Brandon McGinley
Deputy Editor, Editorial Page at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editorial Page Editor, @PittsburghPG. Contributing Editor, @Plough. Dad of 6.
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3 days ago |
oleantimesherald.com | Brandon McGinley
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion can be annihilated so quickly, how real was it to begin with? "It's just money," says bank CEO John Tuld in the 2011 masterpiece "Margin Call," which dramatizes the Wall Street turmoil that kicked off the Great Recession. "It's made up.
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6 days ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
In prison, what it means to be human is distorted and condensed by the necessity of total control. Even as a visitor, you feel this. It’s not just the walls and the razor wire, the surveillance by guards and cameras, the lack of privacy and the taste of the food. These are physical realities that represent the deeper reality of the loss of freedom, the loss of identity, the loss of authority over one’s self.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
On April 3 and 4, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion can be annihilated in 48 hours, how real was it to begin with? “It’s just money,” says bank CEO John Tuld in the 2011 masterpiece “Margin Call,” which dramatizes the Wall Street turmoil that kicked off the Great Recession. “It’s made up.
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2 weeks ago |
bradfordera.com | Brandon McGinley
PITTSBURGH — My son and his buddies came home from baseball practice the other day wearing new Pirates t-shirts. Apparently the local Little League organization cleaned out some storage, and divvied up the equipment. I loved seeing the boys proudly wearing the black and gold, and I especially liked that my son nabbed some cleats and catcher's gear (that stuff isn't cheap). But inside, there was a part of me that held back, that dampened the enthusiasm I wanted to feel.
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2 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Brandon McGinley
Last weekend, my son and his buddies came home from baseball practice wearing new Pirates t-shirts. Apparently the local Little League organization cleaned out some storage, and divvied up the equipment. I loved seeing the boys proudly wearing the black and gold, and I especially liked that my son nabbed some cleats and catcher’s gear (that stuff isn’t cheap). But inside, there was a part of me that held back, that dampened the enthusiasm I wanted to feel.
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I don't come here often these days, but I need to thank, publicly, @PulitzerPrizes for this honor, and my friend and colleague @RebeccaSpiessL for her outstanding and courageous work on the streets of Pittsburgh that made it possible. https://t.co/hPZbNc0ifl
In Pittsburgh, progressive visionaries are defeating establishment pragmatists, but struggling to govern. How long can it last? https://t.co/FrRNautan0
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