From the HUFF POST: If you walk away from holiday dinners fuming that conservative Uncle Morton just can’t see your point of view, or that liberal Aunt Betty just doesn’t get it, a new finding may make it easier to cool your jets. According to the study, conservatives and liberals pay attention to their environments differently…
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‘JoePa’ takes the fall: Tom Corbett throws Joe Paterno under the bus, inept media, and the decline of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Office
“What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle,” Penn State Coach Joe Paterno for years was fond of saying. It’s a variation of the phrase, “It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.”
LETTER: Cannot afford despair
“I articulate the deepest-felt values of the American people,” Newt Gingrich
We need to examine this claim against his many “articulations”. Does he not also articulate our fears, our ideological biases, our stereotypes, our anger? Does he really articulate the “deepest-felt values of our “better angels”?
LETTER: If given the opportunity, call the Marriott’s bluff
The agreements between the convention center and the Penn Square Partners must be revisited, since they are so unfair to taxpayers. Eventually they will be; it’s only a matter of time before the elephant in the room can no longer be ignored.
Gov. Corbett plays unique role on Penn State’s board of trustees
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Moments before Penn State’s board of trustees voted to fire Joe Paterno, Gov. Tom Corbett uttered a final thought.
SUNDAY NEWS
Editorial entitled “We are …in deep denial over the Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, as some Penn State alumni show. The university does share in it, and Joe Paterno does NOT deserve an apology. He and others had an obligation to do more to protect children.”
WATCHDOG: The editors’ position smacks of ‘holier than thou.’ Several reporters at the Lancaster Newspapers voiced objections concerning the Convention Center news coverage to their superiors. But none went to the Philadelphia Inquirer or the New York Times to criticize what was taking place. Do we really expect that they would have?
Muslim Brotherhood tops Egyptian poll result
From ALJAZEERA ENGLISH: The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which represents Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, has won 47 per cent of all seats in the country’s election for the lower house of parliament, the election commission has said.
Exit Poll Shows SC Voters Made up Their Minds Late
…RELIGIOUS VOTERS: Almost two-thirds of voters in South Carolina said they are born again or evangelical Christians, and about one-quarter said it was deeply important that a candidate share their religious views. Voters in both groups preferred Gingrich to Romney…
EDITOR: It appears that, rather than rejecting Gingrich due to his history of extra marital relationships, the evangelical Christians have embraced him for his outspoken repentance.
Penn State’s Joe Paterno is gravely ill and nearing death, as his family rushes to his side
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS: …“Over the last few days Joe Paterno has experienced further health complications,” spokesman Dan McGinn said in a brief statement Saturday to The Associated Press. “His doctors have now characterized his status as serious.”
European Central Bank Becomes an Unlikely Hero in Euro Crisis
From the NEW YORK TIMES: …The surprisingly successful [sovereign bond] auctions owe little to improving economic data around the region. On the contrary, many of the countries that use the euro as their currency appear to be confronting a renewed recession, and pessimism about their growth prospects remains abundant.
Penn State trustees install new leadership
From the WASHINGTON POST: Penn State’s Board of Trustees elected banking executive Karen Peetz to lead the embattled board and help the school negotiate the aftermath of a nightmarish child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant football coach…
LETTER: Re “Are U.S. and Iran Veering Toward War?”
I saw the PBS segment, “Are U.S. and Iran Veering Toward War?” which continues the media presenting Iran as having a nuclear military program despite the complete lack of evidence for such a program.
Video of Newt Gingrich’s response to John King of CNN re Gingrich’s former wife’s accusations
EDITOR: This may prove to be a historic moment. We suspect that most Americans have resented the focus on the private lives of political candidates, recognizing their own human foibles. They aren’t marrying into the candidates family. They simply want someone who can do a good job in office.
Convention Center Authority calls for increase in Hotel Room Sales Tax
Kevin R. Molloy, the executive director of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, calls for an increase in the hotel room rental sales tax in a “white paper”, entitled “Recommended Funding Shortfall Solution”, which he has released to the media.