Politics
August 3, 2024
To the Editor: The most far left liberal senator and now vice president becomes an instant moderate. Kamala, more left than Bernie Sanders, an unapologetic radical left wing socialist, is now being so...
Politics
August 3, 2024
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press Most Americans have doubts about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on form...
Prison phone calls shouldn’t be source of revenue for counties
Politics
August 2, 2024
Opinions of the Mon Valley Independent are expressed in the editorials that appear below daily. Letters from readers, columns, cartoons and other elements on the editorial page do not necessarily refl...
Respect is on the ballot
Politics
August 2, 2024
One critical concept has emerged in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump: Respect. Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, have handed Harris a priceless opening to press this ...
J.D. Vance vs. the cat people
Politics
August 2, 2024
Some of my best friends are cat people. I’m particularly indebted to our neighbor Laura, a self-described “crazy cat lady,” who took in Albert, the most unusual feline I’ve known. One time, when we li...
What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris
Politics
August 2, 2024
By LINLEY SANDERS AND SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research fin...
How Kamala climbed the peaks of DEI
Politics
August 1, 2024
The media are hopping mad about Republicans referring to Kamala Harris as a “DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) hire.” Here’s some of the teeth-gnashing: — ABC News: “Kamala Harris Faces Racial ‘DEI’ ...
Politics
August 1, 2024
WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANTISEMITISM. It shouldn’t happen in America. It shouldn’t happen in Pennsylvania. It cannot happen in Pittsburgh. In every other place in the country and the state, antisemitism is a...
Politics
August 1, 2024
By MATT BROWN AND MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National A...
Politics
By By RYAN DETO Trib Total Media 
July 31, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris will not seek a ban on natural gas drilling, or fracking, if elected, according to a statement from her campaign. “She would not ban fracking,” the Harris campaign said in...
Politics
July 31, 2024
IF YOU HAVE A MAILBOX, you may have gotten a postcard advertisement from U.S. Steel. If you watch television, you may have seen a commercial about Nippon Steel. If you spend time online, you may have ...
Kamala Harris and DEI
Politics
July 31, 2024
Ahandful of Republicans have referred to Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, as a “DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), hire.” They were essentially s...
Politics
By By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press 
July 31, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump seems to be backing away from his earlier commitment to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, questioning the value of a meetup and saying he “probably” will debate but he ...
Women of the world, take over
Politics
July 30, 2024
When I was editor of National Review Online, I had a rule: Never post pictures of Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton looking bad. I’m not a fan of their politics, but most of us have our moments when we ...
Politics
July 30, 2024
EVERY YEAR, THE WORLD HAS A CHANCE to be better for a few days. Right now, more than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries have gathered in France for the Olympic Games. They will compete in 329 events o...
Coup upon coup upon coup
Politics
July 30, 2024
In March 2020, all the major Democratic primary candidates abruptly, mysteriously, and in near unison withdrew from the presidential race, ceding the nomination to Joe Biden. Yet Biden had lost the fi...
Vance considers majority of U.S. families abnormal
Politics
July 29, 2024
As J.D. Vance’s misogynistic comments about Kamala Harris and many other accomplished women — “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives” — have recently resurfaced, they’ve once again...