(Click to enlarge) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : Straight-talking, passionate Shields leaves council Essential Public Radio : Shields Leaves Cit...

As far as I can tell, it started here , with Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner: Looks like the PC police have threatened members of...

We give this one a "shazam!", "g-o-l-l-y", and "sur-prise, sur-prise, sur-prise!": Lil Ricky placed third in...

From today's New Year's wrap : More bad news for the crowd that believes government should determine what light bulbs you can buy...

I got my letter from the City and my home has been reassessed at nearly triple its previous value. oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Via Huffingtonpost : Former "Saturday Night Live" actress Victoria Jackson, working on confidential information she as a web tal...

It's Christmas week and in his column , the P-G's Jack Kelly disappointingly plays the Christian Martyr card.  Mydisappointment here...

Today, we start with this from the Tribune-Review's op-ed page: Naughty : The contention of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP that ...

For all those who over the years have told me how stupid and moronic I am for not understanding that Libertarian Ron Paul is more pro state ...

From an editorial in today's P-G: For lack of congressional compromise, payroll taxes are going to rise from 4.2 percent to 6.2 perce...

This, being the 25th day of Kislev, is the first day of Hanukkah. So here's some Chanukah music for you! Part 1: And an update: ...

As yinz probably already know, Vaclav Havel passed away on December 18. Coincidentally, he and I were born on the same day - but that, is ...

From today's Christmas Takes : Wow if a eco-wacko as devout as Prince Charles says all that about wind power, it must be true, rig...

Take a look at this pile of braintrust droppings from today's Trib: The White House says National Guard troops, assigned to beef up s...

In our ongoing meta-debate about OWS, I posted a pro-occupation clip from Garfunkel and Oates a few days ago. Proving yet again that our...

The next time some moron asks what the Occupy movement is about, give them these stats: Census Data Shows 1 In 2 People Are Poor Or Low-Inc...

From Vanity Fair : Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at t...

They have to know that this is a tired old resolved argument.  But they continue to use it anyway. From today's Trib , there's ye...

The Catholic League has launched an “Adopt An Atheist” campaign just in time for Christmas. They're encouraging people to target Ameri...

While December 15th is special for me personally (it's my mom's birthday) it's also special for everyone else too. Here's wh...