Category Archives: Commentary

  HANOVER, NJ  — The joy was palpable as residents, friends and family, supporters and officials of The  Rose House gathered Wednesday to open to the public the eight-unit residence in the Cedar Knolls section.   Begin five years ago, … Continue reading →

Well, the adventure with Verizon over its poor Internet service continues. On Friday, after five hours the company had agreed to a service call, and on Sunday, Cooper did a fantastic job checking all parts of the system. He corrected … Continue reading →

The first time the Internet  connection was dropped while I was chatting online with a Verizon technical support person, it was ironic. By the fourth time it happened,  with four different techs in some other country, it was maddening. And … Continue reading →

When the House last week passed the Republican version of a federal government budget, I emailed a friend at  the United Way of Northern New Jersey that said, “ALICE got mugged.” Who is ALICE? It’s the acronym of a 2008 … Continue reading →

While the political class finds any reason at all not to create news rules for building affordable housing in New Jersey, a collection of non-profits has grabbed the lead on the issue and created a model that could be replicated … Continue reading →

Everyone had a story.  Soulless insurance bureaucrats denying coverage because what was written in paragraph 9b, Subsection 14 (a); a state system of payments and supervision fractured by department, jurisdiction and disability. The fights with family members, and sometimes with … Continue reading →

So they are holding hearings in Congress on whether native born Muslims are American enough. The congressman who is running the show once supported the Irish Republican Army, freedom fighters to some, but declared terrorists  by England and the U.S. … Continue reading →

The photograph was nearly three feet wide and two feet tall. In the center was a fuzzy long-tailed animal. It was running away through area of a tall grass and scattered trees that led to a heavier woods. “Does that … Continue reading →