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There's no place like home: Pennsylvania needs to better fund home and community care for seniors

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.


Kathleen Parker / Fertility is hot among today's politicians

Kathleen Parker / Fertility is hot among today's politicians

2013-06-19 00:05:34

Sarah Palin returns to the stage as women man up by flaunting their wombs.


Immigration endangers the GOP

2013-06-18 00:15:36

Republicans will lag with Latinos for a generation or two even if they help pass immigration reform.


What's next in Iran?

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.


A car with a mind of its own

2013-06-18 00:10:58

Lawyers already have started lining up to figure out whom to sue when robot cars have accidents.


Choice and competition: UPMC can't enter into a damaging contract with Highmark

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.


End the PLCB's middleman role

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.


Maureen Dowd / Bill schools Barry on Syria: The former president shoves the current president into action

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.


Cutting Edge / New Ideas, Sharp Opinions

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.


America post-9/11 has lost its way

2013-06-16 00:19:26

America has forgotten its basic ideals in the rush to react to the threat of terrorism.


The Next Page: Bob Filner, the Pittsburgh native who's changing San Diego

The Next Page: Bob Filner, the Pittsburgh native who's changing San Diego

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.


Putting the spring in the Arab Spring

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.


When the imams went to Auschwitz

2013-06-16 00:10:05

Moderate Muslims from eight countries go to Auschwitz to bear witness to the suffering of the Jewish people.


A surveillance history lesson: Americans are OK with it

A surveillance history lesson: Americans are OK with it

2013-06-16 00:06:18

The revelations about NSA snooping are old news and the public hasn't been concerned, Walter Pincus reports.


Science, heal thyself: The threats from within and without

Science, heal thyself: The threats from within and without

2013-06-16 00:03:43

Ethical lapses and the scarcity of research funding are among threats that the scientific community must address.


Enough Said / A profile of domestic terrorism

2013-06-15 19:10:05

Facts that speak for themselves.


Charles Krauthammer / Surveillance issue shows Obama at cross purposes

2013-06-15 00:10:41

The real issue on surveillance is safeguards -- and Obama doesn't inspire trust.


Saturday Poem: Guitar Lesson

2013-06-15 00:06:24

Tension / is the enemy / The fingers / must find the strings


First Person / Talking with Dad: We'll discuss just about everything but leave death alone

2013-06-15 00:05:30

Our conversation skirts death and maybe death will return the favor.


Saturday Diary / So who has a grade school reunion after 50 years?

2013-06-15 00:02:12

The boys and girls of St. Mary's are reuniting to remember a different time.


Gail Collins / Bloomberg's money talks

2013-06-14 00:11:49

New York's mayor plays an action hero in gun control fight


Sen. Jay Rockefeller / Healing the wounds of war

2013-06-14 00:05:57

A veteran and his family illustrate the failures of the system


Olivera J. Finn and Robert E. Schoen/Invest in America's health

2013-06-13 00:25:14

Sequestration leads to funding cuts for research that can save lives.


T. Boone Pickens/Let's roll with natural gas

2013-06-13 00:23:21

House bill gives tax incentives to switch trucks to a different fuel.


A. J. Harper/Medicaid expansion helps all

2013-06-13 00:15:43

As well as helping Pennsylvanians who need health care, expanding Medicaid will boost the economy.


As others see it

2013-06-12 00:03:42

The IRS scandal has unanswered questions but political suppositions don't help.


George F. Will / Too sweet to kill

2013-06-11 00:13:56

Protectionism for sugar producers resist all attempts at reform.


E.J. Dionne Jr. / Libertarianism's Achilles' heel

2013-06-11 00:03:58

The libertarian theory breaks down because reality always intrudes.


Kathleen Parker / What do women want?

2013-06-11 00:01:48

They want some of what men want but with a feminine twist.


The parking lease lemon: Pittsburgh was wise to avoid the problems plaguing Chicago

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?


Maureen Dowd / Peeping Barry: Obama tries to defend an Orwellian assault on privacy

2013-06-10 00:10:55

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.


Curbing carbon: It's time to finalize this EPA pollution standard

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.


Still unfair after 50 years: The Equal Pay Act isn't doing its job

2013-06-10 00:01:09

It's time to close the loopholes and modernize the law with the Paycheck Fairness Act.


Saturday Poem: Grads

2013-06-09 10:52:16

You leave in the car to drive back to the inn ...


Jeffrey Goldberg / Susan Rice rises again

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.


Jared L. Cohon / The way forward on shale

2013-06-09 00:23:35

The outgoing president of Carnegie Mellon says Western Pennsylvania should embrace the responsible production of shale gas.


Womanize the military: Sex abuse will abate only when more women are recruited and promoted

2013-06-09 00:22:00

In five years as a Marine officer, I never met a woman above the rank of major.


Better standards

2013-06-09 00:15:41

The goal is to have these new standards in place before the national Common Core kicks in.


The darkest year of medical school

The darkest year of medical school

2013-06-09 00:09:33

Students arrive altruistic and empathetic. They often leave jaded and bitter.


Cutting Edge: New ideas / Sharp opinions

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.


They stole my identity

They stole my identity

2013-06-09 00:07:46

And now I'm feeling a lot less socially secure.


Doyle McManus / Where's the enemies list?

2013-06-09 00:06:33

The American people deserve to know whom we consider a terrorist and whom we are targeting.


Enough Said / Immigrant nation

2013-06-09 00:06:19

Facts that speak for themselves.


The Next Page: 'Crowd-sleuthing' the next John Shick

2013-06-09 00:03:45

Brennan M.R. Spiegel, a UCLA gastroenterologist, advocates a collective approach to identifying mass killers before they strike.


First Person / No longer dead: They told me I was dying; then I met Dr. Bartlett

2013-06-08 00:12:24

A miracle, a doctor and a whole lot of baseballs.


Charles Krauthammer/Message from the ruins of Qusair

2013-06-08 00:11:32

Tehran and Moscow scored a huge victory in this battle.


Saturday Diary / A hand up for a dad on a second lap around the track

2013-06-08 00:06:48

Some day, when you least expect it, a kid will do something amazing. Like grab your hand.


Gail Collins / Power to the preschoolers

2013-06-07 00:15:30

They have no clout, so Congress isn't racing to help them.


One first lady stays home

2013-06-07 00:14:15

Michelle ducks a summit because her girls just got out of school.


Protect campus freedoms: CMU should retract charges and support free expression

2013-06-07 00:10:48

The repercussions arising from two student performances during the 4th Annual Downhill Derby at CMU are most disconcerting.


George F. Will / Mandatory minimum sentences are filling our jails, fracturing our communities

2013-06-06 00:20:23

Conservatives, libertarians and liberals can agree on giving judges more discretion.


Give Pennsylvania counties flexibility in how they deliver human services

2013-06-06 00:15:27

They are in a better position to assess local needs than is the state government.


E.J. Dionne Jr. / Time to reset the second-term agenda

2013-06-06 00:13:57

President Obama needs to play offense with plans to improve our lives.


Amelia Earhart found! Again!

Amelia Earhart found! Again!

2013-06-05 00:07:23

I wouldn't have it any other way.


Storm-tossed Turkey

2013-06-05 00:04:24

Erdogan overreached; now he's gassing the kids.


Keep payday loans out of Pennsylvania

2013-06-04 00:17:01

They don't help people; they drive them into financial despair.


Gail Collins / The politics of shrimp: Freebies are forbidden, but campaign cash? No problem!

Gail Collins / The politics of shrimp: Freebies are forbidden, but campaign cash? No problem!

2013-06-04 00:16:08

Apparently the governor of Virginia was strapped for jumbo shrimp for his daughter's wedding.


Voting rights are still in danger

2013-06-04 00:07:18

High turnout rates don't mean the Voting Rights Act is passe.


George F. Will / A runaway train of regulation

2013-06-03 00:15:50

The price of the regulatory state is huge and growing.


Kathleen Parker / The new F-word: Father

2013-06-03 00:15:36

Children need dads, which is one reason to keep men around.


E.J. Dionne Jr. / Father Greeley, loving pugilist

2013-06-03 00:13:07

Andrew Greeley aggressively defended his people, his church and his principles.


Cutting Edge: New ideas / Sharp opinions

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!


The Next Page / Pittsburgh and Jamshedpur: Steel cities, a world apart

The Next Page / Pittsburgh and Jamshedpur: Steel cities, a world apart

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.


Big Brother's weather weapon: How crazy conspiracy theories infiltrate mainstream media

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?


Get off the interstates

2013-06-02 00:12:20

Try some gourmet motoring on America's UNterstates this summer.


Enough Said / Delayed death: It's taking longer to execute people

2013-06-02 00:07:34

Facts that speak for themselves.


Pittsburgh's Point: A symbol of community

Pittsburgh's Point: A symbol of community

2013-06-02 00:04:36

Point State Park symbolizes what we can do together, writes Grant Oliphant of The Pittsburgh Foundation.


The rise of the administrative state

The rise of the administrative state

2013-06-02 00:03:27

Our elected leaders have become bystanders to the work of government.


Saturday Poem / AMBER

2013-06-01 00:15:42

No black, no grey, / throw out drabness. / I will not remember you / with downcast eyes ...


Saturday Diary / College 101: a course in race, class, life

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.


First Person / Exporting Pittsburgh

2013-06-01 00:11:27

What Latin America has taught me about yinzer culture.


Charles Krauthammer / The Dorothy Doctrine fails to acknowledge it takes two to end a war

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.


Paul Krugman / From the mouths of babes: Food stamps are under attack and it's time to get angry

2013-06-01 00:01:37

The evidence is crystal clear that the overwhelming majority of food stamp recipients really need the help.


E.J. Dionne Jr. / Michele Bachmann's legacy: Bachmannism

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Michele Bachmann's legacy: Bachmannism

2013-05-31 00:14:44

Can the GOP rid itself of her kind of recklessness?


Pittsburgh needs immigration reform

2013-05-31 00:11:31

Immigrants create jobs and stimulate the regional economy.


Obama scandals show signs of lasting a long, long time

2013-05-31 00:02:53

Here are 10 reasons they won't go away anytime soon.


Ease the college squeeze

2013-05-30 00:16:31

Add a financing option for Pennsylvania's middle-class families.


The GOP keeps moving the goalposts

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.


George F. Will / A righteous ruling on woofers of the canine persuasion

2013-05-30 00:11:27

The law would be crazy to treat dogs as people ... or pistols.


Margaret Carlson / Obama should start sweating the small stuff

2013-05-30 00:07:05

He's too hands off, letting problems fester until they're Too Big To Fix.


The media circle the wagons again

2013-05-29 00:10:25

There's a difference between uncovering misdeeds and endangering national security.


Maureen Dowd / Obama is still trying to get out from under W.'s 'Global War on Terror'

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.


Kathleen Parker / Surrogacy exposed: It's a reproductive industry with a dark underbelly

2013-05-28 00:09:35

The simplicity of the human desire for children notwithstanding, there's nothing simple about the surrogacy business.


E.J. Dionne Jr. / The Obama riddle

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.


David Brooks / What our words tell us

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.


Don't privatize state wine and liquor stores

2013-05-28 00:04:07

Gov. Corbett's plan is an irresponsible idea that puts big business over working-class individuals.


Arlington: where war comes home

2013-05-27 00:13:04

The tombstones speak of sacrifice and betrayal, instinctive bravery and dreadful luck


Petula Dvorak / Hire veterans

2013-05-27 00:02:15

They've got skills that workplaces need


You CAN buy happiness

2013-05-26 00:27:09

But how you spend your money may matter more than how much money you've got.


Examining preschools in other cultures can help us define what would be best in our own

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 ...


The Next Page: Sailing is no breeze

The Next Page: Sailing is no breeze

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.


Cultivating the black male intellectual

2013-05-26 00:14:15

Their numbers will grow if we focus on black men who succeed, not on those who fail.


Build a second American century

Build a second American century

2013-05-26 00:09:07

We've got big problems, but we can still command the heights.


Cutting Edge: New ideas / Sharp opinions

Cutting Edge: New ideas / Sharp opinions

2013-05-26 00:07:56

Will Darlene Harris run? Obama: into darkness. Getting rid of gayness. And more ...


My son found help ... after he killed my mom

My son found help ... after he killed my mom

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.


Saturday Poem / In the Cafe Courtyard

2013-05-25 00:14:49

There are marble fish kissing / in the basin of a fountain, their huge lips pressing together ...


First Person / Sometimes you see their eyes: Dad talked a lot about his buddies, not so much about combat

First Person / Sometimes you see their eyes: Dad talked a lot about his buddies, not so much about combat

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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