PITTSBURGH - Our regular readers know that if we stopped to acknowledge all the accolades we receive there would be precious little time to serve the downtrodden. We make an exception in the case of The New York Times' front page story on Saturday about Pittsburgh's new mayor, Luke Ravenstahl, that cited this Web site and quoted one of our writers. It referred to us as "a satirical Web site and the city's equivalent of The Onion." We thought it ironic that one of the two most reputable news sources in the world had the courage to cite the other most reputable (us), and for this reason we salute the Times.
The Hon. Rufus Peckham