Corbett, who has acted like an attorney general while governor, brought much of this on himself by keeping his plans as secret as a grand jury indictment, remaining figuratively cloistered in the governor’s office, failing to grab the reins of power. Perhaps because of its history, he was too willing to defer to the Legislature to come up with a plan rather than lead…
Turnpike to raise speed limit to 70 mph on stretch of highway next week
Turnpike officials are planning a news conference for next week to detail future speed-limit changes across the Turnpike’s 550-mile system… (more)
In a Subprime Bubble for Used Cars, Borrowers Pay Sky-High Rates
NEW YORK TIMES: …Auto loans to people with tarnished credit have risen more than 130 percent in the five years since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, with roughly one in four new auto loans last year going to borrowers considered subprime — people with credit scores at or below 640. The explosive growth […]
Lifetime potential and achievement scoring system
An insightful fantasy game we play is grading the potentials of ourselves and those whom we know or have learned about and then also grading what the individuals have accomplished.
What do fame, wealth and lots of sex bring? Love People, Not Pleasure
What is unhappiness? Your intuition might be that it is simply the opposite of happiness, just as darkness is the absence of light. That is not correct. Happiness and unhappiness are certainly related, but they are not actually opposites.
Pennsylvania needs to end the credit-card approach to pension reform: John Yudichak
A plan supported by Senate Democrats would allow the state to address the 10 years of underfunding pensions by borrowing $9 billion to immediately reduce the unfunded liability.
Jobless rate unchanged as Pennsylvanians gave up search for work
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: The state’s unemployment rate was unchanged last month as more people dropped out of the labor force. The jobless rate was 5.6 percent in June, the same as in May, and employers added a meager 1,800 jobs, according to the Department of Labor & Industry’s monthly labor market report on Friday. The number […]
Forbes Magazine Sold to Hong Kong Group; $475 Million Valuation
NEWSMAX: The Forbes family, an emblem of American wealth and pioneer of business journalism, is giving up control over the media empire it cultivated for almost a century by selling a majority stake to a Hong Kong-based group. The transaction valued Forbes Media LLC at $475 million, said a person with knowledge of the matter, […]
HIV diagnosis rate down by a third in the U.S.
USA TODAY: There is some good news in the fight against AIDS: The rate of diagnosis for HIV infections has fallen in the United States by a third over the past decade, a study finds. The report, released Saturday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, can be seen as a sign that the […]
Jersey shore braces for casino closings
USA TODAY: …Revel, the glitzy $2.4 billion casino that opened in April 2012 on the north end of the boardwalk, filed for bankruptcy in June. The casino is scheduled to be auctioned in August. Also in June, Caesars Entertainment Corp. said it would close Showboat at the end of August. Last week, Trump Plaza Associates […]
White House Weighs in on DC Marijuana Reform Battle
DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: The city of Washington, DC, is a marijuana policy hothouse these days. It’s expanding its medical marijuana program, it has a new decriminalization bill set to go into effect Thursday with House Republicans trying to stop it, it has a marijuana possession and cultivation legalization initiative poised to make the November ballot, […]
David Cameron: Russia To Blame Over Malaysia Airlines Crash If Rebels Responsible
HUFFINGTON POST / REUTERS: …”For too long there has been a reluctance on the part of too many European countries to face up to the implications of what is happening in eastern Ukraine,” [British Prime Minister David Cameron] wrote. “It is time to make our power, influence and resources count. Our economies are strong and […]
LETTER: Ronald Reagan tells Soviet jokes.
Here is something that you can find interesting. I loved it.
Examining the Growth of the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’
Because they dislike institutions, the spiritual but not religious also recoil from the deities such institutions are built around. “They may like Jesus, he might be their guru, he might be one of their many bodhisattvas, but Jesus as God is not on their radar screen,” Dr. Mercadante said…