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Opinion

Plan to extend road lacks foresight

Letters to the Editor

The plan to extend McMahon Road between Lowe’s and Frankstown Road to develop 60 acres along flood-prone Brush Run is very ill-advised. Residents whose properties border Brush Run are plagued with frequent and ever-increasing costly flooding. Numerous public meetings have been held to ...

Former nurse’s plea an embarrassment

Letters to the Editor

The former UPMC nurse who administered Propofol several times to a patient during an MRI — all without an order — received four years probation. I’ve worked in a jail as a nurse and I’ve seen people get jail time for a lot less than this. A witness existed in this case and a plea ...

Country desperately needs tax reform

Letters to the Editor

In response to the question: “Why haven’t I seen anything in this extremely right-leaning opinion page on the GOP’s national sales tax proposal?” Everyone knows there is no intention of this bill passing. When a party controls one chamber of Congress, they introduce bills in areas ...

The Bible was ‘right yesterday, right today’

Letters to the Editor

In a recent rant against the Bible and Christianity, Alicia Andrews states in a letter to the editor, that “we have adopted too many” of their “values and standards.” She goes on to say that this has led to the “downfall of America” and the “destruction of our country.” I ...

Society lacks basic moral reasoning

Letters to the Editor

Pope Saint John Paul II stated that the biggest question before a democratic society is how we live together. And in seeking an answer to this question, one has to ask, “Can a society survive without basic moral reasoning?” The evidence of our failure to answer this question ...

Troubling statistics on gonorrhea

Editorials

The coronavirus pandemic and, before that, AIDS captured much of the public’s health-concerns attention beyond illnesses and conditions including cancer, heart disease and strokes. However, another serious medical problem has been lurking in the proverbial shadows — a culprit people ...