PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: Penn State will probably have to give its athletic department a long-term loan to pay the $60 million fine imposed by the NCAA after the child sex abuse scandal at the school, the university’s president said in an interview aired Sunday. A combination of funds, including the football program’s financial reserves, will be […]
Month: July 2012
Battle between mega corps and mom-and-pop internet cafes
Mega corporations paid $50 million for a license to build and operate a casino in Pennsylvania. The licenses would be less valuable if state government allowed the free market to prevail. Even the PA Gaming Control Board at times can be more interested in crushing competition than seeing that patrons get a fair shake. In […]
Rick Santorum Blasts NCAA & Freeh Report On Penn State-Jerry Sandusky Sex Abuse Scandal
“My concern with the Freeh report… a lot of the conclusions in the Freeh report aren’t matched by the evidence that they presented,” Santorum said… “I understand the NCAA and what they did in reaction to that report,” he added, “[but the NCAA] actually usually [does] their own internal investigation, their own fact checking. They sort of accepted someone else’s work product.”
South America Sees Drug Path to Legalization
NEW YORK TIMES: ….Across Latin America, leaders appalled by the spread of drug-related violence are mulling policies that would have once been inconceivable. Decriminalizing everything from heroin and cocaine to marijuana? The Brazilian and Argentine legislatures think that could be the best way to allow the police to focus on traffickers instead of addicts… Uruguay […]
Voter ID laws could swing states
POLITICO: At least 5 million voters, predominantly young and from minority groups sympathetic to President Barack Obama, could be affected by an unprecedented flurry of new legislation by Republican governors and GOP-led legislatures to change or restrict voting rights by Election Day 2012. Supporters of these new laws — spearheaded in six swing states, as […]
Why Mitt Romney’s warmongering won’t work
NEWSWEEK Op-Ed: …Here’s the nut graf, as we say, of Tuesday’s speech to the VFW: “I am an unapologetic believer in the greatness of this country. I am not ashamed of American power. I take pride that throughout history our power has brought justice where there was tyranny, peace where there was conflict, and hope […]
Olympics sex appeal competition
DAILY BEAST: A recent study reviewed TV coverage of female Olympians during the 2008 games. Tom Jacobs summarizes: [N]early three-quarters of the women’s coverage was devoted to gymnastics, swimming, diving and beach volleyball. Notice anything they have in common? The researchers did. “It is now customary for the participants in all of these events … […]
Five Guys found simple recipe for success: Do it right
USA TODAY: … about a year before opening Five Guys, Murrell was in a Pittsburgh hotel when he came across a book by J. Willard Marriott Sr., who got his start in the hospitality business with an A&W franchise. He had an epiphany. “He said anybody can be successful in the restaurant business if you […]
Bill Clinton Will Reportedly Play Major Role At Democratic National Convention
HUFFINGTON POST: Former President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer’s Democratic National Convention, where he will make a forceful case for President Barack Obama’s re-election and his economic vision for the country, several Obama campaign and Democratic party officials said Sunday. The move gives the Obama campaign an opportunity to take […]
Romney forced to clarify Iran position
FINANCIAL TIMES: ….Speaking ahead of Mr Romney’s keynote speech in Jerusalem, one of his senior advisers backed Israel’s right to conduct a unilateral attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. “If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that [nuclear weapons] capability, the governor would respect that decision,” said […]
The way forward for Penn State
Rodney A. Erickson is president of Penn State University. WASHINGTON POST Op-Ed: … I knew when I accepted the position of president in November — and the Board of Trustees strongly agreed — that, for Penn State to move forward, we would need to uncover and expose the full scope of the university’s knowledge of Sandusky’s […]
In AG race, GOP’s Freed favors video as evidence
CUMBERLINK.COM / AP: …Also during the hour-long interview, Freed said he sees no reason for the next attorney general to review the department’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse case, outlined plans to fine-tune the agency’s focus and said he owns a handgun… Asked whether he was satisfied with the investigation, Freed said, “the […]
Olympic Viewing: NBC Sets Opening Ceremony Record
NPR / AP: An opening ceremony from the mother country with a Beatle, a queen and Mr. Bean proved irresistible for viewers in the United States, with a record-setting 40.7 million people watching NBC’s first night of summer Olympics coverage… An estimated 5 million comments about the opening ceremony were made on social media, according […]
Newly formed Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship should come to the rescue
In response to the rush to judgment by the NCAA and outlandish ineptitude and neglect by Penn States Board of Trustees , PS4RS is being formed without ties to either the University of the Penn State Alumni Association.