post-gazette.com - Brian O'Neill http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists Brian O'Neill's column en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:44:26 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Let's get on board this train http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015214-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Henry Posner III owns railroads from Iowa to Peru, but, with his buttoned-down, deadpan delivery, he seems more like Bob Newhart than Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 City budget solutions raise more questions http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014614-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml What if the $15 million hole in the city budget isn't really there? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Around Town: Riverfront vision leads wharf to a lot of beauty http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014019-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml It's customary for speakers to overstate things at ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Taxation problem is taxing http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09319/1013414-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Pittsburgh college students, smarting at Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposal to slap a 1 percent city tax on tuition, might want to take a state history course. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 City tax plight shows that size does matter http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012835-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposals to sell the city's parking garages and slap a 1 percent tuition tax on the city's colleges are coming for one reason. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Freight trains show path for people, too http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011714-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Legendary investor Warren Buffett made a $26.3 billion bet on America's future last week. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 Ethical editor a fondly recalled role model http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010950-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Thirty years ago this week, I walked out on my first newspaper job, and the editor turned in his resignation with me. It was easy for me to quit. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Around Town: Wheelchair user facing some harsh conditions http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09307/1010298-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml This is among the new definitions of irony in the Iron City. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Reduced Legislature is a war of attrition by reluctant fighters http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09305/1009694-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml There's another proposal in Harrisburg to reduce the size of America's Largest Full-Time State Legislature -- only this one would take 44 years. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Hollywood stars arrive -- and have to go http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09302/1009174-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml I'm walking my dog early Tuesday night when my wife calls me on my cell, and she's going all Gladys Kravitz on me. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Around Town: The King's vibe rules at auto shop on North Side http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09300/1008549-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml Graceland Automotive has the greatest waiting room in the history of man. I say that with little fear of contradiction. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Thumb, garage, car take break together http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09298/1007942-155.stm?cmpid=oneill.xml My left thumb is swollen with a cartoonish blue glow. My car is a mile away at Graceland Automotive, the driver's side window torn from the moorings. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400