“The government didn’t spend its time or money on preparing for the refugee crisis. Instead, they spend their time and money exploiting the situation for domestic political purposes,” said Andras Biro-Nagy, head of research for Policy Solutions, a Budapest think tank…
Does Pre-K Make Any Difference?
NEW YORK TIMES: Since 2004, Tennessee has offered state-subsidized prekindergarten, enrolling more than 18,000 of the state’s neediest 4-year-olds. An early evaluation showed that, as you’d expect, youngsters who attended pre-K made substantial gains in math, language and reading. But, startlingly, the gains had evaporated by the end of kindergarten. Have the claims made for […]
Pennsylvania’s budget train wreck unfolded over past year
Even before Wolf took office, Republican leaders were giving clear signals that his first year might be difficult, insisting in December that public-sector pension cuts and selling off the state liquor system had to happen before they would consider new taxes to close the deficit and boost spending on education and human services…
When traveling, age has it prerogatives
Traveling from NYC to JFK airport, I took a 777 limousine. The cost is not juch more than a taxi and it is was prompt to a fault, 20 minutes early. The driver with the help of Google avoided heavy Interstate congestion by wending his way through local Queens avenue, namely Woodlawn Avenue. Being over […]
LETTER: Supreme Court willing to ruin Kane to protect reputation
One of our esteemed Supreme Court Justices engaging in inappropriate use of state e-mails and now we know in addition to their willingness to ruin Kane to protect their reputations they are part of a conspiracy engaging in an illegal prosecution of Kane.
Philadelphia City Paper to cease print publication
PHILLY.COM: City Paper, Philadelphia’s feisty alternative weekly newspaper, will cease its print publication as of Oct. 8… City Paper’s website operations will be consolidated with philadelphiaweekly.com, which until today had been City Paper’s primary competitor… “While we respect the history Philadelphia has with City Paper, we have made a commitment to Philly Weekly that we […]
Pew: Jeb Now Polling at 4 Percent, Collapses Behind Rubio
NEWSMAX: In the Pew Research Center survey released Friday, 4 percent of likely GOP primary voters pick the former Florida governor as their first choice for the nomination; 25 percent select Trump, 16 percent choose retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tie with 8 percent, and 6 percent name […]
Obama: Putin hasn’t won anything
POLITICO: …”We are very clear about sticking to our belief and our policy that the problem here is Assad, and the brutality that he has inflicted on the Syrian people, and it has to stop,” [President] Obama said. “We are not going to cooperate with a Russian campaign to simply try to destroy anybody who […]
Sentencing Overhaul Proposed in Senate With Bipartisan Backing
NEW YORK TIMES: Months of tense and at times frustrating negotiations over the effectiveness and fairness of locking up nonviolent offenders for mandatory prison terms gave way to simple handshakes on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday morning in a bold effort to recast two decades of criminal justice policy. Senator Charles E. Grassley, […]
Kane says Justice Eakin exchanged porn emails on state servers
“The images themselves aren’t the only story,” Kane said. “The problem is the network that’s involved, and the breadth of this network is incredible. This network is judges, U.S. attorneys, attorneys general, law enforcement, district attorneys, and public defenders.”…
McCarthy’s Benghazi gift to team Hillary
POLITICO: …On Tuesday,[ Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)] bragged to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi Special Committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.” The comments undermined House Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy’s (R-S.C.) efforts to keep his […]
Capitolwire: Kane faces additional perjury charge.
Montgomery County prosecutors filed an additional perjury charge against Attorney General Kathleen Kane, adding to the list of charges faced by the state’s top law enforcement official.
Despite Legalization and Decrim, Marijuana Arrests Spiked Last Year
“It’s unacceptable that police still put this many people in handcuffs for something that a growing majority of Americans think should be legal,” said Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority.
A closer look at Frank Fina
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS: …The former Attorney General’s Office star prosecutor has been at the center of some of the region’s biggest criminal trials, from the Bonusgate and Computergate corruption scandals that led to the arrests of more than 30 politicians and staffers to the conviction of Jerry Sandusky, the notorious child predator and former Penn […]