Postcard From Turkey

Postcard From Turkey

Erdogan (like Russia’s Vladimir Putin) confuses “being in power with having power,” argued Dov Seidman, whose company, LRN, advises C.E.O.’s on governance and who is the author of the book “How.” “There are essentially just two kinds of authority: formal authority and moral authority,” he added.

Making the Case for a Rise in Inflation

Making the Case for a Rise in Inflation

One main feature of inflation is that it reduces the real value of debt. Think of the $13 trillion in outstanding mortgages or the $12 trillion in government debt held by the public. Inflation would eat away at those obligations, without any need for bankruptcy lawyers. And it would leave more disposable income for Americans to spend…

Cross-Pa. turnpike trip could reach $50 by ‘21

Cross-Pa. turnpike trip could reach $50 by ‘21

The turnpike is required to pay $450 million annually to PennDOT for nonturnpike costs because of a 2007 state law, Act 44, which attempted to find money for road and bridge repairs and mass transit.

Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit

Immigration Law Changes Seen Cutting Billions From Deficit

A long-awaited analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the benefits of an increase in legal residents from immigration legislation currently being debated in the Senate — which includes a pathway to citizenship — would outweigh the costs.

AMA Votes to Recognize Obesity as a Disease

AMA Votes to Recognize Obesity as a Disease

The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have “doubled among adults in the last twenty years and tripled among children in a single generation” and that the World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Internal Revenue Service already recognize the condition as a disease…

Brazil leader acknowledges social protests

Brazil leader acknowledges social protests

Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who was imprisoned and tortured during Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship, said on Tuesday that the protests were evidence of a vibrant democracy and acknowledge the need for better public services and more responsive governance.

Adequacy of existing state environmental laws questioned in Harrisburg incinerator case

Adequacy of existing state environmental laws questioned in Harrisburg incinerator case

A common sense test could protect the public, taxpayers, LCSWMA, and the City of Harrisburg. For various legal, economic, and other dysfunctional reasons, this real-world test seems to be the last thing Harrisburg and Lancaster officials want to do.

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