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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88

Lori Falce Columns

The endangerment of the rule of law

Let them have dolls
No excuse for Kennedy's lack of understanding autism
Prisons, private prisons and foreign prisons
Is a trade deficit a ripoff?
President Trump doesn't understand groceries
Calling everything 'fraud' doesn't make it so
Congress should take 2 aspirin and defend its trademark authority in the morning
Marc Fogel, Saquon Barkley, Donald Trump and rooting for all the right reasons
Are you a DEI hire?
When is it too soon for criticism?
A message from the pulpit transcends politics
Rubio did what few have done for Marc Fogel
Meta is wrong about abandoning fact-checking
The time I met Jimmy Carter
It's time to talk about aging and politics
Is Trump captain of his ship or is Musk?
Pardon me, do you have any clemency?
The bitter pill of an insurance CEO's murder
Black Friday in the time of tariffs
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Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

Pittsburgh picks a mayor

Pittsburgh needs its bridges
Let's make it easier, not harder, to raise our children
The people’s pope's Pittsburgh connection
Americans deserve better
How do we define American greatness?
Ignoring concerns of the middle not working for Gainey
The power of faith, family and pierogi
Progressivism killing the party, the city
Pennies, straws distract from Trump's big news
Strategies for Democrats to stay in the fight
Gainey's inclusionary zoning plan may hinder development
We should respect the police, not make their job harder
We can all do better being good neighbors
The value of the truth
President and Mrs. Carter made America better
Hope is alive for 2025
Friendship, the greatest gift
Basics count in local government
Working together 'the Pittsburgh way' can save our city
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Paul Kengor Columns

Ruining America’s national pastime

The pope of surprises
Trump’s trade policies creating chaos and political realignment
The ACLU’s religious ignorance
Slow down and move over for tow-truck drivers
Hey, Travis and Taylor — get married
A new Donald Trump?
A big inauguration with a big deadline
My Top 5 Most Astonishing Political Moments of 2024
The NFL disses Christmas
Revenge of the covid rogues
A tragic 9/11 love story
Nominating likable presidential candidates
Trump’s tax cuts for fat-cat billionaires?
Where's the decency in Harris' claims about Trump?
Our nonsensical voices of 'democracy'
Yes, Ronald and Nancy Reagan adored one another
Kennedy family values
Picking Shapiro could have been key for Harris
Remembering when we were family
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Colin McNickle Columns

Calculating those NFL Draft economic benefits

Five things Pittsburgh’s next mayor must do
A better way to bolster the property tax rolls
The problem with subsidizing airlines
PPS’ continuing chronic absenteeism crisis
How to pare Allegheny County’s next budget
Questioning Downtown Pittsburgh’s redevelopment plan
Right-sizing Pittsburgh Public Schools
Allegheny County can, and must, pare its budget
Challenges abound converting offices to residential
An unflattering portrait of Pittsburgh
PIT’s rising passenger count still trails national gains
Throwing good money after bad at PRT
Return money to Pa. taxpayers; don’t spend more
Higher office vacancy rates not confined to City of Pittsburgh
Voters should decide new ‘local option’ taxes
The vicious cycle of Greater Pittsburgh’s population loss
Settle the assessments lawsuit, Allegheny County
Cassotis’ ‘facts’ and PIT’s realities
Behind Pa.’s 2023 gambling numbers
More Colin McNickle Columns >

Jonah Goldberg Columns

The inescapable answer to America's problems? Fix Congress

Goldberg: Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question.
What will Trump's tariffs 'liberate' us from?
Congress wants to impeach judges instead of doing its job
Trump administration has a free-speech problem
Trump's pace can't go on forever
Many will lie about the consequences of Trump's tariffs. The markets won't.
Party unity no easy feat with leader like Trump
Donald Trump is president again. Did you feel the vibe shift?
The U.S. should acquire Greenland (peacefully). But Trump saying so makes it harder.
The 'deep state' and 'the swamp' are both favorite Trump targets. Here's the difference.
This is the trouble with Elon Musk's debut as a federal budget negotiator
The US economy is doing very well. But don't give too much credit to Biden — or Trump.
Why the American media and their critics won’t stop telling the same lie
What if most Americans aren't bitterly divided?
Victorious Republicans are once again falling for the mandate trap
Amid a combative election, party realignment continued apace
Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Here’s how I’m going to vote in this election and why.
Here's why the race between Trump and Harris looks so impossibly close
Here’s what Ta-Nehisi Coates got right about Israel and Palestinians
More Jonah Goldberg Columns >

Editor's Picks

Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Mellowscape

Front Porch Theatricals' musical 'Baby' is a labor of love
Washington townhouse on the market for $1,225,000
Folk legend Bruce Cockburn gives uplifting performance at City Winery
‘Champagne & Chapeaux’: Westmoreland Symphony's annual soiree for a good cause
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S.E. Cupp Columns

Dems still hiding from Biden cover-up

What did Democrats do in their first 100 days?
Hegseth ‘reform’ has the Pentagon in shambles
Trillions of reasons why Trump caved on tariffs
No on-the-job training for national security
Donald Trump’s 3rd term 'jokes’ are serious
Trump’s Fifth Avenue scenario has finally arrived
Welcome to the Musk era of unchecked conflicts
Republicans’ disregard for laws might be fatal
Trump’s Insane Clown Posse cabinet
Autism families — keep RFK Jr. away from our kids
Where is the Democratic Party’s Ronald Reagan?
Sham Hegseth hearing shows standards are gone
Trump’s obsession with changing maps is old hat
The press must resist Trump’s bullying lawsuits
With Assad out, what we must do help save Syria
Selfish Biden has given us four years of Trump
Trump’s bad cabinet picks won’t help his voters
Dems blame everything but themselves for losing
Trump election victory shows how Harris and Dems failed to reach voters on pocketbook issues
More S.E. Cupp Columns >

Gary Franks Columns

Gary Franks: Black history and the Holocaust

Gary Franks: Biden and Trump pardons overshadow Inauguration Day
Gary Franks: The return of Donald J. Trump
Gary Franks: This is not your ‘Leave it to Beaver’ America
Gary Franks: Those we lost in 2024 — a governor, senator and congresswoman
Gary Franks: Lincoln's pardon and Trump's victory
Gary Franks: Sports superstars should help make America better
Gary Franks: Pardon me, Mr. President
Gary Franks: Hispanic Americans and Black men got the message, contributing to Trump’s victory
Gary Franks: Is it 1968 all over again, and will the results be the same?
Gary Franks: Identity politics — Bad for America, but good for Democrats
Gary Franks: If not mentally fit, Biden must go now
Gary Franks: For now it’s Kamala Harris
Gary Franks: For Trump – God is good… Trump’s work is clearly not finished
Gary Franks: Biden helps Trump increase his lead
Gary Franks: Trump’s best choices for VP
Gary Franks: Recalling Biden vote to support a sitting president guilty of a felony
Gary Franks: A June presidential debate? Johnson, Carter, 1968 hold answers
Gary Franks: And the Oscar goes to … DEI participants
Gary Franks: Having student loan debt is almost like being a sharecropper — really!
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