2013-06-19 00:09:00
Thousands of older Pennsylvanians are being denied services that can help them stay at home instead of being forced into a nursing home.
2013-06-19 00:05:34
Sarah Palin returns to the stage as women man up by flaunting their wombs.
2013-06-18 00:15:36
Republicans will lag with Latinos for a generation or two even if they help pass immigration reform.
2013-06-18 00:12:21
The newly elected president has room to push for a nuclear deal but first he'll try to release political prisoners.
2013-06-18 00:10:58
Lawyers already have started lining up to figure out whom to sue when robot cars have accidents.
2013-06-17 00:14:13
UPMC has 41,000 reasons for not entering into a new contract giving Highmark in-network access to UPMC facilities and services.
2013-06-17 00:08:36
The state government liquor monopoly can't adequately serve current taverns' and restaurants' needs, much less expanded retail outlets.
2013-06-17 00:08:23
Obama likes to cite polls to justify his action or inaction. He seems incapable of getting in front of issues and shaping opinion.
2013-06-16 00:20:31
Cyclists vs. motorists, U.S. newspaper readership trends, and "India's prudish culture," in this week's Cutting Edge.
2013-06-16 00:19:26
America has forgotten its basic ideals in the rush to react to the threat of terrorism.
2013-06-16 00:19:04
San Diego's new mayor is Squirrel Hill native Bob Filner, who took to heart his dad's lessons about social justice.
2013-06-16 00:14:14
Salsa dancing in the Middle East? Yes. Shelly Culbertson, a Pitt graduate, goes to Dohar and finds a surprise.
2013-06-16 00:10:05
Moderate Muslims from eight countries go to Auschwitz to bear witness to the suffering of the Jewish people.
2013-06-16 00:06:18
The revelations about NSA snooping are old news and the public hasn't been concerned, Walter Pincus reports.
2013-06-16 00:03:43
Ethical lapses and the scarcity of research funding are among threats that the scientific community must address.
2013-06-15 00:10:41
The real issue on surveillance is safeguards -- and Obama doesn't inspire trust.
2013-06-15 00:06:24
Tension / is the enemy / The fingers / must find the strings
2013-06-15 00:05:30
Our conversation skirts death and maybe death will return the favor.
2013-06-15 00:02:12
The boys and girls of St. Mary's are reuniting to remember a different time.
2013-06-14 00:11:49
New York's mayor plays an action hero in gun control fight
2013-06-14 00:05:57
A veteran and his family illustrate the failures of the system
2013-06-13 00:25:14
Sequestration leads to funding cuts for research that can save lives.
2013-06-13 00:23:21
House bill gives tax incentives to switch trucks to a different fuel.
2013-06-13 00:15:43
As well as helping Pennsylvanians who need health care, expanding Medicaid will boost the economy.
2013-06-12 00:03:42
The IRS scandal has unanswered questions but political suppositions don't help.
2013-06-11 00:13:56
Protectionism for sugar producers resist all attempts at reform.
2013-06-11 00:03:58
The libertarian theory breaks down because reality always intrudes.
2013-06-11 00:01:48
They want some of what men want but with a feminine twist.
2013-06-10 00:13:49
If private financiers could make money off of our parking system while generating significant returns for their investors, why couldn't we?
2013-06-10 00:10:55
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
2013-06-10 00:09:47
On April 13, the EPA and the Obama administration missed the one-year court-mandated deadline to finalize the carbon pollution standard.
2013-06-10 00:01:09
It's time to close the loopholes and modernize the law with the Paycheck Fairness Act.
2013-06-09 00:25:29
She may be even more powerful as Obama's adviser than she would have been as secretary of state.
2013-06-09 00:23:35
The outgoing president of Carnegie Mellon says Western Pennsylvania should embrace the responsible production of shale gas.
2013-06-09 00:22:00
In five years as a Marine officer, I never met a woman above the rank of major.
2013-06-09 00:15:41
The goal is to have these new standards in place before the national Common Core kicks in.
2013-06-09 00:09:33
Students arrive altruistic and empathetic. They often leave jaded and bitter.
2013-06-09 00:08:02
Sexual assault crimes are among the most difficult to prosecute; it's absurd to have anyone other than professionals prosecute them.
2013-06-09 00:06:33
The American people deserve to know whom we consider a terrorist and whom we are targeting.
2013-06-09 00:03:45
Brennan M.R. Spiegel, a UCLA gastroenterologist, advocates a collective approach to identifying mass killers before they strike.
2013-06-08 00:12:24
A miracle, a doctor and a whole lot of baseballs.
2013-06-08 00:11:32
Tehran and Moscow scored a huge victory in this battle.
2013-06-08 00:06:48
Some day, when you least expect it, a kid will do something amazing. Like grab your hand.
2013-06-07 00:15:30
They have no clout, so Congress isn't racing to help them.
2013-06-07 00:14:15
Michelle ducks a summit because her girls just got out of school.
2013-06-07 00:10:48
The repercussions arising from two student performances during the 4th Annual Downhill Derby at CMU are most disconcerting.
2013-06-06 00:20:23
Conservatives, libertarians and liberals can agree on giving judges more discretion.
2013-06-06 00:15:27
They are in a better position to assess local needs than is the state government.
2013-06-06 00:13:57
President Obama needs to play offense with plans to improve our lives.
2013-06-04 00:17:01
They don't help people; they drive them into financial despair.
2013-06-04 00:16:08
Apparently the governor of Virginia was strapped for jumbo shrimp for his daughter's wedding.
2013-06-04 00:07:18
High turnout rates don't mean the Voting Rights Act is passe.
2013-06-03 00:15:50
The price of the regulatory state is huge and growing.
2013-06-03 00:15:36
Children need dads, which is one reason to keep men around.
2013-06-03 00:13:07
Andrew Greeley aggressively defended his people, his church and his principles.
2013-06-02 00:19:30
Make Pittsburgh THE destination for young people who are educated and motivated and want to change the world. Pay off their student loans!
2013-06-02 00:16:39
Awarded a Fulbright grant to study the steel cities of Pittsburgh and his native Jamshedpur, India, Vijay Nair found many similarities.
2013-06-02 00:14:58
Alex Jones used to operate under the radar of mainstream media, which studiously ignored him and his theories. How did he get out and about?
2013-06-02 00:12:20
Try some gourmet motoring on America's UNterstates this summer.
2013-06-02 00:07:34
Facts that speak for themselves.
2013-06-02 00:04:36
Point State Park symbolizes what we can do together, writes Grant Oliphant of The Pittsburgh Foundation.
2013-06-02 00:03:27
Our elected leaders have become bystanders to the work of government.
2013-06-01 00:15:42
No black, no grey, / throw out drabness. / I will not remember you / with downcast eyes ...
2013-06-01 00:12:33
I've always thought of myself as a fair person. "Everyone is equal," my parents told me. The problem is, that's not altogether true.
2013-06-01 00:11:27
What Latin America has taught me about yinzer culture.
2013-06-01 00:10:20
By Tom Tomorrow.
2013-06-01 00:08:06
President Obama would like to close his eyes, click his heels three times and declare the war on terror over.
2013-06-01 00:01:37
The evidence is crystal clear that the overwhelming majority of food stamp recipients really need the help.
2013-05-31 00:14:44
Can the GOP rid itself of her kind of recklessness?
2013-05-31 00:11:31
Immigrants create jobs and stimulate the regional economy.
2013-05-31 00:02:53
Here are 10 reasons they won't go away anytime soon.
2013-05-30 00:16:31
Add a financing option for Pennsylvania's middle-class families.
2013-05-30 00:13:34
Over the last few years, Republicans have been retreating from policy ground they once held and salting the earth after them.
2013-05-30 00:11:27
The law would be crazy to treat dogs as people ... or pistols.
2013-05-30 00:07:05
He's too hands off, letting problems fester until they're Too Big To Fix.
2013-05-29 00:10:25
There's a difference between uncovering misdeeds and endangering national security.
2013-05-29 00:06:29
The law professor now in the White House is trying to unloose the Gordian knot of W.'s martial and moral overreaches after 9/11.
2013-05-28 00:09:35
The simplicity of the human desire for children notwithstanding, there's nothing simple about the surrogacy business.
2013-05-28 00:07:56
The president is a middle-of-the-roader in an ideological age and often disdainful of the tasks that politics demands.
2013-05-28 00:05:23
Researchers identified 50 words associated with moral virtue and found that 74 percent were used less frequently as the century progressed.
2013-05-28 00:04:07
Gov. Corbett's plan is an irresponsible idea that puts big business over working-class individuals.
2013-05-27 00:13:04
The tombstones speak of sacrifice and betrayal, instinctive bravery and dreadful luck
2013-05-26 00:27:09
But how you spend your money may matter more than how much money you've got.
2013-05-26 00:26:12
Each morning at Sinan Road Kindergarten in Shanghai, a child stands in front of the class and tells a story ...
2013-05-26 00:19:43
Glamorous? It's tedious, exhausting, even stinky but Mt. Lebanon yachtsman Brad Fisher says there are plenty of reasons to love it anyway.
2013-05-26 00:14:15
Their numbers will grow if we focus on black men who succeed, not on those who fail.
2013-05-26 00:09:07
We've got big problems, but we can still command the heights.
2013-05-26 00:07:56
Will Darlene Harris run? Obama: into darkness. Getting rid of gayness. And more ...
2013-05-26 00:05:57
Facts that speak for themselves.
2013-05-26 00:03:16
It might not have turned out this way if Pennsylvania law had allowed us to force him into treatment.
2013-05-25 00:14:49
There are marble fish kissing / in the basin of a fountain, their huge lips pressing together ...
2013-05-25 00:12:18
My draft number was 256, and I had a deferment from dental school. I never served. But my dad and uncles, they did.
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