Month: November 2009

AP / NEWSMAX.COM

Under the heading “Newspaper Lenders Turning Into Owners”, the report continues “Banks and other financial firms have taken over or are angling to take charge at dozens of newspapers, including four of the nation’s 15 largest – the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and The Philadelphia Inquirer. “The new owners face […]

Dieting usually ineffectual over long run for the obese

Obesity isn’t caused by overeating, and it isn’t fixed by restricting one’s diet. It appears to have multiple causes. There is no eating plan, whether one calls it a “diet” or “a change in lifestyle” that results in significant permanent weight loss. In fact, of all those people who go on a diet this year, 95% will weigh more four years later than when they began the diet.

NEW ERA

Editorial “The Erosion of property rights” opines “We need to limit the use of eminent domain to keep local governments from seizing property without due consideration of the property owner.”

BLOOMBERG

“Diabetics in U.S. May Double in 25 Years, Tripling Health Costs” discusses a study published today in the journal Diabetes Care. The article continues “Without new programs to assure that people get health care to manage their condition, 44.1 million people in the U.S. will have diabetes by 2034, from 23.7 million today, the report […]

NEW YORK TIMES

“U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments” states “But the mortgage companies that collect payments from homeowners — servicers, as they are known — generally do not own the loans. Rather, they collect fees from investors that actually own mortgages, and their fees often increase the longer a borrower remains in delinquency.” […]

SUNDAY NEWS

“All Bets off” goes on to say “We support moves by the state auditor general and Rep. Denlinger to ban ‘swaps’ and keep local governments from losing our shirts in a bond-issue shell game.” WATCHDOG: A wag of the tail! We remind the Sunday News that ‘swaps’ were used to fund the Convention Center Project […]

SUNDAY NEWS

The lead story is “Can’t miss work, child sick…Flu pandemic, harsh economy combine to give parents a major headache. ” It describes at length and in detail the dilemma facing parents who need the full pay check and employers who cannot afford paid time off or fear employee abuse of the privilege. WATCHDOG: This is […]

EDITORIAL: “In the Face of Catastrophe: A Surprise”

The Nov. 5, 2009 edition of The New York Review of Books contained a review by Bill McKibben of “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster” by Rebecca Solnit. NewsLanc has continuously inveighed against the internecine character of the leadership class of Lancaster County, citing examples (The Convention Center Project and the questionable new location of the Norfolk Southern rail yard) of a few predators taking advantage of the unwillingness of their peers to publicly object.

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE

“The Needle Nexus” reports: “We know that abstinence, sexual fidelity and consistent condom use all prevent the spread of H.I.V.  But we do not yet know how to persuade people to act accordingly. Then there is another way that H.I.V.  infects: by injection with a hypodermic needle previously used by an infected person. Outside Africa, […]

Lunch at the Penn Square Grille

The Penn Square Grille, adjoining the new Marriott Hotel and Lancaster County Convention Center, maintains a thoughtful and tastefully engineered atmosphere; however, the cuisine too often lacks refinement enough to keep up with the restaurant’s decor. But, with its devoted head chef and clever selection of menu items, the Grille could one day mature into a genuine hit—instead of merely ‘hit or miss.’…

NEW ERA

An Editorial “Uninvited guests at White House” harrumphs  “…Tuesday’s incident was a serious breach in White House security, made worse by the fact that threats against the president are up some 400 percent over his predecessor…. ‘Hopeful, the officers who failed o stop you will learn from this,’ said one comment to the Salahi Facebook […]

Hypocrisy at its finest

[In response to the letter “The Blame Game”] Wow. Nearly a word-for-word quote of what I once wrote about the way the left treated President Bush. Now, unlike most of the left, I will respond to the actual content, rather than indulge in an attack on the writer’s morals, intelligence and integrity. The socialist-in-chief, who […]