But it didn’t work out as Netanyahu promised. The autocrats fought back. Liberal democrats, never a significant force, collapsed before Islamist radicals. Libya descended into chaos. Syria became a slaughterhouse. Yemen fell into civil war
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Dinner with our Iranian expatriate friend
3) He feels the USA should hold the Saudi’s responsible for their funding of ISI, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, and other Sunni terrorist groups.
New drug policy will save lives
Wolf has asked state Physician General Dr. Rachel Levin to write a “standing order” that will let any Pennsylvanian buy naloxone, which reverses the effect of heroin and other opiodes, directly from a pharmacy without a prescription. The new policy also calls for Pennsylvania State Police to carry nasal-spray kits of naloxone in patrol cars.
Capitolwire: PDE picks former Lancaster County school official to lead York City School District.
On Thursday, the department announced a fellow Lancaster County-based school administrator, Dr. Carol Saylor, would take over for Dave Meckley, who resigned last month amid ongoing court battles over his right to receivership and his controversial charter conversion plan.
KEISLING: Inquirer and Patriot-News re Kathleen Kane: So much smoke, so little fire
The danger of a public trial for the newspapers and their sources is that the subject of porno emails, the copious and ongoing grand jury leaks of materials to the newspapers, and the Philadelphia newspapers’ own role in alerting Corbett’s cronies to Kane’s “leaks” are bound to come out.
Madonna & Young: It’s time to dump the electoral roulette for judicial positions
In fact, the federal level eschews any judicial elections. Judges are all appointed, from district court judges to the Supreme Court. Each is first nominated by the president and must then be confirmed by the U.S Senate…
Does U of P Health System intend to become a health insurance company like Geisinger?
“ The insurance company would not only have every incentive to control the doctors’ and the hospitals’ costs, but also the means to do so. … Conversely, the hospitals and doctors would have no incentive to inflate costs or overtreat, because their ultimate boss… would be getting `the bill when those extra costs hit his insurance company. [Glenn Steele, Jr.] had already proved this on a smaller scale at Geisinger.”
LETTER: “Fina is a crooked cop”
Kathlene Kane promised to do a “no stone unturned” investigation of the Sandusky investigation, but limited her investigation to a small rubble pile in the midst of a boulder field. At a minimum, she should have addressed the fraudulent presentation and obvious evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.
Iran and the Obama Doctrine
“Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion. Iran understands that they cannot fight us. … You asked about an Obama doctrine. The doctrine is: We will engage, but we preserve all our capabilities.”
For want of information and encouragement, able disadvantaged students lose opportunities they have earned.
In the case of iryn Flores who received a certificate for fulfilling the high academic requirements of J. P. McCaskey’s Baccalaureate program, assuming all other things being equal, it would cost him no more to attend MIT (an example relevant to his interests) than Millersville, and perhaps a good bit less.
Kane ruling highlights concerns with lack of special prosecutor law
In a concurring opinion, Justice Baer said he deemed the violation was harmless because Ms. Kane, if she is charged, will be afforded the opportunity to challenge the case at later proceedings. That would be of little consolation to Ms. Kane as the damage would already be done to her political career, Mr. Minora said.
As Mayor Ed Pawlowski ponders a U.S. Senate campaign, slim challenger field awaits Pat Toomey
Though state party leaders are less than enthused about Sestak, whom they view as uncooperative and lacking a strong message, they have yet to rally behind an alternative…
LNP article re AFC impact on part time jobs misses a major point
The problem is that neither the reporter or editor apparently understands the most rudimentary Economics. So they fail to mention that eliminating part time jobs for some creates full time jobs for others, often the same people.
LGH obfuscation combines with LGH abnegation
What is meant by “accountable care” and “patient-centered care”? Isn’t LNLP accountable? Doesn’t LNP care for all patients?