http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/ All columnists, Morning File en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:09:51 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10253/1086356-153.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml On one level, it's easy to admire the sheer chutzpah of the American Petroleum Institute. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10253/1086403-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I followed the Pirates through losing season after losing season in the 1950s alongside my mother, one of the most avid Pirates fans of all time. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086087-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml On Aug. 30, I was driving on Cedar Boulevard in Mt. Lebanon when my car was jolted in the back and in the rear passenger door area behind the driver. The force shook the car (and me). I had no idea what had happened, but upon looking in my rear view mirror, I saw an injured deer. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:48:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1086088-155.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml "This industry can be taxed out of existence in Pennsylvania." -- Kevin Harley, gubernatorial campaign spokesman for Republican Tom Corbett, on why it's bad to tax gas wells. T hough Mr. Harley delivers a good sound bite, it's not true. If you can put aside the politics for a second, ask yourself this question: If the gas industry doesn't drill here, where would it find a better deal? Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:41:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10252/1085882-151.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I'd like to say a few words about stink bugs. There. That's better. You probably heard them from wherever you are. I certainly can't share them in print in a family newspaper. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085765-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Back in the 1950s, our rural school district didn't have a kindergarten, so 5-year-olds like me with late birthdays usually started first grade. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085729-154.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Americans live in the Home of the Brave but sometimes you would never know it from some of their preposterous fears. Every so often, a new fear will circulate among the public like a bolt of electricity to thrill people with imaginary dread. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085547-153.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml A few days ago I had a very strange dream. In this dream, B.B. King had just died and the world was going about the necessary business of mourning his death. For those who don't know B.B. King from Martin Luther King, the blues giant is very much alive, but for purposes of my dream, he was dead. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:50:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085544-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml On Aug. 20, I was in line at Sandcastle with my 9-year-old grandson and his friend. A very kind, generous lady with a season pass and buddy pass -- allowing one free admission -- approached the group in front of us and asked if they would like her buddy pass. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:35:00 -0400