http://www.post-gazette.com/ 2013-05-22T00:11:48-04:00 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/ej-dionne-jr-is-democracy-in-trouble-citizens-in-america-and-elsewhere-feel-alienated-from-the-political-process-688338/ 2013-05-20T00:09:06-04:00 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00

Across most of the democratic world, there is an impatience bordering on exhaustion with electoral systems and political classes.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/george-f-will-the-loss-of-trust-these-overlapping-scandals-drain-obamas-authority-688313/ 2013-05-20T00:03:28-04:00 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00

Obama's presidency may yet be a net plus for the public good if it shatters Americans' trust in the regulatory state's motives.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/maureen-dowd-taxing-times-for-obama-the-scandals-are-fuel-for-more-partisanship-and-paranoia-688312/ 2013-05-20T00:03:15-04:00 2013-05-20T00:00:00-04:00

The president should try candid; wistful and petulant aren't getting him anywhere.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/one-big-idea-for-pittsburghs-next-mayor-688267/ 2013-05-19T00:25:54-04:00 2013-05-19T00:00:00-04:00

The Post-Gazette asked people from various walks of life to offer the next mayor of Pittsburgh (whoever that might be) one big suggestion...

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/enough-said-benched-10-percent-of-federal-judgeships-are-vacant-688236/ 2013-05-19T00:18:01-04:00 2013-05-19T00:00:00-04:00

Facts that speak for themselves.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/this-modern-world-thomas-friedman-private-eye-688103/ 2013-05-18T00:10:45-04:00 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00

By Tom Tomorrow.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/charles-krauthammer-the-white-house-engages-in-redacted-truth-and-subjunctive-outrage-688091/ 2013-05-18T00:08:11-04:00 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00

On Benghazi and the IRS, the Obama administration should try telling the truth. It's easier to memorize.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/saturday-diary-if-only-we-could-someday-say-never-again-688090/ 2013-05-18T00:08:06-04:00 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00

Some of the Jews were herded into a barn which the Poles set alight. How could this have happened between neighbors?

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/maureen-dowd-benghazi-in-review-truth-is-a-casualty-when-myths-collide-in-the-capital-687370/ 2013-05-13T00:04:57-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00

Welcome to the toxic theatrics of accusation and obfuscation as Hillaryland goes up against Foxworld.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/george-f-will-ghosts-of-christmas-past-on-immigration-dickens-view-of-economics-can-be-our-guide-687354/ 2013-05-13T00:01:22-04:00 2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00

The material ascent of humanity since the 19th century demonstrates that economic facts are not constants, like the law of gravity.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/enough-said-nuclear-waste-piles-up-687252/ 2013-05-12T00:09:00-04:00 2013-05-12T00:00:00-04:00

Facts that speak for themselves.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/saturday-diary-pittsburghs-not-portland-and-thats-just-fine-with-me-687169/ 2013-05-11T00:10:17-04:00 2013-05-11T00:00:00-04:00

Portland is a great place to get organic goat cheese on a waffle or pedal a bike for free beer, but it's missing something we have here.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/charles-krauthammer-president-obama-has-drawn-a-pink-line-over-damascus-687142/ 2013-05-11T00:03:53-04:00 2013-05-11T00:00:00-04:00

Mr. Obama said he needed certainty about the crossing of the red line to keep the "international community" behind him.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/nigeria-under-siege-686365/ 2013-05-05T00:19:04-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00

Africa's most populous country struggles against a broken political system and a growing insurgency.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/enough-said-deathwatch-686347/ 2013-05-05T00:14:08-04:00 2013-05-05T00:00:00-04:00

Facts that speak for themselves.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/charles-krauthammer-so-much-for-president-obamas-second-term-686239/ 2013-05-04T00:14:16-04:00 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00

Six months after his re-election Barack Obama is looking paralyzed and defeated as president.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/this-modern-world-prisoners-at-gitmo-are-staging-a-hunger-strike-686235/ 2013-05-04T00:13:05-04:00 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00

By Tom Tomorrow.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/saturday-diary-cinderella-shows-up-at-the-ballet-686212/ 2013-05-04T00:07:21-04:00 2013-05-04T00:00:00-04:00

It was Light Up Night and bitterly cold -- a bad night to be wearing a sleeveless dress and ill-fitting high heels, even with a coat ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/the-next-page-cornelia-brierly-the-pittsburgher-in-frank-lloyd-wrights-inner-circle-685376/ 2013-04-28T00:23:15-04:00 Marylynne Pitz mpitz@post-gazette.com 2013-04-28T00:00:00-04:00

Marylynne Pitz details the life of a pioneering architect, a West Mifflin native, who was one of Wright's few women apprentices.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/enough-said-pennsylvania-eminent-emitter-685325/ 2013-04-28T00:09:51-04:00 2013-04-28T00:00:00-04:00

Facts that speak for themselves.