Without (initially) firing a shot, Iran appears to have executed a devastating revenge attack against the United States for the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani. Using Iraq’s democratic process, Iranian-influenced […]
Opinion
Tone-deaf Democrats risk handing western Pa. to Trump
Darrin Kelly, president of the powerful Allegheny-Fayette County Central Labor Council, says that not one of the Democratic candidates running for president has reached out to him to ask about […]
Jan. 9 letters to the editor
Supporting efforts to heal region’s raptors I read the article in Monday’s The Dominion Post about the red shouldered hawk that was shot near Krepps Park. It was so badly […]
Anxiety grips leaderless America in wake of events
George W. Bush and Barack Obama both had Gen. Qassem Soleimani in their gunsights. Neither ordered the trigger pulled because of the enormous risks involved in killing one of Iran’s […]
Jan. 8 letters to the editor
Best option is not to believe Iran war hysteria I’ve again started to hear the drumbeat of war, this time with Iran. It reminds me of the lead-up to the […]
Candidate filings to kickoff election cycle in earnest for 2020
And we thought coping with five Mondays in December was a grind. Next week, it all begins on Monday and lasts until 11:59 p.m. Jan. 25. That is, the candidate […]
Add Iran’s leadership to ash heap of history
Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President […]
Apathy appears to have faded
Then-candidate Donald Trump told a mostly white rally crowd in Michigan in 2016 that “at the end of four years, I guarantee you that I will get over 95% of […]
Put your conscience above party in 2020 when time to vote
Many of us will pause today to embrace this start of a new year with resolutions to be better people. But whether we’re willing to do more than say out […]
Put mental illness, addiction at center of homeless solution
Almost like the ebb and flow of tides, homelessness gets our attention and then recedes. It appears since late last summer, though, initiatives have prompted a deeper commitment to meeting […]
