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February 7, 2012
Ron Cook
It was about 90 minutes after Super Bowl XLIII, a game that always will be remembered here because of the Steelers' fabulous comeback against the Arizona Cardinals. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was at a private party, his tie off, his sleeves rolled up and a cold adult beverage in his hand.
February 7, 2012
Tony Norman
When a co-worker brought "Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master" to my attention last week, I was immediately intrigued. The letter purports to be from Jourdon Anderson, a runaway slave, to his former "owner," Col. P.H. Anderson. It was written on Aug. 7, 1865, several months after the end of the Civil War. Jourdan lived in Dayton, Ohio. The colonel lived in Big Spring, Tenn.
February 6, 2012
Ruth Ann Dailey
At Thursday morning's National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama delivered a fascinating address, pointing out the shared values of the world's major religions while constantly referencing his particular Christian faith. One of the shared principles he cited repeatedly but grounded in "Jesus' teaching" was this familiar verse: "For unto whom much is given, much shall be required."
February 6, 2012
Gene Collier
INDIANAPOLIS -- Two weeks of polishing the NFL legends of Eli Manning and Tom Brady into modern gunslinger monuments might have seemed prudent for an unprecedented collision of Super Bowl MVPs, but the result wasn't terribly artistic until both quarterbacks finally drew their weapons late in a breathtaking Super Bowl.
February 5, 2012
Brian O'Neill
"In retrospect,'' Bill DeWeese told me over dinner last June, "I should have been more administratively punctilious.'' That's the way Mr. DeWeese always has spoken in his 35 years representing Pennsylvania's southwest corner in the state House.
February 5, 2012
Jack Kelly
"A Tale of Two Cities" illustrated how starkly different were the views in London and Paris of the French Revolution. There's a similar gulf between Democrats and Republicans on economic policy
February 5, 2012
David Shribman
There was a discredited president, distrusted by his own party, portrayed by even his fondest allies as a disappointing underachiever. There was an eastern governor, decorated with breathtaking academic credentials and a star turn in the non-profit sector, mounting a serious challenge.
February 5, 2012
Sally Kalson
The good news is that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has seen the error of its way and reversed its plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The bad news is how it lost sight of its mission to begin with.
February 1, 2012
Reg Henry
One thing that television is good for is making you feel better about yourself -- not the TV programs so much, but the ads, particularly the ones advertising pharmaceutical drugs. In other countries I have lived in -- Australia, Britain -- I do not remember prescription drugs being advertised in this way.
January 26, 2012
Samantha Bennett
As we all know from the world of politics, if you say something enough times, it becomes true. As we all know from the world of self-help gurus, if you say something enough times, especially while looking into a mirror, you become good enough, smart enough and, doggone it, people really do like you.
January 25, 2012
Dan Simpson
Much about Newt Gingrich's campaign for the Republican presidential nod is puzzling, but I found his compliment of the news media in South Carolina last week for its "destructive, vicious, negative nature" to be encouraging. I'm sure he meant it as a snivel, but the fact that he noted it means that we are doing our jobs.
