NEWSMAX: “This is a moment, I think, when you sit back and say, ‘What do we need to do in the military arena? What also do we need to do in the political arena?’” he said, calling ISIS “clearly a threat to the United States, to our allies and partners around the world…” “These are […]
George W. Bush outpolls Barack Obama
POLITICO: Americans now have a more favorable view of former President George W. Bush than they do of President Barack Obama. It is the first time in more than a decade that Americans have expressed a favorable view of Bush, at least according to a new CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday. Bush is seen in a […]
KEISLING: Dysfunctional and over-paid PA legislature fires opening salvo in this year’s budget fight
Republican legislative leaders have finally responded to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s complicated budget proposal with a plan of their own, and it’s a plan of stunning simplicity: let’s keep doing what we’ve been doing.
Jeb Bush, Taking His Time, Tests the Legal Definition of Candidate
NEW YORK TIMES: Jeb Bush is under growing pressure to acknowledge what to some voters and a number of campaign finance lawyers seems obvious: He is running for president. The lawyers say Mr. Bush, a former Florida governor, is stretching the limits of election law by crisscrossing the country, hiring a political team and raising […]
Reform state sentencing
SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL …The trend began in 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the facts underlying any sentencing enhancement must be determined by the trial jury. That’s not how it is done in Pennsylvania, where a judge may lengthen sentences if he finds that a defendant was in possession of a gun, sold drugs near a mass transit stop or a school and on and on.
LNP article “Housing Shortage threatens economy” misses an important point. PART ONE
The idea that we can afford to provide new housing for the disadvantage is as economically preposterous as giving new cars to the poor.
Poll: 2016 Republicans tightly bunched; Clinton’s image erodes
WASHINGTON POST: After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, the 2016 Republican nomination contest is as unsettled as ever, with no candidate receiving more than 11 percent support and seven candidates all within three points of one another, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham […]
Medical marijuana: Committee head fears Pa. bill would ‘harm’
One man is blocking the will of the people and preventing them from having legal access to medical marijuana.
Saint Stalin
Recently Icons were found in some obscure Russian churches depicting an image of Josef Stalin. The Russian Orthodox Church hadn’t approved of such activity but officially has done nothing to stop it. 
Max Planck, the unlikely founder of quantum physics, knew how to change his mind.
SLATE COLUMN: …Early in his career, [German physicist Max ] Planck strongly endorsed the beliefs of other physicists in the late 19th century: We did not need “atoms” to describe matter. But, by age 32, Planck had studied enough of the advances in chemistry to change his mind. He was among the first physicists to […]
TSA Director Reassigned in Wake of Security Failures
GOOD MORNING AMERICA: The acting director of the Transportation Security Administration has been reassigned after an internal investigation revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials… Officials close to the secretary said the decision […]
Four central Pa. newspapers purchased by Gannett Co., owner of USA Today
YORK DAILY RECORD: Four central Pennsylvania newspaper, including the York Daily Record and the Lebanon Daily News, are among a group of newspapers being purchased byGannett Co., owner of USA Today and 81 community newspapers.
Lancasteronline “search engine” apparently not worth a damn
LNP used to retain articles in chronological order almost indefinitely under News and also its search engine worked. But in recent months, we have found the search engine to be almost useless.
‘Viagra for Women’ Gets Push for F.D.A. Approval
“Women have waited long enough,” the effort, known as Even the Score, says in an online petition that has gathered more than 40,000 signatures. “In 2015, gender equality should be the standard when it comes to access to treatments for sexual dysfunction.” …