post-gazette.com - Opinion http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/ All Opinion en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:00:09 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Another sack: Big Ben courts trouble and finds it once again http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041187-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml When Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger does something stupid in the off-season, which the latest news suggests is becoming a habit, that knife plunges straight into the heart of Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Two-faced policy: The U.S. hurts its case for sanctions on Iran http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041188-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The New York Times reported over the weekend that, while the U.S. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Oscars of surprise: Sunday's awards show had its own twists http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041189-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml On Oscar night, the unworldly violence of "The Hurt Locker" trumped the other-worldly civilization of "Avatar." Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041190-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Sins of omission are oftentimes more dangerous than sins of action. The PG editorial board and a good deal of the mainstream media have a penchant for committing these sins. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Firing line: The high court is set to expand the 2nd Amendment http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1040998-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml In 2008 when the U.S. Supreme Court found for the first time that the Second Amendment outlined an individual, as opposed to a collective, right to keep and bear arms, we said what was fairly obvious to all -- that in settling one battle, the court had invited a thousand. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Charges dropped: But police conduct is also at issue in the Miles case http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1040999-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Each disclosure in the case of high school student Jordan Miles raises new alarms. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041000-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml In watching both the Summer Olympics in Beijing and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, I was amazed to see so many Highmark ads! Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The end: Roll the credits for the Squirrel Hill Theater http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041002-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The posters of coming attractions are already gone from the Squirrel Hill Theater. After 74 years, the six-screen movie house on Forward Avenue has closed its doors. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Issue One: Health reform http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040595-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Jim Lenkner's Feb. 27 letter ("Conservatives Have Shown Disloyal Opposition") fails to acknowledge how this president's dismantling of our democracy and economy are accomplished with this health care bill. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Asides http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040678-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml EAST LIBERTY has had good times and bad times, and one of its bigger challenges has been to overcome the harm done 40 years ago -- urban renewal that turned into urban destruction ... Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Obama pushes on: Congress must follow his plea to act on health care http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040679-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml As Congress inched toward passing health care legislation, President Barack Obama seemed too aloof from the process. Not anymore. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Safe skies: In retirement, Sully could take flight again http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040680-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml America's newest hero has called it a career. Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed a stricken US Airways plane on the Hudson River, flew his last flight Wednesday. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040681-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Regarding the Feb. 28 letter from Peter Metzler ("Student Loan Bill Increases Government Meddling): Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Sign of trouble: Gen. Hayden's honor should have had more input http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040684-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml A little sign on the North Side caused a lot of fuss this week. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Election stakes: Much is riding on the balloting in Iraq http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040685-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Iraq will hold parliamentary elections Sunday which are critical to the country and to the United States. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10065/1040687-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml I felt compelled to respond to the Feb. 27 Saturday Diary by Tom Barnes ("Another Crazy Old-Timer Who Remembers the Pirates Winning"). I am a Pittsburgh female sports fan. Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500