Editor: You recently published several good articles demonstrating how little our state government cares about Pennsylvania’s citizens. Our Legislature passed Act 12, allowing municipal governments to receive substantial cash windfalls by abandoning their responsibilities for their water/sewage facilities and burdening residents with outrageously high rates, which the Public Utility Commission consistently allows to escalate. Why? […]
If one has ever wondered why most people switch off from other people’s reality, wonder no more. In Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business’ he explains how we are distracted by nonsense, served up by the corporate media as entertainment. In “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Neil […]
(FOX40.COM) --Three people are still alive after a triple shooting, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. Around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, one person dodged a bullet after being shot at while two others were struck with non-life-threatening gunfire on the 5800 block of Hamilton Street. Deputies said no arrests have been made, however, the []
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