By Robert Field We suspect that one or two more mistakes such as Donald Trump calling for Federal Judge Judge Gonzalo Curiel to recuse himself from hearing a case against Trump because the judge is of Mexican heritage might trigger such a fire storm in the Republican Party establishment that serious planning may go […]
LNP’ covers but fails to report on cause of student’s arrest
A graduating senior was arrested and graduation services postponed because he allegedly said something about the Columbine school shooting. What LNP’s readers of the original and follow up article lack is any information about what he said! Did he make a threat? Did school officials and authorities panic over nothing? Is this a civil rights […]
LNP editorial stance re liquor law reform flies in face of experience
Editorial “New Pennsylvania liquor law is progress, but not enough” opens as follows: “Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed into law a bill that would expand liquor sales in the commonwealth. State House members voted 157 to 31 to approve the bill. The only local lawmaker who voted against it was state Rep. […]
LETTER: Like it or not these problems require additional revenues to fix
Re: Gov. Wolf’s smart political play is to let this year’s budget fight drag on In response to the conservative, pro non-Union teachers and non-Union public employees comments above. It’s not the union teachers or union employees that are causing the problems. It’s people like yourselves who are the problem. Like it or not […]
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signs medical marijuana bill into law
CLEVELAND.COM: With little fanfare, Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed a law creating a strictly regulated medical marijuana program. The new law goes into effect 90 days after the bill is officially filed with the secretary of state, making the marijuana legal sometime in early September. At that time, patients will have an “affirmative defense” […]
LHP takes a brave stand on the Charter School application
Editorial “An unfortunate example of our significantly flawed charter school law” goes on to state: “…There are some charter schools doing what charter schools ought to be doing, and that is offering students an education alternative in inventive — and sound — ways. One example is the La Academia Partnership Charter School, in the School […]
Gov. Wolf’s smart political play is to let this year’s budget fight drag on
Pennsylvania’s do-nothing GOP-controlled legislature is hurting not only our schools and students, but also homeowners and taxpayers by Bill Keisling Some in Harrisburg have high hopes that we won’t see a replay of last year’s state budget fiasco, which dragged on for nine months without a deal. But nothing much was solved by last year’s […]
Are Opioids the Next Antidepressant?
NEWSLANC EDITOR: The below is one of those extraordinarily meaningful articles that does not allow for excerpts. We encourage carefully reading the entire article. NEW YORK TIMES: …Essentially, all the anti-depressants now in use affect a single group of neurotransmitters called monoamines and are likely to treat only specific subtypes of depression. Clinicians […]
Baby drop off boxes in Russia
By Slava Tsukerman On June 1, International Children’s Day, Elena Mizulina, the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation, introduced a bill on the prohibition of baby boxes to the State Duma. Baby boxes – anonymous drop-off points designed to prevent the deaths of abandoned infants – exist in several regions of […]
Is the New York Times destroying itself?
Those of us who are faithful readers of the New York Times have winced and suffered from the two to three prominent articles, mostly page one, describing the shortcomings of Donald Trump and echoing the criticisms of others. Moreover, it is duplicated on the editorial pages by columnists, letter writers, and the editorial board. Here […]
The need for passion
By Robert Field I have never been able to accomplish something for the public good where associates did not share a passion for the cause. When in 1980 Senator Dick Schweigert of Pennsyvania surprising decided not to run for re-election and I met the next day with Arlen Specter, there was mutual passion. When over […]
Want People’s ‘Revolution’? Support People’s Convention Philly, July 23rd!
Want People’s Revolution? Support People’s Convention Philly, July 23rd! CREATE! PHILADELPHIA, REVOLUTION By Steven D, www.caucus99percent.com June 3rd, 2016 The Democratic National Convention starts on July 24, 2016. But it’s not the only convention in Philly. And it with won’t be the only organization voting on a platform. Because if you want a platform for real progressives (and […]
“Control over government power has effectively ended in Hungary” – Péter Hack
JUNE 1, 2016 BY STAFF BUDAPEST SENTINEL (a NewsLanc sister publication): “The problem today is that judges are not paid based on performance. In order for someone to earn more, they need to move up the hierarchy. This involves applying for the position. The evaluation of the application depends on OBH (National Judiciary Office) president (Tünde Handó). […]
Red warning flags abound in John Estey’s case, suggesting problems with him as an FBI informant
by Bill Keisling Pennsylvanians recently got a fleeting glimpse inside one of the most secretive, closely guarded, and problem-plagued programs run by the United States government. I’m not talking about nuclear secrets, Area 51, or little green men kept in pickle jars in Hanger 18. I’m talking about the confidential informant program administered by […]