LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: Attorney General Kathleen Kane‘s political consultant was caught on an FBI wiretap talking about how she wanted the consultant’s help in passing along documents that later became the subject of a grand jury leak probe, The Morning Call has learned. The FBI recorded the conversation between Kane’s consultant, Josh Morrow, and […]
LETTER: Non-elected offices have created “little kingdoms”
Re: Lancaster Square East opportunities totally bungled… Unfortunately, Lancaster City and County are totally controlled by the Power Elite, in non-elected offices; who feel that they are far above everyone else in their little kingdom. They exhibit the attitude that, regardless of an individuals past experience or success, NO ONE is smarter than the Power […]
Rubio ambushes Trump at GOP debate
POLITICO: Marco Rubio thrashed Donald Trump on the debate stage Thursday, hurling his harshest attacks of the campaign at the mogul just five days before the most crucial votes are cast in the Republican presidential primary. The Florida senator was quick on his feet, a dramatic reversal from his wooden debate debacle earlier this month, […]
Lancaster Square East opportunities totally bungled; Rick Gray, Randy Patterson — a disastrous planning duo
By Robert Field Several years ago I pleaded with Randy Patterson, Lancaster’s planning czar, to allow me to meet with him to discuss development of Lancaster Square East. He asked if I would be meeting with him as a potential Brunswick Hotel buyer. I told him no, that I wanted to discuss and […]
Joe Sestak talks Guantanamo Bay closure, national security during Allentown campaign stop
LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: … Sestak praised the Obama administration’s nuclear pact with Iran, citing the agreement’s constraints on Iran’s nuclear capabilities as an example of why diplomatic efforts matter. But he was critical of the president’s approach to combating militants in Iraq and Syria, arguing that U.S. efforts to build a coalition against ISIS […]
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf diagnosed with cancer
PITTSBURGH ACTION NEWS: The 67-year-old Wolf said Wednesday that the cancer was detected early by his doctors. He says he has a planned treatment schedule that will last several months. Wolf says it will not impair his ability to perform his duties as governor. He says treatment will begin in the coming weeks… At a […]
Capitolwire: Timing, necessity of Kane impeachment questioned.
By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter CapitolwireHARRISBURG (Feb. 23) – One of the two lawmakers who led impeachment proceedings in the mid-1990s warned a House subcommittee against interfering with the ongoing criminal case against Attorney General Kathleen Kane. “I’m assuming the D.A. doesn’t want the Judiciary Committee snooping around until they’re done,” said House Minority Leader […]
Gallup: Pennsylvanians have less confidence in state government than do 46 other states
GALLUP: The results are based on a special 50-state Gallup poll conducted June-December 2013, including interviews with at least 600 residents in every state. This poll allows Gallup for the first time to report trust in state government at the state level. Gallup has previously measured Americans’ trust in their state governments on a national basis. […]
MEMOIR: NYT article evokes memories of Arlen Specter from 34 years ago
From an article in the July 4, 2014 New York Times “Today’s Titans Can Learn From Fall of U.S. Steel” includes the following: “This week the decline in importance of U.S. Steel was illustrated by the fact that it went all but unnoticed when the company was unceremoniously removed from the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán goes to Moscow
FEBRUARY 19, 2016 BY BENJAMIN NOVAK BUDAPEST BEACON: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and several members of the Hungarian government paid an official visit to Moscow on Wednesday, one day before he was to attend a high level EU summit in Brussels. Nobody really understands why apart from sending a clear message to Western leaders that Hungary and […]
Life In (Scranton,) America’s Unhappiest City
ZERO HEDGE: … The Economy The film explored the lack of economic prospects in Scranton and inquired about it like an open-ended question. What we found troubling is that film did not seem to be truly versed in the economic problems of Scranton. As we said in many articles such as “The Failure Of […]
FBI, Apple battle over cell phone privacy
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: The FBI wants access to a cell phone used by a domestic terrorist. The phone is Apple’s latest reason why it’s the world’s richest corporation. Privacy is very encrypted, making access by anyone other than the user literally impossible. The FBI wants Apple to develop software that will allow access […]
The problem with Facebook posting of NewsLanc (Expanded)
By Robert Field It is painful to read most of the comments that follow NewsLanc articles re-published on its Facebook page, because they reflect a lack of education or an unwillingness to pay attention to what is actually said. We have come to ignore just about all such comments, except when we happen to […]
TSUKERMAN: Putin and the Jubilant ‘gopniks’ of Russia
By Slava Tsukerman One can find representatives of all the subcultures known in the world in Russia. But I always had a feeling that Russian hippies or Russian punks are not real hippies and punks, but very specific groups of West oriented Russian youth, copying looks of West originals, but not their motivations and mentality. […]