http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/ All columnists, Morning File en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:39:55 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208167-294.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml LONDON -- Memo to Brazil: That idea of putting up a giant Jesus statue in a London park to promote the 2016 Olympic Games is not going over well. Brazil's tourist board has floated the notion of erecting a 30-foot replica of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue -- a symbol of peace and a well-known landmark of the city -- on Primrose Hill. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207783-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml In the Jan. 29 Post-Gazette I read that most Pennsylvanians, including curator Henry Kacprzyk of the Pittsburgh zoo, have never seen a porcupine in the wild. Some Pennsylvanians must have, because there's now a porcupine hunting season and the game commission has proposed lowering the bag limit. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207784-153-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Mitt Romney may not be the most callous candidate who has ever run for president, but he is surely the most out of touch. Everything about the GOP frontrunner screams awkwardness around those in lower income brackets. Ironically, most Americans earn less money but are in higher tax brackets than Mitt "Mr. 15 Percent" Romney. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207592-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml I work in a school for special-needs students in the South Hills. Just recently, the school has formed a basketball team that will play six other schools this winter season. The school decided that along with the basketball team we would have cheerleaders as well. Not ever having cheerleaders before, we had no uniforms or pompoms. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207577-155-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Sometimes the connection between a front-page story and one in the Magazine section isn't immediately obvious, but I see the potential for property tax relief in this new craze for "gender cake reveal parties." Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207266-294-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml Seattle recently received the unexpected gift of snow, a rare benefit for that city from this winter's La Nina weather pattern. I was watching the televised reports of so many inexperienced drivers attempting to navigate the snow-covered hills. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207267-154-0.stm?cmpid=columnists.xml One thing that television is good for is making you feel better about yourself -- not the TV programs so much, but the ads, particularly the ones advertising pharmaceutical drugs. In other countries I have lived in -- Australia, Britain -- I do not remember prescription drugs being advertised in this way. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500