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Lori Falce Columns

It's exhausting being a swing state voter

Words hurt people every day
America is a buffet. Don't dish up racism
Too young for dangerous tools but old enough for gun violence
What is the darkest corner of social media?
Gus Walz was the real star of the Democratic National Convention
The American prisoner in Russia who desperately wants to be freed
'You won't have to vote again.' Really?
Do we call her Kamala or Harris?
Butler victims deserve better than conspiracy theories
Why can UK and France move faster toward political change than U.S.?
Politics is infection in Supreme Court rulings
You can lead a county to Pride Month but you can't make them proclaim it
Louisiana and the lessons of the Ten Commandments
Bipartisan action shouldn't be a Washington fairy tale
Prisoners held in Russia mirror hostages held in Iran
Is it fair to critique a nepo baby?
Uvalde settlement is offensively inadequate
Graduation speech ignites debate on gender roles
Are we a democracy or a republic?
More Lori Falce Columns >

Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

Pay attention to the VP candidates

Decency on the ballot
What is Vance's goal with attacks on families?
Haitian immigrants here legally for better lives
Trump works against many of his supporters
A president for all Americans
Playing politics with the border
Harris vs. Trump, love vs. fear
Harris and Walz may have the last laugh
Trump's sideshow is back, and it's grown old
Now it's the Democrats who are energized
Assassins can't steal our elections
In search of a silent majority
Cicero offers guidance on growing old without giving up
Dry spell may be Gainey's defining moment
We have all the information we need for November
A safer Pittsburgh needs more eyes on the street
Remembering when Americans fought for freedom
Faith in our justice system after Trump verdict
Justice denied
More Joseph Mistick Columns >

Paul Kengor Columns

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
Protecting presidential candidates, protecting the public
The Founders, Trump-Biden, and our coarsening culture
GPS is making us geographically stupid
Our cursing culture
Pearl Harbor and the vanishing WWII vet
The debate over a Trump-Biden debate
Things that aren’t there anymore
The obscene cost of higher ed
On virtue, the Steelers and Kenny Pickett
Remembering true civic leaders — Jim Roddey and Andy Russell
Ward doing disservice to abuse victims
Of course, Nikki Haley should stay in the race
Putin’s twisted history
Growing bipartisan opposition to U.S. Steel deal
Japan’s Nippon Steel acquires US Steel: Who cares?
More Paul Kengor Columns >

Colin McNickle Columns

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
PRT not worthy of proposed funding increase
The manifest danger in Shapiro’s budget
Westmoreland must conduct property reassessment
Opportunity in ‘jock tax’ demise
A textbook case for regular property reassessments
Better ways for Pittsburgh to cull tax-exempt properties
Pittsburgh Public Schools must confront budget realities
The (still) high cost of PRT bus service
4 must-dos for next Allegheny County executive
Weak jobs & PIT numbers go hand in hand
More Colin McNickle Columns >

Jonah Goldberg Columns

Donald Trump seems to think he’s losing. Would the Republican Party survive his defeat?

The strategy behind Trump's increasingly dark and disturbing rhetoric
Why the next president — whether it’s Trump or Harris — won’t have a mandate
The rhetoric of Harris and Biden isn't what's sparking political violence. Here's why.
The problem with Liz Cheney’s endorsement of Harris
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both call for unity. Here's why they're wrong.
Kamala Harris wants to tackle corporate ‘price-gouging.’ Here’s what she’s missing
Trump turned politics into reality TV. Now Harris is the show to watch
This is why Kamala Harris is avoiding the press — and getting away with it
It's hard sharing a party with Trump or Vance. They taint the right's good ideas.
Is replacing President Biden as his party’s nominee an attack on democracy? Hardly.
Trump assassination attempt leaves Biden with just 1 viable political option
What too many Republicans still don't understand about Donald Trump's agenda
Democrats’ defense of Biden reminiscent of Republicans’ rallying around Trump
Presidential debates generally don’t matter, but this Biden-Trump faceoff could be different
Immigration could get Trump elected again. Here's how Democrats keep getting it wrong
Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election? Sure it could.
What’s convincing voters that the economy is worse than it ever was?
Trump and Biden agreed to debates. That’s a lot less important than it was made out to be.
Biden's problem goes beyond inflation, Gaza and age
More Jonah Goldberg Columns >

Editor's Picks

Jake's Shake no more, but Rusty’s ready to pour for Penguins' home opener

Stevie Wonder celebrates the healing joy of music at PPG Paints Arena 
Wendy's launches Krabby Patty menu for SpongeBob's 25th anniversary
Mega Millions lottery ticket price and jackpots to jump next year
TV Q&A: Did KDKA-TV debut a new set?
More Editor's Picks >

S.E. Cupp Columns

The futility of the Walz/Vance nice guy debate

Eric Adams trying out Trump’s playbook
Fear, death threats and Trump’s violent rhetoric
Harris tricks Trump into following her script
A debate that could actually turn the election
Glitchy streams, migrant memes and stupid themes — Trump’s playbook is a mess
Is Harris Walzing her way into the White House?
It fits well. All the president’s men …are weird.
Trump campaign’s panic at the disco with Harris
Trump wants to win. And that should scare Biden.
Democrats, Republicans and the death of common sense — we're stuck with Biden and Trump
Biden’s poor debate was so infuriating
Biden replacement theory — fact or fever dream?
The ripple effect of overturning Roe v. Wade
Money can’t buy me love…or an election campaign
De Niro isn’t the voice voters should hear from
Does Trump really have any policy on abortion?
Biden attacking polls and press isn’t how to win
Trump’s biggest albatross is Nikki, not Stormy
Violent campus protests are not about freedom
More S.E. Cupp Columns >

Gary Franks Columns

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!
Gary Franks: Sex scandals and the presidency
Gary Franks: Silent majority being ignored is the true threat to our democracy
Gary Franks: Border crisis solution — forget Biden and Johnson
Gary Franks: Joe Lieberman — America lost a giant of a man and I lost a friend
Gary Franks: Have we lowered the bar for Biden?
Gary Franks: America can't afford the $6.20 morning coffee
Gary Franks: The 'old guys' Trump, Biden aren't what America needs
Gary Franks: Biden vs. Trump — can we get a political reboot?
Gary Franks: A good economy? I don’t think so.
More Gary Franks Columns >

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