The news came after agents raided the office Thursday, seized documents, and interviewed Pawlowski and city Managing Director Francis Dougherty, according to a source close to the investigation
Greek Crisis Shows How Germany’s Power Polarizes Europe
On Friday, Spanish antiausterity leader Pablo Iglesias urged his countrymen: “We don’t want to be a German colony.” On Sunday,after Greece’s result became clear, Italian populist Beppe Grillo said, “Now Merkel and bankers will have food for thought.” On Monday,Ms. Merkel flew to Paris for crisis talks amid signs the French government was resisting Berlin’s hard line on Greece.
Pollster John Zogby: Clinton Campaign Is ‘in Trouble’
NEWSMAX: …”Bernie Sanders is playing the would-be Elizabeth Warren role. He is the progressive with flesh and bones,” Zogby says. “Essentially, he’s not a very appealing persona. “It is the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and right now they see an alternative to Hillary and that’s what he is. An alternative to Hillary and […]
Why Bernie Sanders Is the Left’s Ron Paul
SLATE COLUMN: When Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for president, I though the would be a gadfly with a modest following. Not Howard Dean, but not Dennis Kucinich, either. During the past week, however, the Vermont senator has become a bona fide phenomenon… Sanders is a fascinating candidate with a vital, underrepresented message in American […]
President Obama predicts more ‘setbacks’ in war
POLITICO: …“This larger battle for hearts and minds is going to be a generational struggle,” Obama said. Even so, the president singled out what he called solid progress and the “strategic weaknesses” of ISIL that the U.S. and its allies would continue to exploit — its isolation from international support, its lack of air power […]
LETTER: Who will take responsibility for Lancaster’s decline five years from now?
Re: Will CRIZ ruin downtown Lancaster investors as NIZ is doing to Allentown? 5 years from now, when downtown Lancaster is no longer “vibrant and robust’, will LNP, PSP and High Industries take responsibility? Will the authors of CRIZ take responsibility when businesses leave due to an unfair taxation without representation effort to save the […]
Global Poverty Drops Sharply, With China Making Big Strides, U.N. Report Says
NEW YORK TIMES: Dire poverty has dropped sharply, and just as many girls as boys are now enrolled in primary schools around the world. Simple measures like installing bed nets have prevented some six million deaths from malaria. But nearly one billion people still defecate in the open, endangering the health of many others. These […]
Frank LaGrotta’s hard fall from grace
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: Frank LaGrotta is a real anomaly in Harrisburg’s seedy political world. Of the 40 or so elected Pennsylvania public officials who have pleaded or been convicted of public corruption in the past quarter century, none were as popular. Always considered “one of the good guys,” LaGrotta continued to get “good press,” […]
Will CRIZ ruin downtown Lancaster investors as NIZ is doing to Allentown?
“These incentives can be good for downtown Allentown, but not at the expense of the existing buildings that are in jeopardy of losing existing tenants to these new developments and cannot compete on a level playing field to fill up existing buildings, leaving vacant buildings that could not and should not be the result of the creation of the NIZ.”
Greece and the global ‘Debt Trap’
WASHINGTON POST COLUMN: …What we have is a global debt trap. The combination of high debt and low economic growth is inherently unstable. There’s little room to maneuver. If all the countries with high debts simultaneously tried to reduce them through sizable spending cuts and tax increases, the collective effect would be a calamity because […]
Greece’s eurozone future in doubt after decisive No victory
FINANCIAL TIMES: Greece’s anti-austerity government scored a decisive victory in Sunday’s referendum as voters backed its call to reject a compromise with international creditors, raising serious doubts about the country’s ability to remain inside the eurozone… Mr Tsipras said he was ready to resume talks immediately, “but this time the issue of debt will be […]
The ‘golden’ cuff links and a lesson not forgotten
By Robert Field Strange how in old age the mind can suddenly turn to memories of incidents from 65 years ago that, though perhaps trivial at the time, were significant in impact on later life. Returning from piano lessons at the musical academy on Spruce Street, I stopped in at a haberdasher on South 16th […]
Trade off on pension bill
SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: …The bill would create a new defined contribution plan for future state employees akin to the 401(k) plans that are common in the private sector. It passed along purely party lines, with the Republicans who authored it and passed it calculating that it would save $11 billion in state contributions over 30 […]
Let’s Talk About Your Sex
Dr. [Margie] Nichols says kinky couples have the best sex of any long-term couples she sees. Because of this, she finds herself “selling” their principles to vanilla (nonkinky) heterosexuals.…