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We have all kinds of dangerous Americans in prison. And yet... Republicans have brainwashed people (including, sadly, a bunch of Democrats) ...

The Pittsburgh housing market had a massive crash in the late '70s and early '80s when manufacturing jobs went abroad. I remember c...

The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh has been performing a challenging selection of pieces over the last year. Each piece is tied to the overall th...

At the March meeting, Gary came up with a good idea - visiting The Vader Project exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum. A bunch of us said we t...

My annual thoughts on the Oscars . I'll probably be Facebooking/Twittering during the Oscars.

Shawn Otto, one of the organizers of Science Debate 2008, just send around some depressing E-mail - there's a move to remove money for t...

While I am not an economist, it's clear that we're in a severe recession. We're in this recession for many reasons. Economi...

Why I Went to Washington In the 1960s, I grew up in a lily-white, mostly middle class small town in New England. About the only black peo...

It's possible I might see a better movie in the next two weeks, but I doubt it. When history is known (like, say, with the upcoming WWII...

The Obama change.gov site has invited Americans to submit their vision for changing the country. Here's what I sent them: The Obama ca...

After two federal elections with some questionable results, Americans showed yesterday that the more people who vote, the harder it is for t...

I'm very happy he's won. I give Senator McCain credit - he gave a very fine concession speech.

Keep it alive - if you are registered, vote tomorrow! Don't stand for people engage in vote fraud, vote suppression or anything else tha...

I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Barack Obama rally in Pittsburgh on Monday. A local organizer connected me to Sally Matts, so we...

Every once in a while, I get a sense of "deja vu all over again" about the presidential election. So, I went back and read my Nove...

I saw one of those political ads (sponsored by "Americans for Tax Reform") that spoke darkly about "changing the tax structur...

With the economy tanking, the government bailing out Wall St and many other problems, some things never change. The anti-abortion fanatics ...

That's such an amazing statistic, I'm surprised no one has raised it before. W. is reported to have graduated in the bottom 20th per...

I was always a big fan of Carl Sagan's. The science blog The Intersection has reminded us that Carl Sagan predicted the current anti-s...

"Notice how the taxation ring on the right is dark and quiet, even though the government needs the better part of an extra terabuck? I ...