded as a democratic republic based on the Bill of Rights, personal freedoms, limited government and Judeo-Christian principles, but certainly not the hate speech, violence, lies and secularism so prevalent by today’s politicians, protesters, letter-writers and media talking heads. How well have our capitalist, small government policies...
Editorial: Why should a transit authority have to pay for the privilege of being heard?
In a representative democracy, the people pick their lawmakers. The lawmakers then decide what laws to enact. Over time, there has been an added layer. Lobbyists go to the lawmakers to advocate for their causes. Sometimes those causes are for things like cancer research or the environment. Sometimes they are...
Letter to the editor: What Springdale data center portends
All Alle-Kiski Valley residents get their electricity from the same power grid. Therefore, everyone’s rates will rise if the data center in Springdale is approved. Data centers consume as much energy as a small city, necessitating additional grid infrastructure. If this project is approved, we will all be forced to...
Colin McNickle: Revitalizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank
Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Public Schools signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement (ICA) on Nov. 19 designed to breathe new life into the long moribund Pittsburgh Land Bank (PLB). And while the agreement grants the land bank broad new powers, including access to sheriff’s sales, a researcher...
Katy Butler: Why do so many people cut Ghislaine Maxwell so much slack?
I heard about the special prison favors granted Ghislaine Maxwell while I was reading “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Giuffre, one of her reported victims. The most poignant moment is not the first time Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein allegedly sexually violated her. It’s the morning before, when Giuffre sits at the...
Letter to the editor: Money blown on new park could fund Hempfield firefighters
Regarding the article “3-mill tax hike to fund Hempfield fire departments under consideration” (Nov 20, TribLive): This is going to be short and sweet. You all should have used money you are blowing on the park between Cedar Street and Mt. Pleasant Road. With Twin Lakes, St. Clair Park and...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s tariffs
Regarding the letter “A businessman in the White House” (Nov. 4, TribLive): The first time around, I too, thought that maybe a president with a non-
political background could be good for the country. Someone not beholden to others or tainted by the political processes. Boy, was I wrong, but that’s...
Editorial: For too many American kids, math isn’t adding up
Math scores in the U.S. have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse. It’s a crisis decades in the making. In the early 20th century, education reformers including...
Letter to the editor: Republicans may need the filibuster
I usually agree with President Trump, but Republicans should not do away with the filibuster. The Republicans would be very short-sighted to do this. Now the Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, but the Democrats shut down the government. It was a bad thing they did, but...
Letter to the editor: Where’s the outrage over deaths of transgender people?
I recently attended a PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meeting where I took part in a ceremony for the Transgender Day
of Remembrance, observed Nov. 20. I cannot begin to express the depth of emotion I felt as we moved around the room, each of us reading...
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 24
Mallard Fillmore cartoons for the week of Nov. 24....
Editorial cartoons for the week of Nov. 24
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Letter to the editor: We’re not living up to ideals of Thanksgiving
America’s early pilgrims set aside certain days to offer thanks, prayer and fasting to our heavenly father for the blessings and opportunities afforded them. In 1789, at the request of Congress, President George Washington declared Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by...
Editorial: Big money, big batteries and big questions
A manufacturing company wants to expand. It makes announcements. And when the big news comes, there is another disclosure. The federal government is along for the ride. That might sounds like the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel deal that included a “golden share” specifically controlled by President Donald Trump. It also describes...
