Endorsements are a funny business. My philosophy for making them is not who has the most money, or would have the easiest time navigating through the various processes of inter-party politicking.
99% of the time, my endorsements are given to the candidates who I most agree with [...]
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, has cancelled his scheduled visit to Friday's night's meeting of the Morristown Tea Party group in Whippany.
The congressman will have to stay in Washington for a likely vote on health care reform and other matters.
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Promoted by JasonTrenton was buzzing today after the press conference announcing the latest twist in the gay marriage equality debate. Here's a highlight reel, see for yourself.
In a day filled with demonstrating state employee union members, an Assembly committee passed on to the full Assembly five bills aimed at reforming taxpayer-funded pensions and benefits for public workers. "This is a key step toward fixing our broken pension and benefit system with a" [...]
So after almost twenty years of being a Republican activist, and about ten years of being a conservatives activist (yes there is a difference) myself and many others have come to conclusion that the systems in this country are broken beyond repair. And looking for either side of the current [...]
I took a vacation day to spend some time cleaning up my basement. I’ve got a few damp boxes to go through, but none of the stuff I lost is heartbreaking. A quiet day with the kids at school, to get rid of stuff and to reorganize my basement. It’s [...]
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Are American political leaders so insecure that they need bombs bursting in air to give proof that our flag is still there? With two large wars in progress, and many more small to huge ones in our history, apparently the answer is "Yes." How little [...]
In arguing against health care reform, the state Republican Committee today trotted out a series of quotes from 1994 _ the year of the GOP takeover of Congress.
Someone should remind the Garden State GOPers that the Dems problem in 1994 was not passing anything. This time around, something will be [...]
We get this photo of Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and Paul Sarlo during the Governors budget address: The Board of Public Utilities has published its revised budget for its Clean Energy program to reflect the transfer of $158 million from the trust fund to balance the state's current-year budget.
Environment New Jersey's Matt Elliott says it includes a cut of $60.8 million for energy-efficiency programs and $46.5 [...]
Teacher Clara O' Sullivan arranges items of the St. Joseph's altar at St. Angela Merici School in Metairie (LA) last year. The school's fourth grade classes, under the direction of Clara O'Sullivan and Charlene Rouse, constructed the altar in preparation for St. Joseph's Day. St. Joseph [...] 
The mannequins in Baristaville boutiques are going sleeveless. Above, a dress from the Boxing Kitten line at Dem Two Hands on N. Fullerton in Montclair. For more on spring fashion, read Melody Kettle's roundup of local boutique offerings after the jump. [...]
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Free and Strong America Fact of the Day: On this day in 1850, Henry Wells and William Fargo founded American Express. - Obama doesn’t think American’s should worry about the ‘procedural’ spat over health care.
Four Assembly committees meet today, headlined by the Appropriations Committee taking up what might now be a first wave of pension and benefit changes for public employees. But that's not all on the docket ...
10 a.m.: Assembly Labor, committee room 4 In a joint hearing with the Senate Labor Committee, it [...]
If you were wondering what kind of people the new U.S. Attorney, Paul Fishman, who in private practice once represented union leader and Corzine squeeze Carla Katz, would hire, the answer is in. As his top assistant he chose J. Gilmore Childers who has spent the past 12 years in [...]
March Madness may officially begin today with the start of the NCAA tournament, but at Seton Hall it's been more like insanity -- and now it's over.
In the space of 24 hours, Seton Hall's men's basketball team was eliminated from the National Invitational Tournament, [...] 
They've made their point ...
Down on this blog, there was what I thought was a rather minor point about nuns backing health care reform ... It apparently got circulated among a group of looneys and, if you want, you can read the responses below.
The scary thing is that' [...]
Five Senate and four Assembly committees will meet today to hear testimony and consider legislation in Trenton. These are the first committee meetings and action since the Governor's budget address the other day.
Senate Labor and Assembly Labor Committees will hold a' [...]
Five Senate committees convene today for the last batch of hearings on tap until most take a hiatus while the budget committee ramps up its review of Gov. Chris Christie's spending plan.
The highlights include a hearing on the deficit-riddled unemployment fund; a proposal to delay by two months (to July [...]
If your New Jersey community association tows vehicles from its private parking areas and roadways, it should be complying with the Predatory Towing Prevention Act (“Act”). Signed into law in October 2007, the Act primarily increases oversight of tow companies but also regulates a private property owner in towing [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s brother in-law callled Obama an anti-Semite on Wednesday. Hagai Ben-Artzi explained that for 20 years Obama sat with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who is anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli, and anti-Jewish.
YNet News reported, via [...]
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