October 15, 2008
Reg Henry
My friends, fill out the morality report
I am sorry to burden you, but this is fair notice that I will be sending out morality/patriotism questionnaires to all my friends. I do not want to be blindsided in the future and accused of guilt by association, which is the trendy thing this presidential campaign season.
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October 15, 2008
Bob Smizik
Colbert's draft record holds up well
With the Steelers off to a somewhat unexpected and most impressive 4-1 start, leading the AFC North by two games and looking at a near-certain fifth win Sunday at beyond-hapless Cincinnati, what is there to complain about? ... Sports commentary by Bob Smizik
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October 15, 2008
Dan Simpson
The peacemaker
There is no better choice for a Nobel Peace Prize than Finland's Martti Ahtisaari
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October 14, 2008
Tony Norman
Midwives of a smear campaign
It will be interesting to see which version of John McCain shows up to debate Barack Obama tomorrow night at Hofstra University on Long Island.
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October 14, 2008
Brian O'Neill
Around Town: Once upon a time in Forbes Field, a ball cleared a wall
It happened yesterday afternoon, as it does every Oct. 13 at almost exactly the same time. Bill Mazeroski led off the ninth inning with a home run and a raucous crowd of Pirates die-hards erupted rapturously.
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October 14, 2008
Ron Cook
Rodriguez's bandwagon will roll sooner, not later
Well, that didn't take long ... ANN ARBOR -- Think West Virginia would return the buyout and take back Rich Rodriguez? ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook
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October 13, 2008
Ruth Ann Dailey
Viewpoint: The next step in post-racial politics
Whether Barack Obama wins or loses the White House, his candidacy will have failed to perform the miracle of transcendence it was supposedly going to deliver: Through the raising up of this gifted, golden and miraculously anger-free man, we wounded, guilt-ridden Americans would finally be able to put our tragic racial past behind us. We could be healed.
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October 13, 2008
Gene Collier
Tragic story of PSU player from '40s mostly unknown
No one can explain with full authority why "The Express," the new biopic of doomed Syracuse football legend Ernie Davis, underperformed so badly at American box offices on the weekend. ... Sports commentary by Gene Collier
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October 12, 2008
Jack Kelly
Obama's fishy associations
Who is Barack Obama? Is he the thoughtful, moderate guy he's appeared to be in the first two presidential debates? Or is he a closet radical?
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October 12, 2008
David Shribman
The importance of being president
It is one of the great American stories, involving three great Americans and perhaps the most valuable piece of real estate in the United States.
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October 12, 2008
Sally Kalson
Debating the debates
Watching the three televised debates for president and vice president followed by the reactions of network analysts and spin doctors, I couldn't help thinking of a line from the late, great Allen Sherman.
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October 9, 2008
Samantha Bennett
Getting rid of them is an exercise in fruitility
What a grand time of year. Piles of tomatoes and zukes coming to you from your neighborhood gardens; pumpkins, apples and eggplants coming to you from local farms; and me, coming to you from
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