28/07/2024
From other readers: more mistreatment of American flags; last-minute candidate switches.
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28/07/2024
Not long after she took office in 2021, the vice president took a tough stand on immigration, telling potential migrants 'You will be sent back.' But the Biden administration instead began a program that encourages migrants to make what she called 'that dangerous trek' through Mexico and Central America in record numbers.
Not long after she took office in 2021, the vice president took a tough stand on immigration, telling potential migrants 'You will be sent back.' But the Biden administration instead began a program that encourages migrants to make what she called 'that dangerous trek' through Mexico and Central Ame...
28/07/2024
Lessons from Millburn, Colts Neck, and other scofflaws.
28/07/2024
Revenge is a dish best served room temperature.
28/07/2024
Dr. Ruth was a media star, but she also had extensive academic degrees and a riveting personal history of escaping from the N***s.
28/07/2024
Four swimmers, including New Jersey's Jack Alexy, received the first goal for Team USA on Day 1 of the Paris Olympics.
28/07/2024
Jack Hannold writes that, other than vindictiveness, there is no reason not to give the likely fall winner a head start.
28/07/2024
It reeks of politics, rather than good sense.
28/07/2024
For a century, corruption has flourished in Hudson County. It's a broken political culture, enabled by the power of the machines.
27/07/2024
Seems she's actually supporting quite of bit of immoral activity
27/07/2024
Also: Spadea takes his shot.
27/07/2024
A jumble of faces passes behind and in front of me as I sketch furiously to capture it all.
26/07/2024
"Term limits would make members of Congress more accountable to their constituents," the letter writer argues.
26/07/2024
She was never assigned the job of border security. And Trump is the one blocking a tough reform that would spend $180 billion beefing up security.
26/07/2024
The city’s next task is to ensure the maintenance of the space. It cannot be allowed to degrade into an eyesore.
25/07/2024
"Owned by the Jersey City Board of Education and managed by the City of Jersey City Department of Recreation, the Caven Point Complex has fallen through the cracks of neglect," the head baseball coach at Ferris High School writes.
25/07/2024
"Enough is enough," a frustrated and frightened Bayonne pedestrian writes.
25/07/2024
The question: Is this a genuine bounce pass across the Delaware River or just a head fake by team owners?
25/07/2024
A peace agenda would be the most natural collateral work of the Olympics and of Olympians who put aside national and ideological differences to compete.
25/07/2024
Our governor's apparent decision to pass over his fellow Democrat Andy Kim for the rest of Bob Menendez's Senate seat looks like he's holding a grudge over Tammy Murphy's primary loss to Kim
25/07/2024
Good things come to those who wait.
25/07/2024
When Peter Rodino, a little-known congressman from Newark, stood for integrity and the rule of law.
24/07/2024
Other readers sound off on the presidential campaign.
24/07/2024
Firefighter gospel: Only one kind of person runs into a burning building -- a trained person.
24/07/2024
Robert Zazzali writes that a Rowan University issue needs to be solved, but a current plan is not the right choice.
24/07/2024
Some economists say Trump is a bigger danger, with proposals that will drive up prices.
23/07/2024
The right decision isn’t always the easy one.
23/07/2024
With the help of the media, the Democrats covered up Joe Biden/s condition; now they have to act fast to save the Kamala candidacy
23/07/2024
One columnist in the New York Times called him a shape-shifter. Frankly, I hope he is because we sure will find it hard to live with the shape he presents today.
22/07/2024
From other readers: Dirty trains; a school day without cellphones
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