PA in the WSJ

Once again I bring you a list of Pennslyvania related items from this week's Wall Street Journal. No guarantee this is everything, just the things I noticed.

PA Politicians

“Forget Austerity, State Spending Ratchets Higher,” by Christopher Cooper (2/24) mentions Pennsylvania in passing as one of the state’s wanting to set up funds for state energy independence.

PA Businesses

An upbeat note for a Canonsburg company in “Mylan Goes for the Sweet Spot,” by Heather Won Tesoriero (2/21)

Less happy news here, “Toll Brothers Net Falls 67%; Outlook is Cut,” by Judy Lam and Michael Corkery (2/23)

In “Success in Restarting Shutdown Steel Plants,” by Stephen Miller and Paul Glader, an obituary of Clifford Borland, his ties to Aspinwall, Pa, and his work in Pennsylvania generally, is mentioned. (2/24)

Brief mentions:
Air Products & Chemicals (2/21)

Other PA

In an article on parents moving to be near private schools, “Anxiety High: Moving for Schools,” by Suein Hwang (2/20), Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia is one of the schools mentioned. In the past two years four families have moved to the area primarily for that reason.

Some unnamed individual from Mt. Pleasant, PA is mentioned as a problem caller for a computer customer service center in “’It Says Press Any Key. Where’s the Any Key?’” by Jared Sandberg (2/20)

An opinion piece – “The Philadelphia Story,” by Paul E. Peterson, on Philadelphia school test scores and a RAND study.

Other Interesting Things

As Ma says, too bad common sense isn’t. From “A Retreat from Major Cities Hurts ROTC Recuiting,” by Greg Jaffe (2/22)

There is no Army ROTC program in the Detroit area, with its large middle-class Muslim population, and only one in Miami and Chicago. In New York City, which produced more than 500 military officers a year in the 1950s and early 1960s, the two remaining ROTC programs last year yielded 34 Army officers.

The article goes on to note that there are 10 ROTC programs in Alabama. By reducing programs in urban areas with diverse populations the military is missing out on potential recruits with desired linguistic and cultural skills.