January 5, 2009
Ron Cook
Ravens rematch ahead
At the risk of violating Mike Tomlin's most sacred rule -- sorry, coach -- let's look ahead and ponder a couple of delicious questions: How would you like another Steelers-Baltimore Ravens matchup at Heinz Field in the AFC championship game Jan. 18? ... Sports commentary by Ron Cook
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January 4, 2009
Brian O'Neill
The 1875 novel ripped from today's headlines
If Alan Greenspan had studied Anthony Trollope instead of the tenor saxophone, we might not be in the financial mess we're in today.
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January 4, 2009
Jack Kelly
Outfoxed by Hot Rod
Illinois Democrats should be embarrassed
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January 4, 2009
David Shribman
The men who'll go to lunch
Presidents past and present will give the next one some unique advice
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January 2, 2009
Tony Norman
2009's resolutions won't be half-baked
Every year I swear that this is the year that I'll resist the temptation to make a bunch of useless New Year's resolutions.
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January 2, 2009
Gene Collier
Lions self-destruct in the War of the Roses
PASADENA, Calif. At least they went to Disneyland. Otherwise, Penn State's staggeringly overmatched Nittany Lions were going to fly home from the 95th Rose Bowl, a place where college football's best traditions are honored and many of its enduring legends made, with no more meaningful a memory than having the coin toss handled by Frau Blucher from Young Frankenstein, the one and only Cloris Leachman. ... Sports commentary by Gene Collier
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January 1, 2009
Samantha Bennett
Black and white and this chapter's over
Now THIS is a new year. Really new, at least for me. I begin 2009 by saying goodbye to my job at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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December 31, 2008
Dan Simpson
Shape up, America
2009 offers us a fresh start in tackling some of our most critical problems
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December 29, 2008
Ruth Ann Dailey
Hope? Change? Try lowered expectations
As the New Year looms, most of us are taking stock of the past 12 months in an effort to make those ahead a bit better.
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December 24, 2008
Reg Henry
Why a dog never says, 'Bah, humbug'
Whatever else you can say about the holiday season, it is surely a puzzlement to family pets. All the commotion and comings and goings cannot help but disturb their routines.
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December 21, 2008
Sally Kalson
To life, l'chaim!
The canoe girls gather to review 2008 and agree that we can do better
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December 14, 2008
Bob Smizik
Unexpected but fun ride comes to an end
It doesn't seem quite like yesterday, but it sure doesn't seem like more than 39 years ago when the phone rang in my tiny office at Point Park College, where I was supplementing my teaching salary as the school's part-time sports information director. ... Sports commentary by Bob Smizik
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