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Manufactured ‘climate crisis’ is all about money

Editorials

Just two years ago, the United Nations secretary general announced, “Global warming has ended ... the era of global boiling has arrived!” “[We were] warned about this,” said a “Daily Show” host, “by every scientist for the last 50 years!” His audience applauded. Wow. Every scientist agreed! But here’s the thing. They didn’t. My new video covers how many of the scaremongers’ claims are just wrong. Yes, the climate is warming. People burning fossil fuels adds to that. But there’s little agreement about apocalyptic claims that environmental groups ...

How Pittsburgh became an early alarm bell for the DSA’s rise

Editorials

PITTSBURGH — The rise of the Democratic left in Pittsburgh did not happen overnight. It was built over years through patient organizing, disciplined recruiting and a clear-eyed focus on the races that mattered most: low-turnout primaries where entrenched power was vulnerable. Mik Pappas’ 2017 race for Pennsylvania’s 31st Magisterial District judge offered an early hint that the local Democratic establishment was losing its grip on some of the contests it had once taken for granted. He was underfunded, openly aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America and not expected to ...

Closed primaries driving America crazy

Editorials

How could Donald Trump with bottom-scraping approval ratings decide who would represent the Republican Party in the upcoming Texas senatorial race? The primary system offers an explanation. A simple open primary system would have let the broader public choose — and, ironically, save Republicans from a very possible loss in November. Open primaries let registered voters cast a ballot without being members of the party. Closed primaries allow only party members to vote. About 15 states now run genuinely open primaries. There are mixed systems that still help small numbers of voters ...

The Hamas ‘deal’

Editorials

President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking and/or deluding themselves into believing a demon can be transformed into an angel. The Trump administration has announced a “deal” has been reached between the terrorist group Hamas that has occupied Gaza for years and Israel that will lead to Hamas’ disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the strip. What would supposedly follow is a rebuilding of Gaza, which has been reduced to rubble. Much of the world and its media blame Israel ...

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

An inside look at what Mike Hovis is all about DEAR EDITOR: Let me tell you a little about who we are. I grew up as a Teamster’s daughter. Michael grew up as a steelworker’s son. Our parents worked hard just to make ends meet. We weren’t handed anything. We struggled. We did without. We learned not to ask for what wasn’t ours. We learned that if you wanted something, you worked for it. So please … don’t judge us without knowing our story. We know what it’s like to start at the bottom. We know what it means to worry about paying bills, to sacrifice, and to ...

Don’t fall for this tale of woe the way I did

Ed Puskas

When you reach a certain age, your doctors begin asking the question. Have you had any falls in the last six months? For a long time, the answer was no. It wasn’t that I was graceful and blessed with the balance of a Flying Wallenda. But I was definitely more agile 25 or 30 years ago ...