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IF YOU HAVE any remaining doubts that the “benefits” associated with “public” universities are totally out of whack, we submit for your sobering consideration the …
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5/26/12
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JOAN ORIE MELVIN says that she is innocent of the four felonies and five misdemeanors that a grand jury charged her with last week, and claims that the investigation and charges were politically …
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5/26/12
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FEDERAL COURTS struck two blows last week for more transparency in election campaigns. Voters should be pleased.
A federal appeals panel in Washington declined to block a lower court ruling that …
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5/25/12
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AFTER SHAFTING the coal industry for years and getting a deservedly cold rebuke in West Virginia’s Democrat primary, Barack Obama now lists “clean coal” among his presidential …
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5/24/12
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DEFICIT REDUCTION is supposedly the highest priority facing the nation, but the military budget passed by the House on Friday gives the lie to that. Even though they agreed to it last year, …
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5/24/12
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W E’RE TIRED OF politicians advising us to patch gaping holes with Band-Aids, especially when that advice comes from the man who made those holes.
Gov. Tom Corbett took another shot at …
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5/23/12
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FOR DECADES educators, health authorities and others have warned about the dangers of using illegal drugs, but a recent study indicated the message is not getting through to an alarming number of …
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5/22/12
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V LADIMIR PUTIN IS meant to stand for stability, and he used his inaugural address to pledge to strengthen democracy. In fact, his presidency represents a threat to both.
In the lead-up to …
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5/21/12
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IT IS MORE than obvious that a chaotic departure from the euro will be a Greek tragedy in which we will all suffer.
The reluctance Greece is exhibiting in swallowing the bitter pill of austerity …
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5/21/12
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LIKE OTHER legislators from Western Pennsylvania, state Rep. Joe Preston, a Democrat from East Liberty, spends a great deal of time driving the Pennsylvania Turnpike – 30 times a year by his …
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5/20/12
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W HAT’S THE “chance” that any piece of legislation will make everyone happy?
Answer: Zero.
But if any law change had a shot, then you would think House Bill 169, which …
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5/19/12
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W ITH THIS year’s burdensome $1.1 billion cost of Pennsylvania’s runaway state-and-school-employees pension train on track to rise to a ruinous $4 billion in 2016, it’s time …
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5/19/12
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BEGINNING THIS week, President Barack Obama will participate in three significant, very visible summits: the G-8 industrialized nations at Camp David today and Saturday, NATO in Chicago on Sunday and …
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5/18/12
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THERE ARE TWO versions of school property tax relief legislation jockeying for support in the state Capitol these days.
One – sponsored by state Rep. Seth Grove, R-Dover – allows …
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5/17/12
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IF GETTYSBURG IS serious about saving historic buildings, the last thing officials should be doing is talking about making it illegal to tear them down.
That seems more likely to encourage some …
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5/17/12
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THE GREAT HUE and cry in the aftermath of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s revelation that it lost at least $2 billion in a risky trading scheme is for “More regulation!” Actually, the …
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5/16/12
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IF ONE DOLLAR could contribute to developing a way to detect Alzheimer’s disease in a living patient, would you spend it? If another dollar could help pay for vaccine research focused on …
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5/15/12
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THE DEVASTATING accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant last year has evoked serious public distrust of politicians, bureaucrats and scientists.
The government has promised to promote …
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5/14/12
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NATIONAL Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair is borrowing from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s playbook, laying the blame for Central Canada’s economic struggles at the feet of …
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5/14/12
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THE RECENT elections in France and Greece suggest that an insidious myth is starting to take hold across Europe.
It was best articulated by France’s new socialist president, François …
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5/14/12
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