post-gazette.com - Columnists http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/ All columnists, Morning File en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:05 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Obama-haters are perverting Christianity http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014951-153.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Forty-six years ago this weekend, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in his motorcade in Dallas. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:06:00 -0500 Storytelling: Family frog is still kicking after 17 years http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014949-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml He arrived in the mail one bright and sunny December afternoon: a tiny tadpole swimming in a bag of water. He and his accoutrements came in a box marked "Grow a Frog." Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 The autumn leaves won't leave me alone http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014449-151.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml One of my homeowning neighbors was in his yard near sunset (after lunch), raking up a big pile of fallen leaves. "You think it's done for the year?" I said. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 City budget solutions raise more questions http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014614-155.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml What if the $15 million hole in the city budget isn't really there? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Random Acts of Kindness: Friendly firefighters give refuge to frightened dog http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014616-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I was taking my dogs for their nightly walk when the rain storm that had been brewing all day decided to arrive. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 In God's name, let's have a makeover http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014309-154.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml It is not often that a sappy show on TV spurs me to write a column about something, especially if that something happens to be one of the Ten Commandments. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:21:00 -0500 More than bricks, this little house was full of memories http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014308-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml It is said that bricks make a good foundation for a home. I believe that the family is the key ingredient within those brick walls. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 NYC terror trial: What are we afraid of? http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014022-153.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml When CIA officers waterboarded confessed Sept. 11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed 183 times, they never imagined their actions would be cited by defense attorneys in a civilian court. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:36:00 -0500 Around Town: Riverfront vision leads wharf to a lot of beauty http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014019-155.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml It's customary for speakers to overstate things at ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500