When middle class working people (a group that includes myself and all of my friends and relatives) vote for truly conservative candidates, they are voting in favor of the libertarian principles on which this country was founded, the principles which (until we stopped following them) led America to become the world’s largest exporter of goods and have the world’s largest economy.
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Preventing deaths from drug overdoses
Watch Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s new video on Naloxone prescription, the best way to fight opiate overdoses.
The movie is not simply about commemorating those who have passed, nor is it about shaming or blaming. The film highlights the fact that deaths due to overdose are preventable using cheap and effective methods that do not stigmatize or criminalize people who use drugs.
EDITORIAL: Labor Day Special
The question most on the Watchdog’s mind these days is “Why do so many middle class working people vote against their own and their families’ economic interests?”
Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Cay Johnston writes in “Free Lunch; How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)”
The wrong type of profits
A summer intern in real estate management having noted the very high occupancy due to recession inquired why the firm did not significantly increase rental rates across the board. After all, he pointed out, economic theory teaches us that if the demand exceeds the supply, prices will rise.
Lancaster General conceals date of Annual Public Meeting
The following memorandum to sent from NewsLanc publisher Robert Field to John Lines, Director of Communications at Lancaster General Health. Despite being the third request for the information, no response was forthcoming.
Lest we assume that this is in retribution for NewsLanc’s criticism of how LGH spends it immense profits resulting from local market dominance, it is our understanding that LGH is also unresponsive to the Lancaster Newspapers.
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
Editorial “Biting the hand…”, pertaining to the Pennsylvania Academy of Music suit to collect pledges, opines “It may well be legal to sue donors, but the wisdom of doing so is highly questionable. Will other organizations come after people who, because they may have lost a job, could not finish their weekly or bi-weekly pledges?
Welcome back LancasterOnLine’s “Talk Back”
Although undoubtedly time consuming and vexing for the Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., the re-introduction of LancasterOnLine’s “Talk Back” is an important contribution to the community. Since the introduction of our own “talk back” feature, we at NewsLanc have come to appreciate the efforts it takes to screen as many as a hundred ‘spam’ items in order to locate a legitimate communication.
Harrisburg should hire a bankruptcy attorney
From the PATRIOT-NEWS: 1. Mayor Linda Thompson, who has been in office since Jan. 4 and promised to “hit the ground running,” has yet to announce a plan.
2. The mayor and the majority of City Council members are barely on speaking terms. They can’t even agree on the hiring of a financial adviser or on three individuals to serve on the board of the Harrisburg Authority, which oversees the incinerator.
Needle-sharing problem grew after syringe exchange closed, researchers say
From the VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: Sharing of dirty needles by Victoria’s injection-drug users increased substantially after the city’s only fixed needle exchange closed in 2008, according to a study by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research of [British Columbia.]
NewsLanc practices yellow brand of journalism
From the “About Us” Section of NewsLanc.com’s web site: “NewsLanc.com is an e-zine focused on the important issues facing Lancaster city and county. Our mission is to provide an alternative source of coverage and comment from the monopoly Lancaster press. We will provide news without spin, editorials without vested interests and personal attacks, and solicit vigorous discussions from the public.”
Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona
From NEWSMAX: The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state.
At least 14 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan over the past few days.
From Bob Herbert, NEW YORK TIMES: We learned on Saturday that our so-called partner in this forlorn war, Hamid Karzai, fired a top prosecutor who had insisted on, gasp, fighting the corruption that runs like a crippling disease through his country…
Time magazine tells us that stressed-out, depressed and despondent soldiers are seeking help for their mental difficulties at a rate that is overwhelming the capacity of available professionals.
A visit to the doctor
The Watchdog had a routine visit to a medical group of eight specialists.
The building was “A” grade. The waiting room was spacious and well appointed, albeit almost empty. The receptionist was courteous in verifying the Watchdog’s insurance coverage. (If no insurance, presumably cash up front.)
LETTER: New Era editorial deceitful and demagogic
The New Era editorial this morning, “What motivates mosque backers?” is the most deceitful and demagogic I have ever witnessed by newspaper editorial writers.
It is cunningly deceitful for [its]editorialist to supposedly quote syndicated columnist Cal Thomas by stating “As Cal Thomas pointed out on this page Friday, Rauf’s (the leader of the Muslim community center) goal is to use ‘peaceful means’ to establish the Islamic state worldwide”