The New York Times reports: “Democrats want to name President Trump’s big donors. His supporters say it’s harassment.” The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment to the Constitution allows individuals or corporations to make unlimited political donations. Sad ruling, but so be it. But there is nothing in the Constitution, or at least […]
Russian Media Today, Part One
By Slava Tsukerman What sources of news information do Russians use? For the majority of Russians the only sources of news are the three state controlled national TV networks: Channel One, Russia TV, and NTV. According to FOM (Social Opinion Foundation) surveys, in 2010, 87% of the Russian respondents obtained news from television. Still, despite […]
An important Letter to the Editor of The New York Times
To the Editor: In her review of Tim Bouverie’s “Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchilll, and the Road to War” (July 21), Lynne Olson gives a number of reasons for what happened at the Munich conference in 1938, among them Chamberlain’s ignorance of foreign policy. However, she omits an underlying motive for that sordid episode, namely anti-Communism. […]
After debate polling and its significance
If you visit Real Clear Politics, you will note post last week’s debates, former Vice President Joe Biden has twice the support as does Senator Bernie Sanders and even more so than does Senator Elizabeth Warren. However, add Sander’s and Warren’s poll numbers together and their popularity is equal to that of Biden. Normally […]
REF comments on last nights CNN Democrat debate
Below are two excerpts from an article in today’s NYT Times: “Discussing criminal justice reform with Senator Cory Booker, who has been sharply critical of Mr. Biden’s record on that matter, he jokingly skipped ahead, calling him the president and stopping himself as he lightheartedly grabbed Mr. Booker’s arm— ‘excuse me, the future president’”” Do […]
“Camp MFE” Benefit Concert
July 31, 2019 at 7:00 pm First Reformed Church 40 E. Orange St. Lancaster, PA 17602 Join Music For Everyone and the staff of Camp MFE on July 31 for a night of amazing music. This fun concert benefits MFE’s summer camps, helping our organization to provide scholarships, ensuring that all who attend do so […]
Racist at heart? Yes we are, but…
By Robert Field This is true about almost every white person born sixty or more years ago in an era of extreme racial bigotry. Sure we have learned better and espouse democratic sentiments. Many of us voted for Barack Obama. Nevertheless we are at best “racists in recovery” and the deep rooted prejudices from our formative […]
New York Times’ report on cause of NYC blackout:
What is particularly of interest is, despite all of the best selling books by reputable sources, there is no speculation or even comment on whether this might be a terrorist attack by a country or individuals. “Con Edison said the failure apparently stemmed from a problem at a substation on West 49th Street, and affected […]
Letter and response concerning NYC blackout
Question: “[Are you] claiming Russia caused the NYC blackout? I’d be interested in what such a claim would be based on.” Response: Both books I have recently read are lauded by top US and British defense officials and espionage experts. They point to a shadow war that is under way with the USA on […]
It is flattering that Vladimir Putin considers NewsLanc an adversary
A report by Doug McVay, Administrator NewsLanc is a frequent target of brute force hacking attempts. This has been true for the past few years. This happens with a lot of sites so it’s not surprising. Unfortunately, though they are brute force login attempts the attacks sometimes come at such a rate that they become […]
New Statistics From Russia of Interest to the West
By Slava Tsukerman On May 25, 2019 the Kremlin sociological service VTsIOM published a survey about public confidence in President Vladimir Putin that was given much attention by the Russian media. The confidence rating was 31.7%. This was the lowest figure for all the 13 years of this indicator. The trust for the president of […]
A cruise question that never occurs: “So what have you achieved with your life?”
By Robert Field Those are the questions I would have like to have put to fellow old people whom we met on our cruise ship as we toured the Baltic states from Reyjavik, Iceland to Copenhagen, Denmark There were only a few young couples that mistakenly chose this cruise. It combines the worst elements […]
Entertainment Scandal in Russia
By Slava Tsukerman Last week Russia experienced one of the largest media scandals in Russian history. No economic or political news in several years triggered such emotional reaction from both media and general public. Surprisingly, the scandal was triggered not by political news, but by the results of children singing competition on TV. Yet unexpectedly […]
In defense of LNP – And farewell to our print edition
By Robert Field, Publisher and Editor Over the past decade, NewsLanc has taken to task The Lancaster Newspapers (now LNP) for slanting news coverage to benefit the Steinman family’s other investments and to curry to advertisers and powerful elements in the community. Yet a couple of recent events have added perspective. One is the Reading […]