This week @ the World Affairs Council

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:35 EST

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• Guy Martin, senior correspondent for Conde Nast, “The Militarization of the Civilian Realm Since 9/11,” Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bricolage, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh. • ...

Forgetting veterans by Tuesday

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:33 EST

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Veterans are honored with monuments — symbols to remind us that freedom is not free but paid for in blood. Those who served offered up ...

Alumni, parents & CMU

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:28 EST

By Tribune-Review
When the young woman attending Carnegie Mellon University paraded around as the pope, naked from the waist down, I thought her parents and the school ...

The case for a strong Navy

Eric Heyl — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:28 EST

By Eric Heyl, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-Va., is chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and co-chairman of the Navy-Marine Corps Caucus. ...

IRS vs. America V

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:27 EST

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Enough is enough! Abolish the IRS. It’s time for a flat tax. Carol Brooks Hempfield ...

IRS vs. America I

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:27 EST

By Tribune-Review
IRS snooping on conservative political organizations and Justice Department intrusion into the communications of The Associated Press make one wonder if similar tactics are used ...

IRS vs. America IV

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:26 EST

By Tribune-Review
Two years ago, I attended a tea-party gathering in Washington, D.C., to protest ObamaCare. To my friends, I made this comment: “Under ObamaCare, the first ...

Sunday pops

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:24 EST

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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., says it’s “un-American” to not encourage people to sign up for ObamaCare. Allow us to translate: The congresswoman believes that it ...

The Box

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:24 EST

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Dear Bill Peduto: Is a “mandate” of the minority anything like the “consensus” of the few? Yours, Old Man River. ...

America’s National D-Day Memorial

John Lenkey Iii — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:24 EST

By John Lenkey Iii
When D-Day comes around again on June 6 to recollect the multination invasion of Normandy, France, think a moment: Where is America’s National D-Day Memorial ...

Not all ‘productivity’ is created equal: Another case against government-dictated minimum wages

Colin McNickle — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:22 EST

By Colin McNickle, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Governments shouldn’t set wage floors; markets should. Wages should be set not by government fiat but by a respective employee’s worth to a business, based ...

It’s time to end defined-benefits pensions for Pa.’s public employees

Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:21 EST

By Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan
Don’t look now, Pennsylvania, but your taxes will be going up. Way up. The culprit? Public employees’ retirement plans. It turns out that Harrisburg has ...

Arnold sewage bills

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:21 EST

By Tribune-Review
Arnold sewage bills I have attended Arnold Council meetings for years. I campaigned for our current mayor, Larry Milito. I thought these officials were going ...

Heresy

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:20 EST

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Heresy I disagree with JoAnne Bosnich, who wrote the letter “Catholicism is the way” (May 15). I left the Catholic Church for a variety of ...

The second-term scandal plague

Doyle Mcmanus — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:20 EST

By Doyle Mcmanus
What is it about presidents’ second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: the iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes and all ...

IRS vs. America III

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:20 EST

By Tribune-Review
During the Bush administration, there were those who complained about “enhanced interrogation,” aka torture of prisoners of the Iraq and Afghan wars. Now we learn ...

Societal diagnosis?

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:19 EST

By Tribune-Review
It was with great interest that I read the news story “Winter bee deaths devastate keepers” (May 19 and TribLIVE.com). It attributed the loss of ...

IRS vs. America II

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:19 EST

By Tribune-Review
There is no place in a free democracy for such an intrusive, dictatorial and powerful sub-governmental agency as the IRS. The IRS is not an ...

Common Core? Try rotten core

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:16 EST

By Tribune-Review
Even parents who home-school their children cannot protect them from public schools’ revisionist history, courtesy of the expanding Common Core Curriculum. New workbooks for General ...

Exclusive to the Trib: A better way to tax

Raymond L. Richman — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:15 EST

By Raymond L. Richman
The recent scandal involving the IRS illustrates the out-of-control growth of the federal bureaucracy. Instead of limited powers of the federal government and reservation of ...

Questions about Burma’s future

Fred Hiatt — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:15 EST

By Fred Hiatt
WASHINGTON President Thein Sein of Burma, the former general who President Barack Obama hopes is leading a transition from dictatorship to democracy, is not an ...

Verbatim

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:15 EST

By Tribune-Review
“Because breaking the law and telling untruths eventually surface, we will come to learn that Obama was re-elected into oblivion.” — Victor Davis Hanson, a ...

(Sub)let my people go!

John Stossel — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:13 EST

By John Stossel
My kids moved out! I have two empty rooms in my apartment. Maybe I can rent them? A tourist visiting New York City could have ...

Tyranny around the corner

Andrew P. Napolitano — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:12 EST

By Andrew P. Napolitano
President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner because we have self-government ...

Pittsburgh pivots again

Joseph Sabino Mistick — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:11 EST

By Joseph Sabino Mistick, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
It’s Bill Peduto. With a precisely planned and perfectly executed campaign for mayor of Pittsburgh, he overcame Jack Wagner’s endorsements by the firefighters and police ...

Perhaps photos such as Joan Orie Melvin’s sentencing shot should be mandatory

Brad Bumsted — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:09 EST

By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG There’s no question ex-Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin dodged a bullet with a sentence of three years of house arrest rather than prison ...

Senate panel oversteps on Syria

Walter Pincus — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:07 EST

By Walter Pincus
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has injected itself into U.S. foreign policymaking regarding Syria. And it’s not the first time lawmakers have moved to pressure ...

A World War II Memorial day

Salena Zito — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:06 EST

By Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
WASHINGTON At an entrance to the World War II Memorial, a lone man cut a solemn figure as he balanced an iPad in one hand, ...

Leaders to follow

Alan Wallace — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:05 EST

By Alan Wallace, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Leadership is a common thread among these four new or upcoming titles, which illuminate examples as old as ancient Greece and as current as contemporary ...

Nugent not holding his tongue

Tribune-Review — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:05 EST

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Outdoorsman Ted Nugent, rock ’n’ roll’s notorious “Motor City Madman,” didn’t let down his fans who share his enthusiasm and support for the National Rifle ...

‘Alice in Wonderland’ coercion

George F. Will — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:05 EST

By George F. Will, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
WASHINGTON Notice the scant attention being given to an assault on civil liberties by the misconceived Education Department’s misnamed Office for Civil Rights. Responding to ...

Demonstrate loyalty, support

Tom Purcell — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:04 EST

By Tom Purcell, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Imagine you are a 19-year-old Marine. You are riding in a Humvee with four other Marines — your friends — when an improvised explosive device ...

Free speech

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:06 EST

By Tribune-Review
Free speech As I tune into the TV’s array of distasteful situation comedies, graphic violence and sexuality and hear the foul language, all protected by ...

Blame districts, state

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:05 EST

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The news story “Latrobe officials stress retirement needs” (May 15 and TribLIVE.com) fails to mention several points. The reason Greater Latrobe School District, like many ...

Saturday essay: Passages

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:05 EST

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The early morning sky is deceiving as the final third of spring prepares for summer’s advent. As the first orange of the rising sun crests ...

Connellsville’s finances

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:04 EST

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In his May 18 letter to the editor (“More ‘research’ needed”), Connellsville Councilman Brad Geyer, director of accounts/finance predicts that the city should collect $610,000 ...

Close corporate loopholes

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:04 EST

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Close corporate loopholes In the news story “Delaware governor fears impact of closing ‘loophole’” (May 11 and TribLIVE.com), Delaware Gov. Jack Markell says Delaware will ...

IRS’ next target: Health care

Jennifer Stefano — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:04 EST

By Jennifer Stefano
The mainstream media rightly are shocked and outraged to learn that the Internal Revenue Service has admitted to harassing and targeting the political opposition of ...

Go to the Heritage

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:04 EST

By Tribune-Review
Go to the Heritage Re. the story “Leechburg Area stands strong in move to Heritage” (May 16): I thank the school board for sticking to ...

Summer of Pennsylvania teens’ discontent

Michael Saltsman — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:03 EST

By Michael Saltsman
Pennsylvania parents, prepare yourselves: With a 17.6 percent teen-unemployment rate heading into the summer of 2013, your jobless kids might be making frequent withdrawals from ...

Step up!

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:03 EST

By Tribune-Review
The role of mayors: Step up! ...

After the primary: Leaders needed

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:02 EST

By Tribune-Review
The primary election is over. The serious campaigning has ended (for now). Many local races were decided in Tuesday’s primary. To the victors, we remind ...

Medicaid expansion: Corbett’s push-back

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:02 EST

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Always a bad idea, Pennsylvania accepting Obama-Care’s expansion of Medicaid looks even worse — and up to $515 million in financial benefits projected by the ...

Will the West ever wake up?

Pat Buchanan — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:00 EST

By Pat Buchanan
After a British soldier wearing a Help for Heroes charity T-shirt was run over, stabbed and slashed with machetes and beheaded, the Tory government advised ...

Leechburg to Heritage: Bad move

Tribune-Review — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:00 EST

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In reply to the May 22 letter “Leechburg to Heritage: Good move”: Leaving the WPIAL for the Heritage Conference is not supported by the majority ...