It's easy to disagree with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl when he says there's nothing wrong with the way city contracts are awarded. (Today)

While it is for Episcopalians to debate their theological differences, the sadness that attends the decision by a majority of Pittsburgh-area parishes to secede from the Episcopal Church goes beyond the immediate circle of the faithful. (Today)

If working Americans had any doubt about where the Bush administration's management of the economy had taken them, and where another Republican president might lead, the job losses for September made it frighteningly clear. (Today)