Public Commentary
- Dorothy Revisited, Postindustrial, September 13, 2022
- The Property Tax System That Could Have Been, PublicSource, July 19, 2022
- Demographic Decline May Force Pennsylvania to Address Problems, Real Clear Politics, May 25, 2022
- When Pittsburgh Said No, Postindustrial, May 13, 2022
- Clairton is Dead, Long Live Clairton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 6, 2021
- Shaping the Pittsburgh region post-pandemic, with Michael Madison, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 14, 2020
- Mobilizing a Nation for War, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 2020
- What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About Pittsburgh, Politico, June 3, 2017
- Book Review: ‘The New Urban Crisis’ Richard Florida updates his influential thesis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 9, 2017
- Parsing the New Pittsburgh narrative, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 1, 2015
- Quantifying Pittsburgh’s Evolution (interview/profile), Pittsburgh Business Times, July 4, 2014
- The Map is Back, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 6, 2013
- Go Mobile, in One big idea for Pittsburgh’s next mayor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 19, 2013
- For Pittsburgh a future not reliant on steel was unthinkable, and unavoidable, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 23, 2012
- Stealing From Pennsylvania’s Future, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 18, 2012
- Two Presidents, One Message, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 30, 2011
- Gerontocracy, Pittsburgh City Paper, June 9, 2011
- WELCOME TO CLEVEBURGH!, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 2, 2011
- What Did Pittsburgh Learn from the G-20?, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 26, 2010
- Book review of The Lost Cyclist, by David Herlihy, Pittsburgh City Paper, August 10, 2010
- Remaking the Political Map, Pittsburgh City Paper, February 10, 2010
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Meet your governments (editorial and graphic), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10, 2010
- Decline and Rise, Datapoints: The Dismal Scientist Blog, Economy.com, September 24, 2009
- **The G20 is coming to Pittsburgh? **, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 31, 2009
- The USS Pittsburgh vs. Typhoon Viper, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 8, 2008
- Pittsburgh’s Giant Gender Gap, with Sabina Deitrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 27, 2008
- Pittsburgh 250: Defined by Our Past, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 20, 2008
- Interview, Pittsburgh City Paper, August 23, 2007
- They Come, They Go: Migration and Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 12, 2007
- Cupcake Econometrics 101, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 1, 2007
- [Taxing Pittsburgh](Taxing Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 18, 2007
- Why Regionalism is So Difficult, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 9, 2006
- The End (or the beginning) of tax competition as we know it, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 17, 2006
- Candidates, be careful what you wish for, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 30, 2005
- Energy-burgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 23, 2005
- When Pittsburgh took on the world, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 13, 2005
- The city’s stealth crisis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 29, 2005
- Fade to black / Ill-fated QUBE TV had city on cutting edge in ’80s, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 29, 2004
- Book Review of Root Shock: The Demolition of America’s Urban Neighborhoods. By Mindy Fullilove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 27, 2004
- Optimistic Contrarian (Profile), by Clarke Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , June 2, 2004
- Century Old Dispute, Pittsburgh Business Times, Pittsburgh Business Times, April 19, 2004
- Is Downtown Dead? Hardly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 1, 2004
- Productivity Dilemma, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 23, 2003
- Bankruptcy Should Not Be Seen as Answer to City’s Woes, Pittsburgh Business Times, June 23, 2003
- It Was 20 Years Ago Today, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, February 1, 2003
- Bankruptcy for Pittsburgh Must Be Avoided, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 22, 2002
- A 21st Century Draft Will Not Work, US Naval Institute Proceedings, September 1, 2002
- Goodbye, St. Francis, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 24, 2002
- Young People Are Not Leaving Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 5, 2002
- Groundhog Day in the Assessors Office, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 27, 2002
- Pittsburgh Can Carry On, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, October 13, 2001
- Is ‘Young Voter’ an Oxymoron, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 22, 2001
- The Truth About Immigration, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 7, 2001
- Interview, OnQ, WQED, WQED, January 0, 1900
- The Dot.com bust could be Pittsburgh’s Boom, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 31, 2000
- The Soldiers Next Door, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 27, 2001
- Beyond Border Guard Bob, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 25, 2000
- We’re Getting Younger Every Year, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 2, 2000
- They Also Serve Who Only Sort and Drive, Washington Post, December 17, 1990