PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE COLUMN: Here are some criteria to consider: • If a worker only received emails and didn’t send them, is that worker less culpable than a regular forwarder? • If a person only received dirty email, did that person open them? • Was the employee surfing the web for porn or did he or […]
Sluggish Pa. employment persists in September
Guhan Venkatu, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, said that while the new figures showed that the number of jobs in Pennsylvania grew at a rate of 0.6 percent over the last year, nationally job growth is rising at a rate of 2 percent…
Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split
ALJAZEERA: …The revised paragraph had said “people with homosexual tendencies must be welcomed with respect and delicacy.” But the paragraph failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass. Two other paragraphs concerning the other hot-button issue at the synod — whether divorced and civilly remarried Catholics can receive Communion — also failed to pass. […]
Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor
NEW YORK TIMES: …About 7.3 million Americans are enrolled in private coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and more than 80 percent qualified for federal subsidies to help with the cost of their monthly premiums. But many are still on the hook for deductibles that can top $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for families […]
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law
HUFFINGTON POST: ..A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots. Three justices dissented. The law was struck down by a federal judge last week, but a federal […]
Pentagon readying for long war in Iraq, Syria
AOL / AP: …The U.S. general overseeing the campaign on Friday predicted that the jihadists will be “much degraded” by airstrikes a year from now, in part because he is focusing attacks on those resources that enable IS to sustain itself and resupply its fighters. On Friday, for example, the U.S. military said one of […]
Canada’s Largest Addiction Center Calls for Marijuana Legalization
“We’ve known for a long time that the existing approach to cannabis policy is not working,” said Dr. Rehm. “We want this framework to add to an informed discussion about the future of cannabis policy and to serve as a guide to the factors that need to be considered in order to come to a solution that is the most beneficial for public health. We believe that the best solution is a system of legalization combined with strict regulation of cannabis.”
Obama appoints Ebola ‘czar’ but still opposes travel ban
ALJAZEERA: President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, as the point man for the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola crisis, amid criticism the government’s response to the virus has been sluggish and inadequate. But the president said he continued to oppose a ban on […]
Janet Yellen bemoans rising US inequality
FINANCIAL TIMES: …Speaking at a conference in Boston, the Fed chairwoman [Janet Yellen] said she was “greatly concerned” by rising income and wealth inequality, and asked whether it is compatible with American values… “The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me,” said Ms Yellen. “The past several decades […]
US bans 10 Hungarian officials, businessmen from entering country
OCTOBER 17, 2014 BY RICHARD FIELD BUDAPEST BEACON: Hungarian daily newsportals atv.hu and 444.hu are reporting that ten Hungarian officials and associates have been banned from the United States of America. ATV reports that a total of 10 individuals were summoned to the US embassy and informed that their right to enter the United States […]
Western democracies have caused unnecessary years of economic stagnation
Most people have others matters to attend to other than studying medicine or economics. Concerning the former and the Ebola scare, they would not presume to allow government officials to turn their back on the advice of the medical profession.
Corbett vs. Wolf: What regional differences say about the race for governor
Since early polling indicated Wolf had a healthy lead headed into the general election, Corbett has clawed much of that back – especially outside of the Democratic bulwarks of eastern Pennsylvania…
The rape of Kishantos: “An unforgivable crime against the country”
BY RICHARD FIELD BUDAPEST BEACON: Spraying the fields with pesticide was a barbarous act professionally and economically that would not have happened anywhere else in the world. There is 140 hectares that can be saved and this area can be restored, although it will take many years. We’ve devoted our lives to this for the […]
Some Harvard Professors Oppose Policy on Assaults
NEW YORK TIMES: Dozens of Harvard Law School faculty members are asking the university to withdraw its new sexual misconduct policy, saying that it violates basic principles of fairness and would do more harm than good. “Harvard has adopted procedures for deciding cases of alleged sexual misconduct which lack the most basic elements of fairness […]