post-gazette.com - Opinion http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/ All Opinion en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:47:17 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Iraq's election: Despite the violence, a nation turned out to vote http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041875-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The appropriate response to how the Iraqis made it through Sunday's elections is "so far, so good." Scattered violence occurred and some voters were deterred from voting. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Summit lesson: Pittsburgh can learn more about police response http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041876-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml It's been six months since world leaders assembled in Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit and protests led to the arrests of dozens of people. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Touchy talks: Middle East players have obstacles to overcome http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041877-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Americans should rejoice at the promised resumption of talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians toward peace in the Middle East. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10070/1041880-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml It is time for the Rooney family to seriously think of getting rid of Ben Roethlisberger. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Adults only: The business of air traffic control isn't child's play http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041439-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593, flying from Moscow to Hong Kong, inexplicably plummeted from the skies over Siberia. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Paring the penalties: The Fed proposes some sensible credit rules http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041440-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml New credit rules that kicked in last month will give consumers more control over their cost of borrowing, and more improvements are on the way. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Parking perils: The city needs the right plan to fix the pension fund http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041441-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Parking is tricky. A space seen from half a block away may wind up being too short to meet the driver's needs. Or it might be beside a fire hydrant. Or somebody might get to it first. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041442-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Ron Cook hit the nail on the head in his March 7 column ("Roethlisberger Guilty of Poor Judgment"). It is time for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to grow up and act appropriately. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Another sack: Big Ben courts trouble and finds it once again http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041187-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml When Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger does something stupid in the off-season, which the latest news suggests is becoming a habit, that knife plunges straight into the heart of Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Two-faced policy: The U.S. hurts its case for sanctions on Iran http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041188-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The New York Times reported over the weekend that, while the U.S. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Oscars of surprise: Sunday's awards show had its own twists http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041189-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml On Oscar night, the unworldly violence of "The Hurt Locker" trumped the other-worldly civilization of "Avatar." Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041190-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Sins of omission are oftentimes more dangerous than sins of action. The PG editorial board and a good deal of the mainstream media have a penchant for committing these sins. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Firing line: The high court is set to expand the 2nd Amendment http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1040998-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml In 2008 when the U.S. Supreme Court found for the first time that the Second Amendment outlined an individual, as opposed to a collective, right to keep and bear arms, we said what was fairly obvious to all -- that in settling one battle, the court had invited a thousand. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Charges dropped: But police conduct is also at issue in the Miles case http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1040999-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml Each disclosure in the case of high school student Jordan Miles raises new alarms. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Letters to the editor http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041000-110.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml In watching both the Summer Olympics in Beijing and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, I was amazed to see so many Highmark ads! Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The end: Roll the credits for the Squirrel Hill Theater http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041002-192.stm?cmpid=opinion.xml The posters of coming attractions are already gone from the Squirrel Hill Theater. After 74 years, the six-screen movie house on Forward Avenue has closed its doors. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500