post-gazette.com - Columnists http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/ All columnists, Morning File en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:01 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Random Acts of Kindness: ISO my iPod http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210537-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I left Springfield, Va., on Feb. 6 after showing my iPod Touch to my grandkids. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:29:00 -0500 Local officials recoil at gas law's contents http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210535-155.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml We need to elect better poker players to represent us in Harrisburg. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Be My Valentine: A lonely war bride was sent words that lasted forever http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210230-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml A mournful whistle on the midnight train out of Erie, headed for New York City, made the dark passenger car a lonesome place. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:36:00 -0500 As time goes by, love letters are lost art http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210231-154.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I am writing this on Valentine's Day, and all around me, unseen, cupids fly unleashing their little arrows. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 Walkabout: Western Avenue diners now see the appeal in menu of options http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210076-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml For many years, I would be on Western Avenue in Allegheny West thinking, "This street has so much potential." Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:06:00 -0500 Brentwood's bigotry hard for some to see http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210077-153.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Whatever happened to the honest bigot? What happened to the guy who used to tell you to your face that he didn't like you because of the color of your skin, your religion or your sexual preference? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Contraceptives and a constitutional debacle http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209835-152.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Conservatives and their libertarian kin have long contended that Barack Obama's vision for America is fundamentally different from the founders' ideal. With his policy on free birth control -- and even in his shell game of a reversal -- he has proven them right. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:08:00 -0500 The Morning File / The tactics for winning a Powerball are simple: practice luckiness http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209838-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I know where you were at 11:22 p.m. Saturday. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:29:00 -0500