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Dec 3, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic
Home › Article › Dilworth Explores Coming-of-Age Themes in To Be Marquette Set mainly in the 1970s, Sharon Dilworth’s recent book, To Be Marquette, sometimes makes small moments feel symbolic by utilizing music from the era — think Bob Dylan and Peter Frampton — to help establish tone.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic
Noted sci-fi novelist and pioneering computer scientist Vernor Vinge wrote in a 1993 paper for NASA that “Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.” If so, this tipping point, which he called a “technological singularity,” is upon mankind, one in which the intelligence of machines possesses and then exceeds that of humans. Is such a process avoidable?
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic
For some, Pittsburgh is french fries on salads, rabid Steelers fans and Iron City beer. For others, it’s Andy Warhol, steel mills and pierogies. For Lee Gutkind, it’s the city where creative nonfiction, that nebulous, energetic literary genre he continues to champion, grew into prominence.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic |Stuart Sheppard
Until the closing of Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park after 62 years, turtle soup remained a fixture on its menu. Once a staple of fine dining, turtle soup typically came paired with a shot of sherry to both sweeten and thin the stew-y broth.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Fred Shaw |Dennis Unkovic
Home › Article › Miss Me Forever Hits “Home” with Bhutanese Protagonist Tulsi Gurung is in a jam. that could be the abridged version of Erie native Eugene Cross’s latest novel, Miss Me Forever, in which his likable protagonist gets put through the paces.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Dennis Unkovic |Fred Shaw |Stuart Sheppard |David J. Garrow
Many in the West are convinced that modern China is an invincible regime. We watched China transition in just a few decades from a poor agricultural society into a manufacturing and industrial colossus. We witnessed Xi Jinping become the undisputed leader of China in 2013 and emerge even more powerful than Mao Zedong at the height of his reign. We know that Xi’s ultimate goal is for China to replace the United States as the world’s economic and military leader.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Dennis Unkovic |Jenny McCartney |trainBy Toby Young |Toby Young
Since man’s early origins, the desire to possess gold has been a universal obsession. Gold was once viewed as the ultimate symbol of power and wealth. Governments amassed vast quantities of gold to finance their economies and political ambitions. Until the mid-twentieth century, leading national currencies were directly tied to how much physical gold was housed in national treasuries.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Dennis Unkovic
Two presidential candidates, a handful of Pennsylvania politicians, and several union leaders were quick to publicly condemn the decision by U.S. Steel’s board of directors to entertain an offer to merge with Japan’s Nippon Steel. This outcry seems to be based on a gut reaction against foreign investment in Pittsburgh’s proud and revered steel industry. I cannot understand how the immediate responses could be so negative.
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Apr 19, 2023 | 
globallegalpost.com | Dennis Unkovic |Angela Harvey |James Skelton |Mary Digiglio
Historic attitudes favouring globalisation are fundamentally changing. This trend will directly impact future foreign direct investment transactions as nations place higher priorities on protecting their own national security interests. This book offers practical advice and guidance from highly respected international law firms about what foreign investors can expect to encounter when investing in key jurisdictions.
