It is interesting, that after the collapse of the communist experiment in Russia, descendants of its builders did not go to finish the implementation of the Great Dream in China, North Korea or Cuba.
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LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
Editorial “A threat to freedom” opines: “Across party lines, presidents tend to be obsessed with security breaches in their administrations.
California Faces a New Quandary, Too Much Money
At least seven other states — among them Connecticut, Utah and Wisconsin — have reported budget surpluses in recent weeks, setting the stage for legislative battles that, if not as wrenching as the ones over cuts, promise to be no less pitched.
Who is that group zeroing in on Corbett?
Good luck finding out who’s behind it, though – “dark money” attacks have come to state politics… The group, which is spending $250,000 to air the ad in Pittsburgh, Scranton, and other TV markets, is a “social welfare” nonprofit…
LANCASTER SUNDAY NEWS
Front page article “Prior DUIs key to case” reports: “Assistant District Attorney Christine Wilson wants the trial jury to know it wasn’t (name withheld by NewsLanc) first DUI arrest. In fact, it was his fourth, Wilson wrote in a motion to be decided before trial.”
EDITORIAL: INTELL again slants Convention Center coverage
Yes, it revolts us, that after so long a time, the Intelligencer Journal / New Era is not permitted to divorce its news coverage from the financial interests of its publisher. A case in point is today’s front page article “Extension likely for convention center debt.”
Let’s stop wrecking lives over a bag of weed
And though marijuana usage rates for blacks and whites are about the same, more than 90 percent of those arrested on pot charges in the District are black. Most of them are young men. By the time their cases are over, months or sometimes years later, they have gone from the unemployed to the long-term unemployed…
Many parents doubt they can prevent teen substance use
“Parents need to initiate age-appropriate conversations about these issues with their children at all stages of their development in order to help ensure that their children make the right decisions,” SAMHSA administrator Pamela Hyde says…
With Hershey Trust action, Kane follows her predecessors’ footsteps
However, among some of her own supporters and among observers of the Hershey Trust, the writing was on the wall once she selected as one of her chief aides a big law firm insider whose was related by marriage to another big political honcho formerly at the same law firm and now employed at Hershey…
Corbett to write column for Philly.com
The decision by Philly.com to give regular space to Corbett, a Republican running for reelection in 2014, sparked criticism from several Democratic challengers who said they had not been afforded a similar platform. Experts on journalism ethics said the appearance of a news organization playing favorites so close to a campaign environment could raise questions of fairness…
Interstate 5 Span In Washington State Falls Into The Water
The Interstate 5 Bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed around 7 p.m. on Thursday, dumping cars and people into the water, KIRO-TV reported…
Election integrity in Niagara — Falls
Whoever controls chain of custody for voting computers can control elections. That is, until more transparent election procedures are enacted (see end of this article). Until that time, election integrity in Niagara, falls. (Groan.)
Excerpts from Al Gore’s “The Future”
“The ideological condominium in the alliance between capitalism and representative democracy that has been so fruitful in expanding the potential for freedom, peace, and prosperity has been split asunder by the encroachment of concentrated wealth from the market sphere into the democracy sphere.”
Governor Can’t Find A Single Latino In Pennsylvania To Work For Him
MODERATOR: Do you have staff members that are Latino?
CORBETT: No, we do not have any staff members in there. If you can find us one, please let me know…