Here’s a link to an opinion piece I wrote for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It’s a “response” to an opinion article my grandfather wrote for the Post-Gazette 37-years-and-one-day earlier. As the sub-headline says, “Like grandfather, like grandson, coping with hard times.”
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First Person: Two not-so great recessions
Posted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Please tax me: Taxing health-care benefits is the best way to restrain health-care costs
Posted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Jeremy Smerd This is not easy for me to say, but in light of our political leaders’ inability to make sound decisions about the future of our health-care system, I want to make a one-time offer: Please tax my health benefits. To read story on Post-Gazette Web site, click here.
Squirell Hill Native Awarded Prestigious MacArthur Grant
Posted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on October 7, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Rosenzweig is no stranger to academic accolades. She was a straight-A student at The Ellis School in Shadyside and won four of the school’s six top academic awards, making the honors society as a junior, a rarity. She earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and works as a biochemist and associate [...]
