As mentioned in these pages previously, my friend Andy and I were invited by the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza to be interviewed about our memories and impressions of the events of November 22, 1963.

Here is a brief chronicle of the trip, which we… Read full post »

(cross-posted from Pick's Place)
Just about everyone knows about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's family trip from Boston to Canada with his dog in a carrier, strapped to the roof.

After extensive research, Pick's Place has discovered that this was neither the first nor last such incid… Read full post »

(cross-posted from Pick's Place)
Some of you know the story - two boyhood pals in suburban New Jersey: While other kids were playing sports, Andy and Jeff were consumed with the JFK assassination. We both vividly remembered where we were on November 22, 1963, and from the time… Read full post »

(cross-posted from Pick's Place)

This is the question I get all too often when I talk about the upcoming NJ State Legislature elections on November 8, 2011.

It's not surprising. Most people who bother to vote pay attention to even-numbered years, when we vote for US House,… Read full post »

So, it looks like this is the end of the road for the on again, off again, on again, off again, doomed-to-fail campaign of former Olympic gold medalist and Willingboro, NJ hometown hero Carl Lewis. On Thursday, 9/22, a three member panel of the the Third… Read full post »

The only thing we ever learn from history is that we never learn from history. Unless, of course, you are running for re-election during war time. In that case, the lesson is, keep the war going through to Election Day because everyone loves a "War President". After all,/…

Read full post »

In the photo, Harold Pickens, newly-minted Jersey Guy, transplanted from Cincinnati, OH, gazes lovingly at his young son (can you blame him?), while the little boy, safely enclosed behind the bars of his play pen, thinks, "some day I want to be…

Read full post »

(cross-posted from Pick's Place)

Or, "Drumthwacketgate", if you're into tongue twisters.

By now we all know that Governor Christie used a state helicopter to watch his son's baseball game at St Joe's in Montvale yesterday, and the Liberal Media was all over it.

Am I alone in being less than… Read full post »

...that they do not respect in any degree

I cannot think of the song Blowing In The Wind without thinking of an incident in Catholic school, 4th grade, which would have been 1964-1965, Sister Catherine Imelda's class. For some reason we were…

Read full post »

(The Government Records Council (GRC) is committed to making the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) work for the citizens of New Jersey. Since the law’s inception, the GRC has worked hard to make government records more easily accessible to the public. The GRC is committed to being… Read full post »

An Open Letter to NJ Assemblyman Paul Moriarty

 

The Honorable Paul D. Moriarty
NJ State Assemblyman, Legislative District #4
129 Johnson Road
Suite 1
Turnersville, NJ 08012

Dear Mr. Moriarty:

As a citizen and taxpayer in the State of New Jersey, I applaud your recent remarks… Read full post »

How about a moratorium on reporting on Governor Christie's so-called "town hall meetings" until one or more is held in the evening or on a weekend, when working people can attend. Now, if you are not on the Governor's coveted mailing list, you must scour the news…

Read full post »

OK, it's mid-March, and that can only mean one thing.

For us long-suffering fans, still nursing our hangovers from Jets and Eagles playoff losses, and the Giants' flameout (depending on what part of NJ you live in), the only real cure is knowing that Spring Training is in full… Read full post »

What is happening now in Wisconsin is what should have happened here in New Jersey a year ago. Instead we the people allowed Governor Chris Christie to get the upper hand in the PR war, and now face an uphill battle to get our state back, while… Read full post »

I'll give the President a B+ for delivery, and a B for content. The  President laid out some bold ideas about infrastructure and education,  but in my opinion failed to hammer home enough the job-creating effects  of things like high-speed rail and clean energy.

The  problem is, w… Read full post »

My blood pressure would shoot up off the charts any time I heard about the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) protesting at a funeral. They started at funerals of soldiers killed in the line of duty, but have now branched out to others, like Elizabeth Edwards and Christina Green (although… Read full post »

As if it weren't bad enough that NJ lost another soldier in Afghanistan - U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Moore, 23, of Bordentown, was one of three soldiers killed in an IED (improvised explosive device) attack in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Jan. 12.

Can a computer play Jeopardy? You bet.

I have tried out for "Jeopardy" three times, made the first cut, but never made it on the show.

Here's how the try-outs work: A room full of know-it-alls, typically about 100, sit in a large room, and take a written test. The… Read full post »

At the risk of offending my fellow Liberals and Obamacrats, I was underwhelmed and unimpressed by the spectacle in Arizona last night. What was meant to be a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shooting in Tuscon, and a call for national unity, looked more like a Golden Globes or… Read full post »

Slacktivism: My New Favorite Word

Facebookers:

Have you seen this:
"Most people have 1000 wishes for Christmas; a cancer patient only has one,to get better. I know 97% of you won't repost this to your status, but my friends will be the 3%… Read full post »

An Open Letter to Governor Chris Christie

The Honorable Christopher J. Christie
Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625

Dear Governor Christie:

I am writing with respect to the "Town Hall" meetings you have been conducting across the state.… Read full post »

PRESS RELEASE - Early TV Kids Show Pioneer's Puppets to be Brought Back to Life

Sandy Becker’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ To Be Re-Imagined using his original puppets from the lost 1961 production.

Almost 50 years after it’s original airing, and now lost to the/… Read full post »

Yes, folks, you read that right. That’s 20 cents with a “C”. No “M”s or “K”s after that $0.20.

So, this is what we taxpayers are paying for, bailing out the banks so they can in turn do whatever they can to squeeze whatever they can from ordinary citizens?

I… Read full post »

I first noticed this story on Huffington Post, about a guy dressed in a wizard costume at a music festival who decided to take off his clothes. He was encountered by three police officers who tried to convince the guy to put his robe back on. When he refused,… Read full post »