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The sad passing of John Craig

 
News that former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editor John Craig died yesterday at his Sewickley home caught me off guard this morning. I had known John was critically ill, but the mere thought of him being gone from the Pittsburgh scene seems so alien and wrong.
I first met the “sometimes acerbic” journalist, as he has been described [...]

"Bold, proactive philanthropy"

Powerful words from The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Board member Maxwell King in today’s Post-Gazette. He described the recent action by four Pittsburgh foundations, including The Pittsburgh Foundation, to secure an option on the sale of WDUQ as an example of “bold, proactive philanthropy.”
As anyone who knows him will recognize, those are not words Max is inclined [...]