THE HILL: 12/31/12 06:23 PM ET Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has told GOP colleagues that negotiators have agreed to postpone the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester for two months. The agreement could pave the way for Senate passage of legislation to avoid the biggest parts of the so-called “fiscal cliff.” But […]
Year: 2012
U.S. goes over fiscal cliff: Deal close but no votes scheduled
POLITICO: Updated: 12/31/12 7:35 PM EST Washington inched closer to a deal that would avert massive tax increases, but Congress will still fall short of passing legislation before a new year deadline, sending the country over the fiscal cliff at least temporarily as the two sides struggled to iron out final details. Democrats are objecting […]
Jon Huntsman: GOP ‘Devoid Of A Soul’
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R), who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, had harsh words for his party in an interview published Sunday in Britain’s Daily Telegraph. “The party right now is a holding company that’s devoid of a soul and it will be filled up with ideas over time and leaders […]
LNP executives’ arrogant treatment of subscribers
To the Watchdog who has had spent over half a century endeavoring to attract and please customers, the approach of top management of the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. to its subscribers is indeed a ‘puzzlement.’
Obama Signs FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Program Extension Into Law
HUFFINGTON POST: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists… Known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law allows the government to monitor overseas phone calls and emails without obtaining a court order for each intercept. […]
Questions raised again about Bill O’Brien’s future with Penn State football program
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: The incessant, as yet-to-be-answered questions regarding Bill O’Brien’s future at Penn State were thrust back into the forefront Sunday, with ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reporting that O’Brien was likely on some NFL teams’ short lists, including the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles…. If any team, college or pro, wants to hire O’Brien it will […]
Fiscal Cliff Countdown: What the Principals Want
DAILY BEAST Column: …1. President Obama Wish list: Higher taxes on the wealthy, stimulus spending, limited cuts to entitlements Worries of a “fiscal cliff” got a whole lot more real after the Nov. 6 election, which promised the return of divided government. Acutely aware of this, the newly re-elected president began publicly advocating the need […]
Deal Reached to Avoid $8 Milk Spike
NEWSMAX: Farm-state lawmakers have agreed to a one-year extension of the expiring farm law that, if enacted, would head off a possible doubling of retail milk prices to $7 or more a gallon in early 2013. The extension would end a 32-month attempt to update farm subsidies dating from the Depression era, when farmers were […]
COLUMN: Signing bonuses for drilling rights arrive in west central Pennsylvania – Part Two
Facts are difficult to come by. The drillers are large corporations with legions of lawyers and communication specialists. Information is released only when the drillers deem it necessary to advance their interests. The media in West Central PA asks no questions.
Hillary Clinton Admitted To New York Hospital With Blood Clot Following Concussion
HUFFINGTON POST: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton’s doctors discovered the clot Sunday while performing a follow-up exam, her spokesman, Philippe Reines, said. He would not elaborate on the location […]
Progress? McConnell talking to Biden, willing to drop Social Security demand
THE HILL: 12/30/12 04:32 PM ET Senate Republicans say Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is willing his drop his demand to curb the growth of Social Security cost-of-living increases. The demand from McConnell threw a wrench into talks Sunday on a fiscal cliff deal, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democrats […]
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
Free lance columnist Carol Petersen writes in “Mental Health Demands Respect”: “When suffering chest pains, we don’t refuse to seek treatment because we fear being labeled as having a heart condition. We don’t avoid treatment or lie about our condition so no one will know. We don’t suppress our symptoms, embarrassed to be thought of […]
Jesus was right about the poor but we could do better for the destitute
We recently tore down the former Host Resort and later Days Inn on Keller Avenue, across the tracks from the Amtrak Station. It would have made an economical and excellent facility for housing the temporarily homeless and as a ‘soup kitchen’ serving simple but nourishing breakfast and dinners at inexpensive prices.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
Editorial “E-town trying medical amnesty” opines: “Like Penn State, Elizabethtown College has adopted a “medical amnesty policy” that spares disciplinary action against a student who calls 911 or alerts campus security when he or she feels a fellow student is at risk of alcohol poisoning… Last year, a measure passed by the state Legislature and […]