Oliver Bateman

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  • Feb 16, 2026
    In 100 days, a man will be making the final preparations for his attempt to run faster than any human being in history. Fred Kerley, the 2022 world 100-metre champion, has publicly...
  • Feb 13, 2026
    In 1979, a linguist named Michael Reddy published a paper about a fundamental problem in human communication. That paper was “The Conduit Metaphor: A Case of...
  • Feb 5, 2026
    Review: Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation by Christopher P. Briem (The Kent State University Press, 2026, 320 pp.) On May 28, 2009, White House...
  • Feb 4, 2026
    The Republican leader of Pennsylvania's state Senate saluted his allies in labor earlier this month after their successful, years-long effort to defeat what they saw as a job-killing...
  • Jan 23, 2026
    Wise County Biscuits & Cafe serves up very good breakfasts in Pittsburgh, a city that has never fit neatly into anyone’s map of “North” or...
  • Jan 20, 2026
    “One of them hard surface roads like they have below the mountains? Why, Lord have mercy, nobody a-livin’ could put one of them through here.” The Blue Ridge...