post-gazette.com - Opinion http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/ All Opinion en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:25 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Diplomatic dividend: Obama's Asian trip may produce benefits later http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014861-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml To read the headlines there is no reason to believe President Barack Obama achieved a lot during his trip to East Asia, with stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 School summit: Homeless children deserve an education, too http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014862-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml You might call them the invisible 600. That's the estimated number of children in Allegheny County without permanent housing, about half of whom are school-aged. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Store vacancy: The Hill shops again for a grocery operator http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014863-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Not every cancellation of a proposed store is big news. But the announcement by Kuhn's Market that it was dropping plans to build a full-service grocery in the Hill District was. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014864-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Nevermore ... I was one of U.S. Rep. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Court strategy: Onorato's delay tactic will only hurt taxpayers http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014625-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Most taxpayers want the same things. They want their dollars to be spent wisely. They want to be treated fairly. They want tax bills to have predictability. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Moon river? Water on the lunar surface is a font of hope http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014626-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Last month, NASA set its sights on the moon. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Tragic numbers: Together they pose questions for U.S. priorities http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014627-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Three new numbers have hit the news -- three unrelated numbers that add up to a sick feeling that America may not have its priorities straight. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014628-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml I have an idea. Since the state needs to save money, why don't we start laying off our representatives in the Legislature ("State to Lay Off 319 Workers," Nov. 17)? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014253-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Is screening 1,900 women in their 40s worth saving one life? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0500 Pacific outlook: Obama charts his approach to the Asian neighbors http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014250-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml President Barack Obama, on his first visit to Asia as president, made an important speech in Tokyo on Saturday that can serve as a template for U.S. policy toward that region during his term. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 Sour pills: Members of Congress are parrots for drug interests http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014251-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Health-care reform was always going to be difficult to achieve, but it may yet turn out to be the best that money can buy -- except that it may be special-interest money buying what it wants ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 State of misery: Jobs, oversight and heritage become budget victims http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014252-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The passage of the state budget, which involved hard choices forced by a sour economy, has come home with a vengeance. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 Juvenile act: Age should be a factor in setting life sentences http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013981-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Do juveniles sentenced to life without possibility of parole have a constitutional right to hope? That's the question before the U.S. Supreme Court in two Florida cases. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Justice on trial: It's time the Gitmo captives went to court http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013982-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Attorney General Eric Holder took the "not in my backyard" aspect of the Guantanamo prisoners issue squarely by the horns Friday and announced that five of them would be put on trial in federal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 On the Mon: A trail of quality graces the old wharf http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013983-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml If Pittsburgh knows anything, it's how to build trails. We have trails through parks, trails on railroad beds, trails through woods and trails along hillsides. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013984-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml I strongly disagree with your endorsement of the tuition privilege tax ("College Try: It's Not Ideal, But the Tuition Tax Is Fair Game," Nov. 11). Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500