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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for the week of Feb. 1
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Editorials

Dermody’s upward fall is all-too-familiar in political world

Pa. courts represent all Pennsylvanians
The case of quaffing cops and the reason for rules
Laurels & lances: Different ways to lead
All hands on deck for vaccination rollout
Clamoring to be ‘most eligible’ in the vaccine sweepstakes
When recovery houses fail, so does addiction recovery
Odds are good for gambling in pandemic
It isn’t Pittsburgh vs. Paris
For local governments large and small, distress is universal
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Letters to the Editor

Caleb Verbois: Trump, originalism and the purpose of impeachment

Sounding off: Teachers should not be vaccine priority
Elderly should have vaccine priority
Hissy fits costing our nation
When everything is free, we’re not free
A Reschenthaler apology would go far
Say goodbye to fracking
Minimum wage questions
Teachers should be vaccine priority
History lesson on impeachment
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Featured Commentary

Sheldon Jacobson: TSA firearm catch rate doubles, but are flyers safer?

Ron Klink: Right and wrong ways to address drug prices
Dave Kitzinger: Toomey must continue to do the right thing
Shannon Chambers-Aguilar: ‘Elective’ surgery not always optional
Ryan Navarro: March for Life virtual but just as important
Randall Rutta: Another pandemic is coming — it’s time to prepare
Sylvia Neely: Bipartisanship crucial for our world’s future
Earl Fowlkes: To save lives, clinical trials need diversity
Signe Espinoza: Reflecting on 48 years of Roe v. Wade
Robert Sroufe: Pa. can reap financial, health benefits from RGGI
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Editor's Picks

Calling all pets — auditions are on for the Cadbury Bunny

Pittsburgh salt truck slides over South Side hill 
‘I have to go’: Steelers fan who has been to every Super Bowl will continue streak
Retired Larimer minister served church, community
Trib Total Media $1 million Shop Local Marketing Grant program extended
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Lori Falce Columns

Lights, camera, virus!

Purple is the color of the year
What is your Challenger explosion?
The bogus integrity of the last-straw brigade
Making resolutions about others
Christmas village and family tradition
Government by procrastination is no way to run a nation
The point of giving is handing over your best
Monolith is 2020 puzzle we needed
The year of the leftovers
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Tom Purcell Columns

Resisting Girl Scout cookies’ temptations harder than ever

What’s needed isn’t complicated — hearty laughter
Disgraceful discourse ours to correct
Companion animals bringing more joy than ever
A white Christmas would do us good this year
Viruses and responses differ; human nature doesn’t
Covid Grinch can’t steal our Christmas
Finding the good in our grief with Charlie Brown
Thankful despite cancellation of family feast
Covid-19 obscures so many ways 2020 is best year ever
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Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

Presidential hopefuls must take stand against Trump

Bad timing means more covid deaths
Capitol insurrection recalls old hatreds
Never forget actions of Washington traitors
Big resolutions for a tough year
This Pittsburgher is a much-needed ‘Buddy the Elf’
Follow the star — we need light now more than ever
Public ‘referees’ there to protect us
A lesson on patience from Henry Gunther
Thankful for the heroes in 2020
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Mona Charen Columns

Proud of my vote for Biden

Republicans must confess complicity in the big lie
Finally, Trump has crossed a line for GOP, conservatives
A lesson on our merciless culture
Even Trump’s pardons are selfish
Lou Dobbs debunks himself
William Barr’s tarnished legacy
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Leonard Pitts Jr. Columns

We should all want to answer Biden’s call for unity

What Trump was not was enough for them
After the Capitol rampage, what now?
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Paul Kengor Columns

Freedom to be ripped off by sports gambling

The ‘gift’ of the lottery
Remembering Christmas 1945
Truth and the 2020 presidential vote
Is Western Pa. home to a new Republican coalition?
Why Pennsylvania isn’t over
Why Trump will (likely) win Pa.
Why did steelworkers union ditch Donald Trump?
Steelworkers union aglow for Biden-Harris
The new activists — no criticism, no dissent
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