Daniel Klotz

Lancaster County, PA and the Cultural Creatives

Category: News Analysis

Out-of-Towner Intell Obit Junkies Must Pay

Another national news story is brewing in our town. This time it’s about a news agency itself—the (take a long breath) Intelligencer Journal–Lancaster New Era. Yesterday they rolled out a new online paywall they believe will net them $10,000 to $500,000 a year. What’s this paywall, and who will it affect? It’s a $20/year charge [...]

The overturning of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ is a Brown v Board for gays

The cultural significance of Congress’ move to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is so great that I think the comparison with Brown v. Board of Education is warranted. This should be a moment of great pride for many good Americans who have worked hard to move the national attitude so far so fast. Just seventeen [...]

Spill, baby, spill

Digging for fossil fuel is never safe. It’s never safe for humans, and it’s never safe for the wild areas in which we humans allow the digging. The inconceivably massive oil spill we are witnessing on the Gulf Coast should remind us of that. BP, world champion of corporate green-washing, is responsible. The corporations who [...]

Card Check may be good for Central PA

“When it gets rough out there, a lot of business leaders get out of the car and say, ‘We’re OK with minor reform,’” Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s appointed chief of staff, recently told The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council. “I’m challenging you today, we’re going to have to do big, serious things.” I agree with Emanuel. [...]

Lancaster County Community Foundation Grants

The Lancaster County Community Foundation announced its latest round of grants in a press release dated Friday. Here is what I consider to be especially notable. My comments are in italics below. From the press release: “Arts and culture non-profit organizations play a significant economic development role in Lancaster County, contributing $28 million to the [...]