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Apr 21, 2026
In 1977, Johnny Rotten leaned into his microphone and screamed what became the defining slogan of punk: No future. The Sex Pistols meant it as a dispatch from the...
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Apr 16, 2026
A year or so ago in this space, I argued that genuine universal literacy was never really tried. Drawing on Adam Fox’s Oral and Literate Culture in England,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Apr 21, 2026In 1977, Johnny Rotten leaned into his microphone and screamed what became the defining slogan of punk: No future. The Sex Pistols meant it as a dispatch from the...
Apr 16, 2026A year or so ago in this space, I argued that genuine universal literacy was never really tried. Drawing on Adam Fox’s Oral and Literate Culture in England,...
Feb 16, 2026In 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, 2026In 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, 2026Review: 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, 2026The 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, 2026Wise 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...