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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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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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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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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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Colin McNickle Columns

Port Authority challenges increase

Pa. Turnpike struggles continue
The continuing struggles of Pittsburgh Public Schools
The daunting task of reshaping Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
The continuing case for regular property reassessments
Hiked permit fees latest shale industry hurdle
Right-to-work states’ jobs fare better in pandemic
How dire the straits at Pittsburgh International?
Allegheny County’s sick-leave proposal a nonstarter
Common-sense pension reforms still prudent
More Colin McNickle Columns >

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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John Stossel Columns

Politicians get to break the rules

Government’s ‘help’ is not great for minorities
Teachers unions fail science
Middle Eastern young people winning war on ideas
2020’s good news
Naughty vs. nice
Edward Snowden, hero or traitor?
Investment con
Capitalism is better than charity
Thankful for private property’s harvest
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Jonah Goldberg Columns

For Democrats, a Senate conviction of Trump isn’t the point

Both sides need to ditch whataboutism and condemn bad actors
Giuliani’s descent from America’s mayor to Trump’s dark knight
Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon is destined to fail
Violence at Capitol was horrific, but don’t lose sight of attempted theft
It’s a fallacy that Trump supporters haven’t been heard
Veep gambit puts some GOP legislators on stupid side of history
Listen to science — but listen carefully
Ted Cruz shows why the GOP isn’t going back to Reaganism
Cold War approach won’t work with China
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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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S.E. Cupp Columns

After Trump, a chance to refocus

Republicans, was it worth it?
Republicans who follow Trump have betrayed their philosophy
New Year’s resolutions from Josh Gad, Andrew Yang and others
What will this year look like a century from now?
Lifesaving women threatened by lowlifes
Jim Banks’ mask outrage is outrageous
Celebrities, stop partying like arrogant buffoons
Experience makes a comeback with Joe Biden
Vengeance? No. Consequences? Yes. How to handle the post-Trump era
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Walter Williams Columns

Costs must be weighed against benefits

The tragedy of Black education
Defining discrimination and prejudice
Correct diagnostics needed on racial problems
Should Blacks support destruction of charter schools?
Blacks of yesteryear and today
Is ‘getting’ Trump worth it?
Disgusting professorial teachings
The fight for free speech
Supreme Court and rules of the game
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Pat Buchanan Columns

Coexistence or cold war with China?

Now, the left owns it all
Exploiting the Capitol riot to nix Trump
Family brawl in the house of Trump
2020 America’s wake-up call
Can democracy hold us together?
Has America’s Suez moment come?
What Biden’s first 100 days might look like
Trump’s historic presidency
What Trump will leave in Biden’s inbox
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