http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/edt/ Post-Gazette editorials en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:45:28 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09329/1016163-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml City Council's decision to allocate $600,000 immediately to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is good news for the short term, but it would be a mistake to consider it "mission accomplished." Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09329/1016164-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml Now that state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is the ranking Republican on the House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, we can only hope that any increased visibility he gets from the post will spur candidates to take him on in next year's election. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09329/1016168-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml When millions of tons of trash accumulate across thousands of square miles of ocean, choking the life out of both the water and marine animals, it becomes a problem the international community will eventually have to address. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09328/1015791-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml It's never too early for potential candidates to visit an important caucus state, especially if you're a member of the political party on the outs. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09328/1015792-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml Calling all benefactors: Old Economy Village needs you. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09328/1015793-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml Yesterday the U.N. weather agency reported that greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs last year, a rising trend that has continued unabated since detailed records started being kept. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015594-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml A $40 million teacher-effectiveness grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is more than a feather in the cap of the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015595-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml When Oprah Winfrey told her audience last week that she would end her daily show in 2011, after 25 years as the undisputed queen of daytime talk, she wasn't the only one to get teary-eyed. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09327/1015596-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml Two things that are not needed in city government are politics and bureaucracy. Yet more of both are likely to follow if zoning changes proposed in City Council last week are approved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015222-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml DAWN CREEPS over the mountains one sunbeam at a time. And sanity comes to the selling of beer more conveniently in the Pittsburgh area one Giant Eagle at a time. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015223-192.stm?cmpid=editorials.xml Heavy-set Americans are starting to throw their weight around in the health-care reform debate. If that sounds ridiculous, it's because it is. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500