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May 5, 2026
When I talk to people about my job at the Post-Gazette — previously as editorial page editor, now as columnist and editor for opinion & community...
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Apr 27, 2026
It’s Draft Eve as I write this, and Downtown feels like a Pacific beach before a tsunami rolls in: It’s weirdly vacant as it waits for a deluge...
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Apr 20, 2026
In middle school, nothing made me happier than going to gym class and seeing the floor hockey nets out. I knew it was going to be a rare day where I’d...
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Apr 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ridges looked like gentle waves cresting in the mist, all the way to the fiery horizon. I knew no photograph could capture...
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Mar 24, 2026
In every nook and cranny in the City-County Building, the O’Connor administration has seemingly found hidden costs and overstated revenues left behind...
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Mar 16, 2026
“Agnes thought Lincoln was current president,” my wife texted about our 7-year-old daughter. “Legitimately shocked to learn about Trump.” My...
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Feb 24, 2026
Last spring, the Editorial Board published a series of editorials about delays in the execution of parks and recreation improvements by the City of Pittsburgh....
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Feb 17, 2026
About two and a half years ago, I wrote a column making 10 observations about the Golden Triangle. With a new mayor in office and the NFL Draft in two...
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Jan 12, 2026
In my parents’ basement there’s a yellowed page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with a feature photo of me on my father’s shoulders at...
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Jan 6, 2026
For everyone but melancholics, it takes a real effort to love southwestern Pennsylvania this time of year. The grayness accentuates the region’s...
May 5, 2026When I talk to people about my job at the Post-Gazette — previously as editorial page editor, now as columnist and editor for opinion & community...
Apr 27, 2026It’s Draft Eve as I write this, and Downtown feels like a Pacific beach before a tsunami rolls in: It’s weirdly vacant as it waits for a deluge...
Mar 16, 2026“Agnes thought Lincoln was current president,” my wife texted about our 7-year-old daughter. “Legitimately shocked to learn about Trump.” My...