We are selling two tickets to Pittsburgh Opera's Abduction from the Seraglio Tuesday, May 1. The seats are in the far right Director's Circle, first row. We're asking $40 for the pair. Deb Polk   "It is a function of a kind of unfortunate mentality in this country where, over time, we have become a spending nation and not an investing nation," said Michael Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition, an industry group pushing for waterways improvements. "We just need to get back to being an investing nation. Great nations invest in themselves," he said. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 18, 2012.