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I’m actually still angry about the way the NCAA treated Penn State
The NCAA, in its simplest form, is a cartel designed to exploit amateur arbitrage: That is, to profit on the spread between the cost of minimal-wage athletic labor and the value of television sports contracts. Or something like that. Reasonable minds can differ.
Attendance dips at 2014 Pa. Farm Show
Overall attendance at the 98th annual show was about 17 percent lower than the record 585,000 estimated to have attended last year’s show, said spokeswoman Nicole Bucher.
Chris Christie Scandal Is An ‘Impeachable Offense’ If He Knew, Dem Lawmaker Leading Probe Says
But Wisniewski said he does not find the governor’s denials credible given the number of his top aides and appointees shown to have knowledge of the matter in thousands of pages of emails and text messages his committee has obtained…
Bridge Scandal Papers Point to Cover-Up by Chris Christie Allies
NEW YORK TIMES: Officials loyal to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey went to elaborate lengths to make it appear that the September closing of lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge was part of a traffic study, even though their private communications suggest the move was purely political, according to documents released on Friday.
The Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
What we’re witnessing now is a political movement giving birth to an economic awakening. The struggle to end the War on Drugs – at heart a movement to stop the mass incarceration of black men – is creating one of the greatest business opportunities of the 21st century.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
“If they find that Johnson is, and he goes on to be convicted, he should be put on the fast track toward execution.”
Pa. health-care plan draws fire at last hearing
Representatives of hospitals, doctors, disabled people, pharmacists and other interest groups raised a variety of problems and concerns — sprinkled with a few compliments — before a panel of Department of Public Welfare officials led by Secretary Beverly Mackereth.
LETTER: Prohibition is horrific policy
The focus should be on why prohibition is horrific policy, and how it causes an extreme amount of harm to our society.
Judge: Paterno family lawsuit vs. NCAA can go on
Paterno family attorney Wick Sollers said the decision allows the critical claims in the lawsuit to go forward. The ruling will let ”the bright light of legal discovery” shine on the facts and records, he said…
LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
The editorial also reported “Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray recited lines from Langston Hughes’ poem “There is a dream in the land,” which concludes: “To save the dream for one it must be saved for all.”
The Round Up, Part 1; from an American hustle to a Wall Street predator
While the rest of the country struggles through the deep freeze of winter, Los Angeles basks in the growing heat of “red carpet” season, the time of year when a handful of quality films receive the kind of attention that puts them on an even footing with the otherwise dominant blockbusters.
End lavish gift-giving to Pa. governor, lawmakers
You name it. Pennsylvania politicians can accept it. And many of them do. There are no limits to the number of gifts they can receive each year or to the value of those gifts. The only rule is that Pennsylvania politicians must report all gifts worth more than $250…
Mayor Gray: Does WalMart subsidize Target?
Interestingly, the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. (LNP)will turn out to be a Patsy. But given its lamentable role as a major advocate and sponsor of the Convention Center Project (which it probably at its earliest stage was undertook with good intentions)