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The last battle for Pittsburgh steel
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
January 10, 2025
Pittsburgh's relationship with decline is complicated. The city lost half its population after the steel industry collapsed in the 1970s and 1980s, ye...
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Is Fetterman running out of room?
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
November 25, 2024
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman's political career has always been a high-wire act. The 6-8 senator, who survived a near-fatal stroke during his 2022 campaig...
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Casey won’t admit defeat, but here’s why he lost
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
November 14, 2024
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s final days in office read like a cautionary tale about the dangers of political evolution. His inbox overflows with increasingly...
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The McDonald’s strategy in Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
November 1, 2024
Donald Trump is staging photo ops in which he serves Big Macs to steelworkers while Kamala Harris is hanging out with NeverTrump neoconservative Liz C...
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The Pittsburgh paradox could hand Pa. to Trump
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
September 23, 2024
Pittsburgh’s transformation from Rust Belt phoenix to progressive tech stronghold was supposed to be the Democrats’ long-term ace in the hole for Penn...
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