PA in the WSJ

Once again I'm listing the PA related articles that caught my eye in this week's Wall Street Journal. No particular reason for doing this, it's just the sort of thing I do, and it helps pass the time until the state legislature goes back into session and the weekly legislative updates can start up again.

PA Politics

“Party Lines Blur in Surveillance Debate,” by Sarah Leuck features Sen. Arlen Specter, Chair of the Judiciary Committee. (9/11)

Former Pennsylvania congressman Pat Toomey, now with the Club for Growth, is quoted in “Republicans’ Strategy May Backfire,” by Jeanne Cummings (9/14)

PA Business

Mention of new Sunoco director. (9/12)

It isn’t specifically a business but it is in a special section on the business of sports. There is a mention of a program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business being one of a handful of business schools that have put together business management sessions for NFL players. “When the Cheering Stops,” by Fara Warner (9/16)

Other PA

“Near Shanksville, Pa., Local ‘Ambassadors” Tend to Flight 93 Site,” by Jeffrey Zaslow (9/11)

“Restrictions Curb Use of Powerful Acne Drug,” by Jennifer Corbett Dooren discusses the difficulty some patients have in getting and filling Accutane prescriptions, due to the side effects the medication can have when taken by pregnant women. It is associated with birth defects in babies. The article quotes a Philadelphia dermatologist. (9/12)

Swarthmore is accepting more students who attended public high schools than it did five years ago; the University of Pennsylvania’s ratio remains about the same. This information appears in “Opting out of Public School,” by Nancy Keates (9/15).