In other words, a family on food stamps must buy an entire meal for each person for less than the average cost of a cup of coffee, U.S. News reports…
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Remember 1955?
This is a good time to reflect. I was born in 1955 (see below), so much that was unforeseen now looks routine. Political changes that seemed impossible now were obviously inevitable and self-evident. What today that looks impossible will come to pass?
Pity the Poor Child Molester
ECONOMICI: Imagine that you woke up one day and found, not that you had turned into a giant cockroach, but that you felt unacceptable sexual urges towards little girls or boys. What might you do? You might, possibly like Lewis Carroll, turn those urges to harmless ends, like writing books for children. Or you might accidentally stumble into a seemingly innocent way of gratifying those urges.
Sen. John McCain and the two Rices
What is going on with John McCain? Maybe he just despises Barack Obama so completely that he almost can’t help himself. That’s one option. Another is that he has decided for whatever reason to finish his Senate career as a full-out tea partier. A third is that he’s just a nasty man, which is pretty widely known to be true in Washington.
The Jewish Museum in Russia
On November 8, 2012 in Moscow an opening ceremony of a cultural institution with a strange double-name: “The Jewish Museum and the Centre of Tolerance” was held. The President of Israel Shimon Peres came to Moscow to participate in the event. Prior to the opening ceremony Peres had a long official meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Washington Post’s Chief Falters Anew
The Post retains a toehold on its former greatness by virtue of its family ownership — its election coverage showed significant muscle — but those dynamics are now hard against an age that requires decisive, confident leadership. The cushion of profits from other endeavors like the Kaplan education division are all but gone…
Lawmakers pick who votes for them
WE CONNECT DOTS: President Obama carried Pennsylvania by five percentage points in the 2012 election, smaller than 2008, but still the same margin as Al Gore beat George Bush in 2000. So, why did Democrats only win five of 18 PA Congressional seats at the same election?
Another Superfluous War
HOWEVER, THE Palestinians had in fact walked into a trap prepared with great care. Whether the order was given by Hamas or one of the smaller more extreme organizations – it was not a clever thing to do.…
Lancaster City should learn from Lititz
My business moves me all over Lancaster County. Lancaster City elected officials, Lancaster County elected officials, City residents as well as County residents cannot just look back at the Greed and Deaf Ears of a few. We need to look at communities in this County that got together WITHOUT TAXPAYERS picking up the tab.
The Petraeus affair’s resulting witch hunt
Knowing that the supersensitive investigation (which apparently was then winding down) had become a political football, Mueller’s deputy Sean Joyce called Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Nov. 6. Clapper summoned Petraeus, counseled him to resign and informed the White House.
Marijuana Legalization: What Can/Will the Feds Do?
While the legal possession — and in the case of Colorado, cultivation — provisions of the respective initiatives will go into effect in a matter of weeks (December 6 in Washington and no later than January 5 in Colorado), officials in both states have about a year to come up with regulations for commercial cultivation, processing, and distribution.
Drug Shortages Persist in U.S., Harming Care
From the NEW YORK TIMES: …From rural ambulance squads to prestigious hospitals, health care workers are struggling to keep vital medicines in stock because of a drug shortage crisis that is proving to be stubbornly difficult to fix.
One Year Later, Alumni Watchdog Group Raises More Questions than Answers
On the one-year anniversary of the release of the Grand Jury presentment revealing Jerry Sandusky as a serial pedophile who used his charity, The Second Mile, to gain access to young victims, Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship (PS4RS) has compiled a list of the “Top 25 Unanswered Questions.”
PA Dutch CVB board calls meeting to restore lost funding
Marketing of Lancaster County’s $1.8 billion tourism industry at stake
At a PA Dutch CVB Board of Directors meeting held earlier yesterday, the board voted unanimously to convene a meeting by the end of November of key community stakeholders for the purpose of finding a funding solution for Lancaster County’s tourism industry.