From the DAILY BEAST: Next week, according to United Nations projections, the world will pass 7 billion in population, and by the end of this century it’s likely to grow by half again to 10 billion.
Month: October 2011
Hillary Clinton and the Limits of Power
TIME MAGAZINE: Hillary Clinton argues in our cover story this week, now available online to subscribers, that America is not so much in decline as adjusting to a world of increasingly diffuse power, where like-minded networked individuals, non-governmental organizations and other non-traditional global actors may steer events as much as great power capitals. Clinton lays […]
Time Poll: Hillary Defeats GOP Contenders
From NEWSMAX: Hillary Rodham Clinton is emerging as the most formidable non-candidate candidate heading into the 2012 presidential election. A new Time magazine poll shows Clinton easily defeating the major Republican candidates, were she somehow to become the 2012 Democratic nominee for president, according to USA Today.
First Dreamliner passengers sing new jet’s praises
USA TODAY: ABOARD THE BOEING 787 DREAMLINER – Boeing’s much-ballyhooed but long-delayed 787 Dreamliner finally entered commercial service this week, flying paying passengers for the first time on an All Nippon Airways flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Wednesday. “I think the 787’s benefits will be appreciated mostly by frequent travelers and aviation enthusiasts,” […]
EFSF head optimistic of China’s support
The chief of the eurozone rescue fund said he was confident China would continue to support the European financial stability facility ahead of meetings with the finance ministry and central bank in Beijing on Friday… Advisers to the Chinese government told the Financial Times on Thursday that the country is likely to contribute to the […]
U.S. Economy Grows At Annualized Rate Of 2.5 Percent
HUFF POST / REUTERS: Economic growth increased at its fastest in a year in the third quarter as consumers and businesses set aside fears about the recovery and stepped up spending, creating momentum that could carry into the final three months of the year. Though part of the increase came from the reversal of temporary […]
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission bonds downgraded to ‘negative’
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: A ratings agency changed the outlook for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission from “stable” to “negative” because of concerns about toll hikes and the commission being forced to shoulder more of the state’s transportation burdens. “The negative outlook on the bonds reflects the possibility that larger than currently forecast toll rate increases will be […]
Are red-light cameras in Harrisburg and other cities worth the money?
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: A bill that would allow Harrisburg and 18 other cities to install cameras at red lights passed the state Senate on Tuesday. If the bill to expand Pennsylvania’s camera program beyond Philadelphia becomes law, it would save lives, said Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware County, who sponsored the bill. Not […]
LANCASTER NEW ERA
An editorial “Poor marks for Obama 1,000 days” would have us believe: “A $787 billion stimulus that he said would save or create 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. Didn’t happen. The nation’s jobless rate is stuck at 9-plus percent. “Health care reform that would cover 30 million currently uninsured Americans while reducing health care costs.
Rasmussen: Don’t Count Perry Out Yet
From NEWSMAX Rick Perry can still spring a huge surprise and mount a comeback to become the Republican candidate to face President Barack Obama at the ballot box next year, influential pollster Scott Rasmussen tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview. The Texas governor has made a lot of unforced errors in his campaign, but the […]
Obama uses executive powers to get past Congress
From USA TODAY: During a three-day Western trip that ended Wednesday, Obama announced initiatives that could help 1.6 million college students repay their federal loans, 1 million homeowners meet their mortgage payments, and 8,000 veterans find jobs. The Democratic president did this with nary a negotiation with congressional Republicans. Like many of his predecessors in […]
Europe Agrees to Basics of Plan to Resolve Euro Crisis
From the NEW YORK TIMES: European leaders, in a significant step toward resolving the euro zone financial crisis, early Thursday morning obtained an agreement from banks to take a 50 percent loss on the face value of their Greek debt…
Income of richest US households soars
FINANCIAL TIMES: …The CBO concluded that while after-tax household incomes grew by 275 per cent for the richest 1 per cent between 1979 and 2007, they rose by 65 per cent for the rest of the top 20 per cent of Americans. For the 60 per cent in the middle-class, after-tax incomes grew by slightly […]
Cost for Pa. 4-year public universities 3rd in nation
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: The cost of attending college in Pennsylvania grew slightly less than the national average this year, but the cost of going to a four-year public university in the state is now the third-highest in the nation, according to the report released today by the College Board.
The average cost of tuition and fees at a public four-year college in Pennsylvania grew by 7 percent, from $11,331 last fall to $12,079 this fall, the College Board said. That’s an average increase of $748.