In article “Lloyd Smucker, Neal Rice come out ahead in first GOP straw poll”, LNP reports: ”State Sen. Lloyd Smucker and lawyer Neal Rice came out far and away as the winners in the first of eight Republican committee straw polls Thursday night — the beginning of a vital endorsement process for the congressional and […]
Regulators Tamp Down on Mergers of Hospitals
NEW YORK TIMES: In the latest sign that federal regulators are uneasy about the flurry of proposed health care mergers taking place, the Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that it planned to block the combination of two large Illinois hospital groups… “This merger is likely to significantly increase the combined system’s bargaining power with […]
Kudos to LNP for publishing NYT article re Kathleen Kane
There it is, three normal columns wide and at the top of the front page – the New York Times’ article that LNP headed “No Surrender”. The NYT coverage is by and large supportive of the Pennsylvania Attorney General, contrary to the premature and strident call for her resignation by LNP editors. (Perhaps due to […]
Legal weed having little effect on teen marijuana use, federal data shows
WASHINGTON POST: Federal data released this week found there was no change in monthly marijuana use in nearly every U.S. state compared to last year. The only significant changes were in Rhode Island, Ohio and Hawaii, where monthly marijuana use fell year over year. The latest state-level data, which asks participants if they used marijuana […]
NEW YORK TIMES: Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General, Fights for Her Political Life
[NEWSLANC EDITOR: This is world class reporting providing essential background aboutthe attacks and charges against Kathleen Kane. We urge that the article be read in its entirety. Every Pennsylvanian from the governor on down should be rethinking whether Kane is being treated fairly.] NEW YORK TIMES: …As the grand-jury inquiry into the leak of the […]
Black Lives Matter Makes A Powerful Connection With Racist Drug War
by Phil Smith DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: The Black Lives Matter movement sprung out of the unjust killings of young black men (Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown), either at the hands of self-styled vigilantes or police. But as the movement blossomed and matured, BLM began turning its attention to a broader critique of the institutional […]
Class Differences in Child-Rearing Are on the Rise
NEW YORK TIMES: …Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. There are usually two parents, who spend a lot of time reading to children and worrying about their anxiety levels and hectic schedules. In poor families, however, children tend […]
While US and allies do little, Russians are rapidly taking over Arctic region
Lately Russian media keeps permanently informing Russians about the growth of Russian military presence in Arctic. On December 13, one of most popular Russian newspapers Arguments and Facts (AIF.RU) declared: “The current instability of foreign policy, analysts say, is related to the desire of strong global players to find new large-scale, strategic capital investment point, since all the pre-existing points are exhausted. And the Arctic – the only macro-region, which can be that point.”
LNP publishes ‘feel good’ article re local homeless
According to “Homelessness in Lancaster County continues to decline as new strategies take effect”: “Homelessness in Lancaster County fell for a third straight summer, offering more confirmation that federally funded, research-driven strategies are working here, an expert said. “A total of 370 homeless individuals were counted on Thursday, Aug. 27, down 20 percent from a […]
Top fed lawyer to SCOTUS: Reject Colorado marijuana suit
THE CANNABIST: The U.S. government has taken Colorado’s side in a dispute with neighboring states over marijuana legalization and is urging the Supreme Court to not hear a major challenge to the state’s recreational cannabis laws… The Solicitor General’s brief comes seven months after the Supreme Court first asked the top government lawyer for an […]
Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Linked to Autism
HUFFINGTON POST: A new study published December 14 in JAMA Pediatrics revealed a startling link between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism. Women who took a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)—which includes Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil—during the second and third trimester had more than double the risk of having a […]
Turing Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli arrested – Reuters witnes
AOL / REUTERS: Martin Shkreli, a lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a federal investigation involving his former hedge fund and a pharmaceutical company he previously headed… Turing sparked controversy earlier this year after news reports that it had raised the price of […]
PA Senate brandishes 19th-century pseudo mental health laws against Kane
Though they live worlds apart, on separate continents, a 54-year-old Armenian woman named Julietta Amarikian has something in common with Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
Why do the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and LNP refuse to report the obvious?
Like LNP, the Post Gazette early on jumped to call for Kane’s removal, even before she was indicted. Like LNP, it now refuses to fully report on the evolving story which suggests that the editors were premature and mistaken.