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If it “got late early” in the old majestic Yankee Stadium with its long shadows, as the famous Yogi Berra quote had it, it’s gotten late before about the fourth inning in the Republican presidential race.In 2016, Donald Trump loved to pump out the results of unreliable online polls that ...

OP-ED: Some early morning thoughts

Some mornings I wake up early and think about the things that will most profoundly influence the future of both our children and grandchildren.First and foremost is climate change. Regardless of your beliefs, climate change has accelerated so quickly that without serious intervention, our ...

The Allegheny County Airport Authority is constructing a new $1.4 billion check-in, ticketing and security terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). It is, ostensibly, part of a bid to boost long-flagging passenger numbers at the Findlay Township facility.And while the price tag for ...

Religious persecution is nothing new to Massachusetts. But the commonwealth’s recent denial of a Catholic couple’s application to become foster parents because of their faith is a notable variation on the mass hysteria that once sent “witches” to the executioner.My analogy is hyperbolic ...

OP-ED: Biden’s age might not be a problem

Confession: For the past couple of years, I fell into the “Biden shouldn’t run again” camp. Too old. Better not to ask Americans to reelect a man who will be 82 in November of 2024 and ... you know the rest. Nikki Haley summed it up tactlessly in April: “The idea that he would make it ...