The Lewistown Sentinel editorial is headed “Clinton investigation needs objectivity.” It contains the following : “It seems clear that while Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton broke the law through her handling of e-mails and government secrets.” Get this. The editors presume to tell readers what the investigation will conclude while calling for “objectivity.” And are there […]
Hearing Aid Prices Under Pressure From Consumer Electronics
NEW YORK TIMES: …The consumer electronics industry is encroaching on the hearing aid business, offering products that are far less expensive and available without the involvement of audiologists or other professionals… [President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology] recommended that some hearing aids for mild to moderate age-related hearing loss be available over […]
PA judges weigh putting thumb on their retirement election vote
Court hearing on judge retirement ballot question raises practical and constitutional issues Sen. Jay Costa: ‘If you want to change the language (of the ballot question) you need to go back and start all over again. When the five years expires, go through that process again.’ By Bill Keisling With only a week to […]
Trump, Wolf need to talk
By Dick Miller WE CONNECT DOTS: As citizens of both this country and this state, we would get a double benefit if Gov. Tom Wolf and Presidential hopeful Donald Trump talked to each other. One campaigned successfully and the other is on a similar course for a much larger prize. Common themes like self-made-man, using-my-own-money, […]
Ted Cruz’s Conservatism: The Pendulum Swings Consistently Right
NEWSLANC’S editor’s note: This is a well researched and thought out study of the history and views of Senator Cruz and well worth reading in entiretly. NEW YORK TIMES: …Throughout his Senate career, Republican opponents have cast Mr. Cruz as a master of the ill-considered — a “wacko bird,” as Senator John McCain of […]
Plans to dump U.S. grown peanuts into Haiti represent yet another failed policy
ACTIONAIDUSA: …As this article in the Washington Post explores the USDA’s plans in more detail. The U.S. peanut surplus came about under incentives created in an updated Farm Bill passed in 2014. Through a complex system of subsidies, the bill encouraged more peanut production – so U.S. farmers planted more peanuts, pushing down prices and […]
Major PA Democrat Party funders unhappy with Ed Rendell and Chuck Schumer
By Robert Field “That’s $2 million squandered that now cannot be used against Pat Toomey, no matter who wins,” said Jim Burn, former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party who has endorsed Sestak. “Shame on them.” – Questions have been posed by Pennsylvanian major political donors concerning the spending of millions in otherwise general election senatorial […]
Vladimir Putin’s Q & A Session
By Slava Tsukerman This Thursday April 15 Russian TV broadcasted acros the country President Vladimir Putin’s 14 th annual 3.5 hour question-and-answer session. Putin’s answers to dozens of questions covered most of issues that could be considered important. Today the session is the main subject of discussions in Russian media. The CNN web site that […]
News About Obamacare Has Been Bad Lately. How Bad?
NEW YORK TIMES: …Margot: It’s been a few weeks of bad news about the Obamacare marketplaces. On Friday, we learned that UnitedHealth has decided to pull out of Obamacare marketplaces in two states. The week before, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association put out a paper offering not-too-subtle hints that some members were losing money. Reed, […]
50th anniversary celebration of The Manor Group
Robert, Here is a link to the assembly of the footage shot by me at the Manor Group banquet. https://youtu.be/XbHL-Sp8hT8 Please look at it as just a memoir of this wonderful event for you and yours as much as for Nina and me. I made my best, though I hadn’t managed to shoot 100% of […]
Beyond UNGASS (United Nations General Assembly Special Session): Looking Toward 2019
by Phil Smith DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs is set for UN Headquarters in Manhattan next week, and civil society and some European and Latin American countries are hoping to make limited progress in moving toward more evidence- and public health-based drug policies. But, knowing the glacial […]
Capitolwire: Medical marijuana bill sent to governor’s desk.
By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (April 13) – Pennsylvania is set to become the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana under a law sent to the governor, capping off a herculean legislative effort and years of emotionally charged debate. The House, on a 149-46 vote, gave the final legislative approval needed on Senate Bill 3, sponsored […]
Message to LNP’s editorial board: Under medication of opioids can also be a problem
LNP editorial “Slowing the downward spiral caused by opioid pain medication” carries important information concerning treatment of chronic pain. But it does not directly address acute pain resulting from trauma. According to the editorial: “Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine has been sponsoring seminars over the past nine months to inform doctors and nurses about the risks […]
Capitolwire: Medical marijuana bill goes back to the House.
By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (April 12) – A medical marijuana bill is headed back to the House following some Senate-authored tweaks, but faces a tight deadline if the bill is to get to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk before the House goes on a two-week break for the primary election. The Senate, voting 42-7, […]