By Robert Field Wednesday’s LNP editorial “Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s resignation is long overdue” rejoices in her conviction and takes credit for their strident calls for her resignation, which began at the time of her grand jury indictment. More on that below. With Pennsylvania rated by Fortune Magazine as the fifth most corrupt state in the union and a […]
Kane Trial Verdict: The night of the long knives
Kathleen Kane remained a Rashomon Rorschach test, a carrier of what you believe she carried, a doer of what you believed she did, a sayer of what you believed she said. by Bill Keisling Defense lawyers and Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele spent nearly four hours on closing arguments in the Kathleen Kane […]
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts
NEW YORK TIMES: She was a rising Democratic star. She was the first in her party to be elected state attorney general. She was one of the most powerful women in Pennsylvania. But on Monday night, Kathleen G. Kane, the state’s top prosecutor, became a convicted criminal… Ms. Kane was caught up in a web […]
Does Putin plan to invade Ukraine?
By Slava Tsukerman This week Russian media was sporting titles like: “Russia is on the brink of a major war”. Reading Russian publications one certainly could come to the conclusion that the world is really facing possibility of an immediate start of the World War III. There were many reasons for such media outburst, among […]
Election day NOT the end
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: On the morning of November 9 you will see the worst in our politic is not over. A Clinton victory will just be the close of the latest chapter in the unraveling of the greatest – and longest lasting – democracy in the history of our planet. Trump is certain […]
Kane Trial Day 5: AG Kane declines to testify, and rests her defense without presenting witnesses
Since state Treasurer Budd Dwyer’s conviction and tragic death, this type of non-defense at trial hasn’t been used again by state officials facing prosecution, and for good reason by Bill Keisling Almost 30 years ago, in December 1986, Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, on trial in federal court, declined to present a defense at […]
GUEST COLUMNIST: David and Goliath, or Why the One Percent Has to Rig the System
By Polly Cleveland, PhD Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller, David and Goliath, asks how and why the weak win far more often than we expect. What characteristics of the weak can sometimes make them strong? What characteristics of the powerful can often make them vulnerable? For a long-time inequality buff like me, Gladwell provides some new insights. Gladwell […]
Kane trial extra: Court officials release transcript of FBI wiretap of Kane consultant Josh Morrow
The value of phone tap recordings like this to criminal investigators is that they are unrehearsed, and recorded at the time of an alleged crime. There’s little opportunity for someone like Morrow to rehearse a story, or say he can’t remember what happened. by Bill Keisling Not long after the prosecution and defense rested Friday in […]
Greetings from Earth!
(The following originally appeared at our sister publication The Budapest Sentinel, and appears here by permission.) Dear Supreme Leader: I am pleased to report that we have finally discovered another place in the vast cosmos resembling our home world. Situated in the western part of the Eurasian subcontinent, Hungary has anticipated many of the best […]
Kane Trial Day 4: Consultant says he conspired with AG Kane to leak grand jury material
Political consultant Josh Morrow says he and Attorney General Kathleen Kane cooked up a cover story designed to conceal their involvement in the leak and to make Kane’s former second-in-command, Adrian King, the fall guy by Bill Keisling Philadelphia-based political consultant Josh Morrow testified at trial Thursday that he and Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane conspired […]
Associated Press report on Kane trial is an exhibit of outrageous media bias
As an example of just how ignorant and careless the media is concerning Kathleen Kane’s tribulations as Attorney General, we invite readers to review the following AP article syndicated to newspapers and then compare what NewsLanc columnist Bill Keisling reports concerning happenings on day three of the trial Question for Ms Dale: Where is the rest of the […]
Obama Administration Set to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research
NEW YORK TIMES: The Obama administration is planning to remove a major roadblock to marijuana research, officials said Wednesday, potentially spurring broad scientific study of a drug that is being used to treat dozens of diseases in states across the nation despite little rigorous evidence of its effectiveness… For years, the University of Mississippi […]
LNP report confirms NewsLanc’s CRIZ revelation but stretches credibility
It is not surprising the well meaning and competent LNP reporter who reported on July 24 “CRIZ 2.0: Big things expected from revamped tax incentive” failed to recognize the significance of a misleading clause that bestowed up to an $18 million rebate of taxpayers money on Penn Square Partners (PSP), equitable owner of the […]
Kane Trial Day 3: Back stabbing, broken trust, and a clown newspaper company
Adrian King says his old friend Kathleen Kane is trying to frame him by Bill Keisling Wednesday, August 10 — To hear former First Deputy Attorney General Adrian King tell it, his boss, Attorney General Kathleen Kane, one day simply and without explanation asked him to deliver a plain manila envelope to a political operative […]