pittsburgh
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Exactly How Fired Would Jack Kelly Have Been If He Wrote About The Holocaust Instead Of Slavery?
Jack Kelly writes a weekly column at the Post-Gazette. His views are conservative and contribute to the diversity of opinion featured in our newspaper. We have liberal columnists, too, who, like Jack, are provocative and can stir up reaction by readers. Obviously, readers need to keep in mind that our signed columnists, liberal or conservative,…
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A Case For Why Grits Are Overrated
Earlier this week, I met a friend for breakfast at Carmi Soul Food Restaurant — a place roundly considered to have the best soul food in Pittsburgh. This status is not undeserved. Everything I’ve had there — chicken and waffles, stuffed porkchops, pancakes, mac and cheese, etc — has been great. It’s so great that everyone who…
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The Consistently And Embarrassingly Underappreciated Mike Tomlin
It is 1:40pm EST. Mike Tomlin is trending right now. By the time you read this, however, he probably won’t be anymore. Although (moderately) famous, he doesn’t have the type of fame that would keep him a day-long trending topic in July. Unless, of course, something bad happened. Which is exactly what I first assumed when first…
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Iggy Azalea, And Why We Need To Stop "Stupid-Shaming" Dumb People
A wise man once told me “You can teach stupid. But dumb is a talent.” Ok, I lied. It wasn’t actually a wise man. It was a guy selling DJ Clue mixtapes and lighter fluid outside of my old barbershop in 2002. And he didn’t actually say that. At least not to me. It was just…
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I Am Not Soliciting Prostitutes. I'm Just Walking My Dog. Please Believe Me.
Couple things you need to know before we get started: 1. The Wife Person and I have an 11-year-old pit bull named Mickey. Now, you might not trust me when I tell you Mickey happens to be the nicest, sweetest, and smartest dog I’ve ever met. Because of course a dog owner probably isn’t going…
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Damon, VSB Profiled In Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A profile of Damon (“Blogger left basketball behind to chronicle black experience in Pittsburgh“) ran in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Along with some details about Damon’s life, it includes some background on how VSB came to be… Through his personal blog, he connected with the Washington, D.C.-based Panama Jackson, who also was a prominent blogger. They…
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Eric Heyl Of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Just Wrote The Worst Column I've Ever Read
When words like “best” or “worst” are incorporated in the titles of Things Written On The Internet, it’s often more about creating an attractive headline and crafting an argument than the writer’s sincere belief that whatever’s being written about (i.e.: “Why Chipotle Has The Best Beef Taco Ever”) is actually the “best” or “worst” thing…
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How It Feels To Get Your Ass Kicked In Spades
There are many benefits to living in Pittsburgh. There are literally thousands of places to get great breakfast food, the topography is completely unique and completely spectacular, and it’s surprisingly close to Toronto. Unfortunately, a robust nightlife for Black people is not one of them. If you’re a 30-something Black person in this city and…
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My Dad, The Man
Much of what I’ve published in the past four years was written while sitting in the Bakery Square Panera Bread. There was a time when I lived three blocks away, so it was a convenient drive to make when writing from home got too monotonous. And, even after moving across town to share a place with my now-wife,…