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Resurrecting Pittsburgh's zombie classic -- in bloody color
In 1990 Pittsburgh's great splatter movie makers, George Romero and Tom Savini, got their makeup kits out and remade "Night of the Living Dead' south of…
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History by Magazine -- Our dopey war on drugs
My high praise for Rolling Stone's anti-drug war package was a hit with its editor Jann Wenner, but not with my boss. My weekly take on America's news…
Apr 21
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History by Magazine -- Hey, O.J. (TM). Thanks for all those great cover stories
O.J. Simpson has died but what he did for football, court TV and news magazine sales in 1994 will live forever. My weekly take on America's news…
Apr 14
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History by magazine -- Kurt Cobain's suicide gets covered
Time & Newsweek decided his death was the week's big news. Letter writers blasted me for being too mean, which I was. My weekly take on America's news…
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Hope and a prayer -- and a choice
30 years ago one of my favorite articles showed how Pittsburgh's Catholic schools used lots of love and committed teachers to give inner-city kids the…
Apr 10
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It's time to privatize immigration
Getting into America should be almost as easy as getting into Disneyland.
Apr 8
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History by Magazine -- Attack of the teens
Like it or not Boomers, Business Week says a new wave of teenagers is going to wreck the world you made. My weekly take on America's news, culture and…
Apr 7
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A crazier kind of March Madness
25 years ago I watched the Pitt debate team compete in an NCAA debate tournament in a classroom in Virginia. It was high-speed and crazy. Here's the…
Apr 3
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Charles Murray -- In the 1990s he riled up the country with his books on IQ and government
I interviewed many libertarians during my subversive career as a way to get them and their ideas into the paper. Murray was one of my favorites.
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History by Magazine -- in 30 minutes Barry Bonds showed America what an a-hole he was
In GQ's cover story he was self-absorbed, whiny, simultaneously offensive and defensive. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas -- from…
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My foolish experiment taking public transit
In 2006 instead of commuting to downtown Pittsburgh by car, I tested the government trolley. My experience added to my collection of angry attacks on…
Mar 30
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April Fooling in the PG -- The annual replay
Keeping with an April 1 tradition, here's the mock front page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 1998 that shows that even when newspapers mattered…
Mar 29
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