Editorial “NFL’s Goodell makes right call” concludes: “NFL football is violent enough without coaches and players upping the ante with promises of riches for behavior that, in just about any other setting, would be criminal in nature and deserving of lengthy jail time.”
Month: March 2012
Investor group’s offer for Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com: $60 million
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: A group of local investors reportedly has offered to pay $60 million to acquire the parent company of The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com. Those investors, led by businessman Lewis Katz and insurance executive and New Jersey Democratic leader George E. Norcross III, are seeking to buy Philadelphia Media Network Inc. […]
Decision 2012: Santorum’s grip on Pennsylvania GOP voters weakens
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Amid a series of self-inflicted campaign blunders, Republican presidential upstart Rick Santorum’s huge lead in Pennsylvania has evaporated, according to a new Franklin & Marshall University poll. Santorum enjoyed a 29-point lead over Mitt Romney in February’s F&M poll. The lead has dwindled to a two-point advantage in March. The staggering reversal comes […]
SAT and ACT to Tighten Rules After Cheating Scandal
From the NEW YORK TIMES: Stung by a cheating scandal involving dozens of Long Island high school students, the SAT and ACT college entrance exams will now require students to provide a photograph when they sign up for the exams, and officials will check those images against the identification the students present when they take the test.
Opposition unite behind Syrian National Council
BBC: All but one of Syria’s disparate opposition groups have agreed to unite behind the Syrian National Council. A statement issued after a two-day meeting in Istanbul said the SNC would be the “formal interlocutor and formal representative of the Syrian people”. They also expressed skepticism at the government’s acceptance of the peace plan presented […]
Wall Street Journal: In 10 Years, No Sign of Global Warming
From NEWSMAX: World temperatures have remained virtually unchanged in the past 10 years despite predictions of global warming and America’s mildest winter in decades, Princeton physics professor William Happer contends… “CO2 is not a pollutant,” he wrote. “Life on earth flourished for hundreds of millions of years at much higher CO2 levels than we see today.
Poll: Mississippi most religious; Vt., N.H. least
USA TODAY: Overall, Gallup says, “America remains a generally religious nation, with more than two-thirds of the nation’s residents classified as very or moderately religious.”… Gallup found that 59% of Mississippians described themselves as “very religious,” followed by 57% of Utahns and 56% of Alabamans. Louisiana, Arkansas and South Carolina came in at 54%. New […]
Gingrich scales back his presidential campaign
USA TODAY / AP: Newt Gingrich is dramatically curtailing his campaign schedule, laying off about a third of his staff and dismissing his campaign manager as he focuses on a last-ditch effort to win the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention. Gingrich’s strategy hinges on preventing front-runner Mitt Romney from winning the 1,144 delegates […]
Home price hit a 10-year low
CNN: The housing market started off the new year with a thud. Home prices dropped for the fifth consecutive month in January, reaching their lowest point since the end of 2002. The average home sold in that month lost 0.8% of its value, compared with a month earlier, and prices were down 3.8% from 12 […]
Judge gives Harrisburg incinerator its own overseer
PATRIOT NEWS: Harrisburg Receiver David Unkovic insisted this afternoon that he will continue with his fiscal recovery plan for the city, even though a Dauphin County judge has ordered a separate receiver to be appointed to run the city’s incinerator. President Judge Todd A. Hoover ruled today that a receiver can be named to operate […]
LETTER: Media Meltdown kills due process
I have followed the reporting of the fatal shooting of Trayvon Marting, a 17 year-old black youth in Florida. There is no dispute that Mr. Martin was shot to death by George Zimmerman, an mixed-race Hispanic adult male. Mr. Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain and had seen Mr. Martin walking through his gated community.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
Editorial “Solanco’s drug policy must go” observes: “Solanco refers to the drug testing on a consent form as ‘voluntary,’ but it is anything but. Refuse to sign, and you’re out of luck…. “There are exceptions. For example, with transit employees, where public safety is paramount… But drug testing of public school students who participate in […]
NYT/CBS Poll: Support for Afghan War Drops Sharply
NEWSMAX: Americans’ support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply in recent weeks following a series of violent incidents and setback, a new poll finds. The New York Times/ CBS survey found that more than two-thirds of those polled, 69 percent, felt the United States should not be in Afghanistan. That’s a 16-point increase […]
Arlen Specter: Romneycare a Blueprint for Obamacare
From NEWSMAX: Former Sen. Arlen Specter, who played a key role in passage of President Obama’s healthcare reform legislation, confirms to NewsmaxTV that the Senate considered Gov. Mitt Romney’s healthcare reform in Massachusetts as “solid precedent” for Obamacare. The Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat also says that based on Rick Santorum’s policies, voters have a firm basis to reject his presidential candidacy.