SLATE: … Congress passed the law, allowing U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list their place of birth as “Israel,” back in 2002, when George W. Bush was president. Like every president since the Truman era, Bush took the position that in order to be an honest broker for peace in the region, the question […]
Pennsylvania’s attorney general considers options in Highmark, UPMC dispute
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: …While confirming Monday that the state attorney general has decided something must be done about the four-year dispute between the two Pittsburgh health giants, “It is too early to tell what our proposals might entail,” said Chuck Ardo, spokesman for Ms. Kane. “We have had discussions with a number of people about a […]
50 hospitals charge uninsured more than 10 times cost of care, study finds
.The researchers said other consumers who could face those high charges are patients whose hospitals are not in their insurance company’s preferred network of providers, patients using workers’ compensation and those covered by automobile insurance policies.
In case after case, lethal force was employed on the flimsiest possible basis.
By Tom O’Connell, MD However one defines “misconduct,” it does not include the inappropriate use of lethal force by police sworn to protect and serve the civilians they have responsibility for. Implicit in their mandate is the idea of fairness: that they must be evenhanded in applying the awesome life & death powers they have […]
Capitolwire: “The Senate has spoken” on Brown’s nomination defeat.
By Christen Smith Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (June 8) — Senate Republicans rejected Col. Marcus Brown’s nomination Monday on a vote of 22-26, just hours after Gov. Tom Wolf recalled the would-be Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner “to allow time for additional discussion.” Except, as Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, said, his caucus members knew […]
Black Dads Are Doing Best of All
NEW YORK TIMES COLUMN: …First, there are a growing number of people who live together but don’t marry. Those mothers are still single, even though the child’s father may be in the home. And, asThe Washington Post reported last year: “The share of unmarried couples who opted to have ‘shotgun cohabitations’ — moving in together […]
What Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Is Really About
WALL STREET JOURNAL: KEENE, N.H. – Two thoughts spring to mind after a day spent watching Sen. Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail. First: It isn’t so clear he really believes he can be president. And second: He’ll be a formidable presence on the Democratic debate stage nonetheless… (more) EDITOR: We won’t be surprised if […]
Study: Israelis, Palestinians to Gain Billions From Peace
NEWSMAX: … The RAND Corp., a U.S.-based nonprofit research organization, interviewed some 200 officials from the region and elsewhere during more than two years of research into the costs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its main finding was that following a peace agreement, Israelis stood to gain $120 billion over the course of a decade. The […]
What do Democrat Kathleen Kane and Republican Chris Christie have in common?
“[ David Wildstein, a former Port Authority official]’s statement, in a civil case separate from the federal prosecution in the bridge case, …portrays the governor, a former United States attorney, casually revealing information about a grand jury proceeding he had overseen, which violates federal law.”
Do economic handouts really make a difference in jobs created?
The real answer is who knows? Ten states and the District of Columbia have laws that require regular evaluation of tax incentives and economic development grants. Pennsylvania is not one of them.
The High Cost of Investing Like a Daredevil
Consider a $10,000 investment in the S.&P. 500 index. Using the Dalbar rates, my calculations show that with dividends, that $10,000 would grow to $65,464 over 20 years, compared with only $27,510 over the same period for the return of the average stock mutual fund investors…
Turkey’s Ruling Party Loses Parliamentary Majority
NEW YORK TIMES: Turkish voters delivered a rebuke on Sunday to PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan as his party lost its majority in Parliament in a historic election that dealt a blow to his ambition to rewrite Turkey’s Constitution and increase his power… The election was also a significant victory to the cadre of Kurds, liberals and […]
The questionable future of Lancaster’s suburban garden apartment complexes
Over the past couple of decades thousands of other condominium units have been built in the Lancaster region for specific segments of the housing market: Senior Communities, Student housing, Senior housing, Assisted Living, recently downtown condominiums, plus newly built conventional rental apartments that are more spacious, a better appointed, often have garages, and are marketed to prospects with incomes in the top 10% nationally.
LETTER: Bloomberg headline contrary to actual report that fracking does pollute
… [M]unicipalities in western PA are saying they can’t remove this pollution with conventional means and the existing testing for harmful substances in drinking water might not even be including all of the toxins being dumped by fracking.