“If only we had a real newspaper that provided unbiased full coverage on issue that interest/effect all of Lancaster City/County residents, and not just a chosen few (like the power elite).”
“Lancaster residential rental vacancy rate in 2013 is the highest point since 2005”
At 5.04%, Lancaster residential rental vacancy rate in 2013 is at the highest point since 2005, the beginning of our reporting for this series.
U.S. Considers Harder Line on Russia
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Obama administration officials are considering new deterrence strategies to rein in Russian meddling in Europe, in what some say would amount to an updated version of Cold War-era containment. The proposed approach involves beefing up the militaries of allies and would-be partners and rooting out government corruption, which they see Moscow exploiting […]
How John Edwards’s agenda conquered the GOP
WASHINGTON POST COLUMN: …. [North Carolina Senator John] Edwards famously preached that the nation had become divided along class lines. As he said in his speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention: “We still live in a country where there are two different Americas. One for all of those people who have lived the American […]
A letter from a visiting Australian drug addiction physician
EDITOR: The following report from a visiting physician will fascinate those with a keen interest in the treatment of drug addiction. Many of the specialists cited are colleagues in drug policy reform from the past. Ernest Drucker, Ph D’s presentation (along with Dr. Sam Rice from Lancaster) to the Lancaster Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board […]
Lancaster does not lack for adequate housing now or in the future, just leadership at all levels PART TWO
1) There must be at least 250 and likely as many as 400 relatively attractive garden apartments units vacant in the greater Lancaster area at all times. If the federal government funded and state administered Section 8 rental program allowed the tenant to supplement the government grant so that rental payments were closer to market rates, landlords would be motivated to quickly make vacant apartments available to hundreds of deserving families.
EPA report: Fracking has caused isolated, not widespread, water pollution
A federal Environmental Protection Agency study has for the first time determined that hydraulic fracturing, used in oil and gas development throughout the United States, has contaminated water supplies in isolated incidents but has not caused widespread, systematic damage to water resources.
Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance
TWO years ago today, three journalists and I worked nervously in a Hong Kong hotel room, waiting to see how the world would react to the revelation that the National Security Agency had been making records of nearly every phone call in the United States.
In Japan, Md. governor is wowed by super-fast trains — with big price tags
WASHINGTON POST: Imagine getting from Baltimore to Washington in less than 15 minutes. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan certainly did Thursday when he hurtled through the Japanese countryside at 314 mph. Hogan wants Maryland to get these “maglev” trains — short for magnetic levitation — and Japan wants to sell them… If he’s right, it’s an […]
Big Pharma seeks special trade deal
POLITICO: …As part of the Affordable Care Act, the White House acceded to industry requests for a dozen years of exclusivity for biologics. Since then, however, the administration has repeatedly tried through budget proposals to cut the period to seven years. If the administration were to agree to a dozen years in the trade talks, […]
Assisted-death bill approved by California Senate
LOS ANGELES TIMES: After a debate marked by raw and personal tales of loss, the state Senate on Thursday advanced a proposal to allow terminally ill Californians to end their lives with drugs prescribed by physicians. If the measure wins approval by the Assembly and Gov. Jerry Brown, California will join five other states in […]
Character assassination by media
According to a column in the Pittsburgh Tribune “By 2-to-1 margin, Pennsylvanians with opinion say AG Kane should resign”
Using Violence and Persuasion, ISIS Makes Political Gains
NEW YORK TIMES: …The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has managed to advance in the face of American-led airstrikes by employing a mix of persuasion and violence. That has allowed it to present itself as the sole guardian of Sunni interests in a vast territory cutting across Iraq and Syria. Ideologically unified, […]
A case study in Republicans’ rapid radicalization
WASHINGTON POST OP-ED: Just three years ago, the House voted overwhelmingly to extend the charter ofthe Export-Import Bank and to expand its business of loaning money to boost American exports. Among Republicans, 147 voted yes and 93 voted no. Nothing much has changed since then. The Export-Import Bank supported itself and generated returns of $675 […]