I鈥檓 hooked.I鈥檓 one of those people who leaves their television on in bed, because If I awaken in the middle of the night, I want to know what鈥檚 going on in the world.I鈥檓 addicted.I watch news all day and evening long, with detours to watch Pirates鈥� baseball games. I flip to CNN and ...
Besides more $10 golf courses, what this country needs is a strong labor movement; a labor movement that causes presidents and lawmakers no end of trouble.The country needs the kind of union movement that was led by the likes of John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers in the early days of the ...
Allow me to introduce you to some inner city Americana.They call it 鈥淧layin' the Dozens.鈥漌hile it begins with the word 鈥淧layin鈥�,鈥� it鈥檚 hardly a game.I鈥檓 told (although I haven鈥檛 verified it) 鈥淧layin鈥� the Dozens,鈥� got its roots during slavery.Slave traders would sometimes ...
The headlines were impressive and unmistakable. 鈥淭rump All But Clinches Nomination With Indiana Win鈥� ran atop a New York Times story. 鈥淭rump All But Seals ... Nomination鈥� blared the Washington Post.It was reminiscent of other headline stories in other times. Specifically, a big ...
When I was a kid, my parents would frequently tell me that, 鈥淢oney burns a hole in your pocket.鈥滱s soon as I鈥檇 accumulate more than a few pennies, I was off to the neighborhood corner store to retrieve a handful of penny candy.I was guilty as charged.But since U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack ...
WTAE did exactly the wrong thing when it fired Wendy Bell. The station should have kept her on the air.Here鈥檚 the reason why:Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, like the rest of the country, needs a meaningful discussion about race, and having Bell anchor that discussion could have been ...