USA TODAY: The “top 1%” might be the primary target of the masses’ ire and envy, but it’s actually the top 0.1% who are grabbing a bigger slice of wealth. The average household in the top 1% pulled in earnings of $1,264,065 in 2012, according to a just-released analysis by investment firm Sadoff Investment Research. […]
Month: March 2014
In newspapers you also get for what you pay
This is not meant to be critical of the Lancaster Newspapers, but we note that the Intelligencer Journal New Era’s newsstand price is 75 cents and the Lancaster Sunday News’ is $2.00.
Panel’s Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come
The oceans are rising at a pace that threatens coastal communities and are becoming more acidic as they absorb some of the carbon dioxide given off by cars and power plants, which is killing some creatures or stunting their growth, the report found…
Senate Torture Report Examines Hunt for Bin Laden
NEWSMAX: …From the moment of bin Laden’s death almost three years ago in what was America’s biggest counterterrorism success, former Bush administration and some senior CIA officials have cited the evidence trail leading to the al-Qaida mastermind’s compound in Pakistan as vindicating the “enhanced interrogation techniques” they authorized after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But […]
Health care spending growth hits 10-year high
USA TODAY: Health care spending rose at the fastest pace in 10 years last quarter, a development that could foreshadow higher costs for consumers this year. Expenses for health care rose at a 5.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said last week. The jump triggered a sharp upward revision […]
Healthcare web site goes down but enrollment expectations surpassed
The site promised that when the site came back up it would send an “one-time email” to frustrated visitors “for you to return and complete your enrollment.” …
Kerry warns of ‘intimidation’ of Ukraine
FINANCIAL TIMES Moscow had created a climate of “fear and intimidation” in Ukraine, US secretary of state John Kerry said after talks in Paris on Sunday night with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as he refused to endorse Moscow’s calls for a federal solution for the country… He added that the Russian suggestion of a […]
Robert Gates on Barack Obama
I rarely saw him rush to a decision when circumstances allowed him time to gather information, analyze, and reflect… As a participant in that decision-making process, I always felt more confident about the outcome after thorough deliberation. When the occasion demand it, though Obama could make a big decision – a life-and-death decision – very fast.”
Is the governorship for sale?
One of the things that disturbs us about Wolf is that he is from a county reputed to be one of the most corrupt in the state. He has hung out and provided support to some of the most unsavory officials.
Race for lieutenant governor often overlooked in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: …The lieutenant governor is the commonwealth’s second-in-command and first in the line of succession when the governor can no longer serve. The post requires the officeholder to serve as president of the state Senate and chair of the Board of Pardons. But the race for lieutenant governor operates on a far lower profile […]
Kerry to meet Lavrov after Moscow pledges not to invade Ukraine
ALJAZEERA: Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute change of plans on Saturday to fly to Paris with the aim of setting up talks with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after Lavrov told Russian state television there were no plans to invade Ukraine. Lavrov said on Saturday that Russia had no intention […]
A Christie Appointee Quits, Finally
NEW YORK TIMES Editorial: The only thing wrong with the resignation announcement on Friday of David Samson, Gov. Chris Christie’s top appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was that it took so long. A close associate of the governor, Mr. Samson was running the authority while its employees and the […]
Borrowed Time on Disappearing Land
NEW YORK TIMES: … As the world’s top scientists meet in Yokohama, Japan, this week, at the top of the agenda is the prediction that global sea levels could rise as much as three feet by 2100. Higher seas and warmer weather will cause profound changes. Climate scientists have concluded that widespread burning of fossil […]
LETTER: Drug Enforcement Administration blocks medical marijuana research
The DEA is notorious for undermining efforts to simply study the medical benefits of marijuana by ignoring decades of scientific studies, blocking research, and issuing outright lies about marijuana. The DEA’s actions have shown us that it will do anything to maintain the drug war status quo.