http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/ All Opinion en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:28:33 -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/09311/1011528-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century, would have felt right at home this week in Bedford County. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011529-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The killing of at least 13 people in the heart of America's military network in Fort Hood, Texas, is very hard to bear. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011531-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml It infuriates me that Superintendent Mark Roosevelt and his executioners might place another 15 Pittsburgh Public Schools on the chopping block (Nov. 3 story). Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011175-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml At first glance, a federal appeals court ruling last week that sent back to a lower court a city ordinance limiting the rights of anti-abortion protesters might seem like a defeat for medical Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011176-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml President Barack Obama's position on defense spending is hard to understand -- or perhaps, misleading -- at the moment. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011177-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml That crashing sound you just heard was UPMC's argument to close its latest hospital falling to pieces on Braddock Avenue. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011178-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml I welcome all the support and information from activist volunteers and others who have contributed extensively to the Carnegie Libraries. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010964-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml While climate change unfolds on nature's own inscrutable schedule, political events on this pressing issue are now moving with more urgency. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010965-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml For the first time in his three years as mayor, Luke Ravenstahl has time to savor an election victory, albeit something of an underwhelming one. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010966-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The results of Tuesday's elections invite several observations. The New Jersey and Virginia governorships passed from Democratic to Republican hands. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010967-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Ah ... it is again that time. No, not the feel of the crisp fall weather or the beautiful colors of fall. It is time again for another round of back-door tax increases under the guise of "fair assessments." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010543-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Students at the University of Pittsburgh are selecting their courses for next semester, but administrators still don't have state dollars allocated for the current term. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010544-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The presidential crisis in Honduras has come to an end in a way that appears to restore sound democratic practice. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010545-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Last Friday, Sheila Singer and her 2-year-old son were struck and killed while taking a shortcut across railroad tracks in Derry. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010546-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml What was the surest sign that a Pittsburgh mayoral election was just around the corner? Political signs embarrassingly plastered all over abandoned houses? Frenetic "Redd-Up" crew activity? Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500