http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists Tony Norman's column en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:13:20 -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/09310/1011296-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml Yesterday afternoon on the North Shore, a nearly 11-foot sculpture of Fred Rogers was unveiled. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:50:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010299-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml No one laughed at Barbra Streisand when she did it. Neil Diamond did two of them, and folks fell over themselves praising it. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09303/1009431-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml Last month a reader wanted to know why I didn't write a column about Derrion Albert, the 16-year-old honor student whose murder outside his Chicago school was captured on cell phone video. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:36:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008552-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml A decade ago while visiting Paris, I noticed that most of the black men I saw bopping around the City of Lights shaved their heads. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:38:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007770-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml Nader has been the victim of more playa' hatin' than just about any figure in contemporary American politics. Merely whispering his name is enough to elicit hisses of derision across the political spectrum. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09293/1006795-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml March 10, 1982, came and went without incident even though Earth and all the other planets in our Solar System had "aligned" on the same side of the sun for the first time since 1128 A.D. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09289/1005900-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml Dear Rush: For the record, I don't believe you're a racist. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09286/1005051-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml Jesus wasn't a liberal. He wasn't into redistributing wealth, either, regardless of what you've heard. Jesus was a monarchist who, most likely, favored the gold standard for every nation. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:15:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09282/1004159-153.stm?cmpid=norman.xml In the end, it may turn out that the most "progressive" thing about President Barack Obama is his taste in art. Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:04:00 -0400