[brightcove video=”1400459314001″ /] Government by opinion poll? Don’t scoff until you hear Tim Potts out. He has an interesting idea that doesn’t appear to have been tried anywhere in the U.S. — or the world. The co-founder of the Pennsylvania good government advocacy group Democracy Rising PA stopped by YDR
If he weren’t president of Rutter’s Farm Stores, Scott Hartman would make a good college professor or high school teacher. Give him a marker and a white board and watch him go to town diagramming the gasoline supply system in central Pennsylvania. That’s what he did today during an
“This is that lady who calls you,” says the voice on the phone. I don’t know her name. Or maybe she told me a long time ago, but I don’t remember it. She just calls herself “that lady who calls you,” and that’s good enough for me. She’s probably in
[brightcove video=”1381092943001″ /] Congratulations to the winners of the York Sunday News word search contest, published on the editorial page New Year’s Day. Contestants were asked to use clues to identify names in the news from 2011, then find them in the word search. Each correct entry was entered in
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet editorial page editor Scott Fisher. He’s the mastermind behind the York Daily Record opinion content, but you’ve also seen his work online behind
In one of many efforts we make to get local voices in print and online, YDR annually selects a group of local folks to act as community columnists. The seven columnists write on a rotating basis in our Sunday Viewpoints section – and, of course, their pieces are posted at
A reader writes about the editorial cartoon by Glenn McCoy published on the Dec. 2 YDR opinion page (shown above): Dear YDR Folks, About Friday’s cartoon: The Occupy Wall Street movement is a nonviolent movement. Yet this cartoon shows them committing an absurd act of violence. Is this a truthful
Two years ago, I wrote a story around the holidays on how to cure annoying habits of family members (e.g. Uncle Tom’s snoring, niece Emily’s picking of her nose). It was a light, fun read, but I felt like it should have come with a disclaimer: This was not based
As Assistant Managing Editor of Features and Niche Publications, it’s my job to purchase features for the newspaper. This includes items like comics and columns and puzzles. Part of this process involves meeting with representatives from numerous syndicates that represent the creators of these products and negotiating the contracts. So
A letter writer argues a recent YDR editorial urging tea partiers and occupiers to find common ground — and to refrain from bashing each other with stereotypes — was hypocritical because the paper also ran cartoons critical of the occupy movement. Just for the record, columns and cartoons do not