| Extension in ISI chief's tenure indicates Pak Army acting as "law unto itself": Editorial Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's decision to extend the tenure of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt.Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha indicates that the Pakistan Army is acting as a "law unto itself," says an editorial in on of the country's leading English... | |
| 'shop Talk': Rep. Massa's 'groping' Drama March 12, 2010 In this week's installment of the Barbershop host Michel Martin talks with freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Gustavo Arellano,... |
| Tavis Smiley: Black America Deserves An Agenda With The President March 11, 2010 Author and media personality Tavis Smiley found himself at odds with several black leaders after he said there needs to be a more national focus on a black agenda, even though the U.S.... |
| Marijuana Legalization? A White House Rebuttal, Finally White House 'drug czar' Gil Kerlikowske lays out his most thorough arguments yet against marijuana legalization. They help clear up confusion over White House drug policy, and can serve as talking... |
| Tiger Woods Left Mississippi Too Soon AP: Woods Likely to Return at Masters (CBS) Of all the advice Tiger Woods supposedly was fed during his sex addiction rehab stint at a high-priced clinic in Mississippi, courage apparently wasn't on... |
| Lawyers, Terror & Torture In this profoundly dispiriting season of partisan guerrilla warfare, we have grown all too accustomed to unfounded and nakedly cynical attacks on the Obama administration from the Republican Party... |
| Getting Rich And Its Discontents TomDispatch . Every great American boom and bust makes and breaks its share of crooks. The past decade -- call it the Ponzi Era -- has been no different, except for the gargantuan scale of... |
| Why Let Ebay Have All The Fun? With the economy putting intense pressure on supplier costs-while also making lower cost merchandise highly attractive-Best Buy is quietly making a push into the secondary market, a strategy that is... |
| Foote To Visit Steelers Monday Inside linebacker Larry Foote will visit the Steelers offices Monday and, if he passes a physical, could reach an agreement to rejoin his former team, the Post-Gazette has learned. Foote, who left... |
| China: Accountability Overdue On Tibet Protests (New York) - On the second anniversary of the March 2008 protests in Tibetan areas, the Chinese government should release those detained without charge, Human Rights Watch said today. The Chinese... |
| Us: Groups Urge End To Military Commissions Case Against Child Soldier Omar Khadr , the Canadian national apprehended in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was 15-years-old. The American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and the Juvenile Law Center called on Holder... |
| Editorial: Fraud At Lehman The single event that triggered the financial melt down and the onset of global recession in September 2008 was the collapse of the 154-year-old blue-blood US investment bank, Lehman... |
| Governing Is Honored For Editorial Excellence By American Business Media WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - GOVERNING, a division of e.Republic, Inc., was awarded two Jesse H. Neal Awards from American Business Media for editorial excellence yesterday. The... |
| The Long Road To Justice The Special Investigation Team tasked by the Supreme Court of India to enquire into the communal violence that shook Gujarat eight years ago has summoned Chief Minister Narendra Modi to appear before... |
| A Radioactive Bill Fraught With Big Risks The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill seeks to burden the Indian taxpayer and encumber the rights of victims of any potential radioactive release from a foreign-built... |
| India-uae: An Enduring Relationship If a photograph could capture the rapport between two leaders, the one appearing on the front pages of many newspapers on Friday morning certainly succeeded. It showed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed... |
| Let Now A Threat Beyond India: U.s. Congress In an unmistakable sign of rising concern in the United States over the expansive reach of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Congressional hearing on Thursday emphasised the urgent need to... |
| U.s. Faith In Climate Science Hits New Low Public belief in climate science has seen a precipitous slide in the U.S., according to new polling that suggests fewer Americans are concerned about the threat posed by global warming. Nearly half... |
| The War On Terror: Taking Jihad Jane | Marina Hyde self-styled Jihad Jane might be the war on terror's least effective bogeywoman. In fact, let's not be gender specific. She might well be its least effective bogeyperson, making "shoe bomber" Richard... |
| 12-year-old Homicide Suspect Shifts Blame, Doctor Says NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Jordan Brown, the 12-year-old Lawrence County boy charged with killing his father's pregnant fiancee, is "a juvenile with significant personality problems" who tends to "minimize,... |
| New Route Tomorrow For St. Patrick's Day Parade Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato crowns Meghan Schiller as Miss Irish Eyes. On her left is Caitlin O'Conner, and to her right is Megan Willison. The St. Patrick's Day Parade will follow a new... |
| Police Posed With Roethlisberger Before Incident In this photo provided by the (Milledgeville, Ga.) Union-Recorder, Ben Roethlisberger poses for a picture with Milledgeville, Ga., police Sgt. Jerry Blash on the night Roethlisberger was named as... |
| Faith, Reticence And Work The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ performed many miracles, including healing the sick and even raising the dead. Christ tells healed people two things: ''According to your faith be it unto ... |
| Editorial: Roses & Thorns Dose of preventionAs the folks at Harvard Avenue Drugs and Gifts could tell you, people will commit desperate acts to get their hands on certain chemicals. And that's just one reason to avoid keeping... |
| Writing A Way Through Grief | Mark Lawson bereavement leads to time off work, bureaucratically expressed as "compassionate leave". It seems to me that those in artistic jobs, though, tend to work on through – in an effort to work out –... |
| High Divorce Rates And Teen Pregnancy Are Worse In Conservative States Than Liberal States Washington; and Kansas City, Mo. Ask most people about the differences between families who live in “red” (conservative) states and “blue” (liberal) states, and you’ll hear a common... |
| Weather Service Issues Warning, Updates Flood Projections The National Weather Service today issued a flood warning for the Youghiogheny River at Sutersville, affecting Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The Point in Downtown Pittsburgh remains under a... |
| Water Authority Considering Charging Zoo, Aviary, Phipps The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority board today created a task force to contend with the agency's leaky system and perhaps reconsider giveaways to several nonprofit institutions. "We want to... |
| Charges Dropped In Homewood Homicide A Monroeville man was released from jail Thursday after homicide charges against him were withdrawn. Michael A. Winston, 36, had been scheduled to appear today at a preliminary hearing in Municipal... |
| Health Care And Job Creation Are Important, But Obama Must Address Racism Oakland, Calif. Will President Obama pull it all off? That’s the question everyone seems to be asking as they wait to see if the Obama administration can deliver on everything from healthcare... |
| Diocese Realigning Inner-city Catholic Schools Four inner-city Catholic schools supported through the Extra Mile Education Foundation will be merged into two schools over the next several years, according to a news release from the Diocese of... |
| Route 30 Weekend Closing Postponed PennDOT has postponed the weekend closure of Route 30 in North Versailles because of expected bad weather. The road is now scheduled to be closed the following two weekends from Friday night to... |
| Excuse Me While I Rant Maybe it's because I've been watching respected media organizations hemorrhaging revenue and staff over many years now that I have a hard time with the media guilt trip. On any day, I can read blogs... |
| Paying Attention To The Obvious One of the most famous obvious things was the round world. Long before 1492, mariners sailed to the horizon and returned to tell the tale. Another obvious thing was the way every school kid looking... |
| Foreign Policy: Sudan's Dangerous Game March 12, 2010 The Lord's Resistance Army has come to Darfur, Sudan, and that is not good news for anyone. The Lord's Resistance Army is a vicious militia led by self-proclaimed messiah Joseph Kony,... |
| National Review: Cap And Tax favorite Republican environmentalist, Lindsey Graham (S.C.) — is working overtime to build support for "doing something" about climate change in the upper chamber of Congress. Their chosen... |
| The New Republic: Paul Ryan, The Republican's Vision House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Paul Ryan delivers an opening statement during a conference committee meeting with Senate Budget Committee in the U.S. Capitol April 27, 2009 in Washington,... |
| The Nation: Lawyers, Terror & Torture March 12, 2010 In this profoundly dispiriting season of partisan guerrilla warfare, we have grown all too accustomed to unfounded and nakedly cynical attacks on the Obama administration from the... |
| With Alex Salmond Livid Over His Televised Election Debate Snub, Political Editor Ian Swanson Examines What All The Fuss Is About Mr Salmond and his SNP colleagues have been making their dismay clear since plans for the three debates were announced just before Christmas, with the row set to explode again today after meetings in... |
| Susan Morrison: The Truth Is Out There And Now I'm Terrified ung gallant man came – nay, leapt – to my aid and started that arm waving and car punching thing you do to help direct cars reversing. I successfully completed my manoeuvre, as my old driving... |
| Talk Of The Town: Pizza Testing Job Just Cannot Be Topped Papa John's on Leith Walk is offering one person the chance to become its official "pizza tester", which would involve sampling a range of free pizzas for a year.John Winton, who owns the Leith... |
| Leader: Skin Cancer Deaths r of deaths from skin cancer in the Lothians doubled last year.The figure has fluctuated in recent years but the trend has been generally upwards, and the 2009 figure was the highest ever recorded.... |
| John Gibson: Now This Old Seadog Is Making Waves .. Too much information. Sandi Talksbig on her 50th birthday eschewed wearing small pants. Skimps. Thongs. Permanently. Her knickers now come up to her chest. (Bet a lot of you girls are wearing them... |
| Letters To The International Herald Tribune: The Tea Partiers Of Tomorrow David Brooks (“The Wal-Mart hippies,” Views, March 6) suggests that today’s Tea Partiers bear a striking resemblance to 1960s-era New Leftists: brash, noisy and naïve, and not... |
| Mcardle Roadway To Remain Closed Through Morning Rush Hour McArdle Roadway will remain closed between the Liberty Bridge and Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington through the morning rush hour. The road was blocked Thursday by a landslide. Commuters can... |
| Middle East Peace Efforts: Lessons From Healthcare Reform It took a year of trying for President Obama to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to enter into "proximity talks" to resolve issues standing in the way of a final peace plan. But as we learned from... |
| Penn Jillette: Give This Funny Old Man Some Pie Ijust turned 55 years old. This year my age and the last two digits of my birth year are the same. That happens only once in a lifetime. I turned 55 on stage in Jersey and more than 1,000 audience... |
| Bid Date Delayed For High School Project In Montour The Montour school board is pushing the bid date for its high school renovation project to March 30 and will delay its official meeting until March 31. "That will keep us in March, which was our... |
| Central Valley Principals Will Split Duties The Central Valley school board is set to solve its two-principals-for-one-high-school problem by splitting the job in two. Monaca High School and Center Area High School will become Central Valley... |
| <font Face="tahoma" Color="black" Size="5"><strong>iran's Spies Show How It's Done</strong></font> By Mahan Abedin The dramatic arrest of Abdulmalik Rigi, Iran's most wanted man, on February 23 continues to be shrouded in mystery. But with information and insights gleaned from security... |
