Opinion

A lot of fans were probably aghast when the Tigers made the decision to sign Jose Valverde to a speculative contract earlier this year.

Blaine Fowler, left, and Allyson Martinek, stars of the 'Blaine & Allyson in the Morning' radio show on WDVD-FM , believe hard work and talent, not notoriety, should be rewarded.

Rev. Michael Fugee appears in court on charges of violating a court-sanctioned agreement that bars him from working with children.

The president appeared at many rallies on behalf of additional gun control laws with parents of children murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

President Barack Obama has been criticized from all corners lately. This is typical for second-term presidents.

In the midst of a natural disaster, there's no place for politics. All of the victims of the Moore, Okla.

Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning drama, Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley, is coming to City Theatre May 31-June 6. ST.

In the Best & Worst Departure Cities for Domestic Travel, Detroit it the fourth-best departure city behind Denver, Dallas and Chicago.

A Spring Hill pediatrician said she has some sympathy as the Tennessee Department of Children's Services tries to sort through claims about children's welfare.

In what has to be great news for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election prospects, a new study by the Brookings Institutions finds that the number of poor people living in Chicago's suburbs has increased 99 percent in the past 10 years.

For those climbing Mount Everest, meeting the challenge has always relied on teamwork, friendship, communication, trust, dedication, and shared values.

For a long time, the Red Wings supposedly were too old. The perception was, they guzzled Metamucil and were the only hockey team that lost teeth naturally.

With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous.

At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man.

Sandberg steroid opinion : Ryne Sandberg, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, recently expressed his opinion on how the Hall of Fame should deal with players from the steroid era.

One day each summer, my childhood camp was magically transformed into a mini-Israel for "Yom Yisrael," Israel Day.

The Post-Gazette asked people from various walks of life to offer the next mayor of Pittsburgh one big suggestion... Congratulations, Mr.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, needs to take action and let Canadians know what he thinks of the Senate scandal involving Sen.

Raising the inmate co-pay for access to medical care -- set at $3 since 1994 -- is a crucial first step toward reducing frivolous access to treatment.