OPINION: Valentine’s Day is an unromantic, damned stupid holiday
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — I hate the ballad, ‘My Funny Valentine.’ To me the song is sad and […]
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Camden, Newark make “Murder Capitals of America” list
NEWARK, NJ — Better? Maybe, but still pretty bad. The real estate analytics company NeighborhoodScout has released a list of the 30 U.S. cities with a dubious distinction: […]
Democrat who opposes legal weed wants to increase tobacco fee instead
Selling cigarettes in New Jersey may become more expensive. Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle, D-Bergen, who says she opposes legalization of cannabis for taxation, is instead drafting […]
NJGOP Chair denounces “hollow” Murphy following act of political retaliation
TRENTON, NJ — Phil Murphy spent his entire 2017 campaign for New Jersey governor invoking the memory of Bridgegate as reason enough to make a change […]
Opinion: Sweeney Reminds New Governor, NJEA Who’s Really in Charge
Carl Golden Senate President Steve Sweeney’s line-in-the-sand declaration that a tax increase is “an absolute last resort” and should await the outcome of a comprehensive […]
Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama’s portrait artist, painted black women beheading white women
The artist who painted former President Barack Obama’s official presidential portrait unveiled Monday is facing scrutiny for past works that depict black women decapitating white […]
It’s early, but Ciattarelli says he’ll run against Murphy in 2021
By The Staff _ The New Jersey political universe is focused on 2018 this sunny Tuesday afternoon, but former N.J. GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Jack […]
Hugin launches campaign to unseat Menendez: “We can and we must do better”
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Flanked by his wife and daughter, former Celgene executive Bob Hugin launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday morning, telling a […]
NJSEN RACE: GOP primary challenger Goldberg strikes defiant tone on Hugin’s launch day
OLD BRIDGE, NJ – The New Jersey Republican establishment and elements of the base, too, are preparing to coalesce around former Celgene executive Bob Hugin […]
Unpopular Opinion: College loans should be as difficult to obtain as mortgages!
By Matt Rooney _ You’re going to read/hear a lot about student loans this week, Save Jerseyans. That’s because President Trump’s new spending plan would […]
Analyzing the genius of Lincoln’s greatest address
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — When we teach public speaking, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is one of the first things […]
Murphy fires Scharfenberger for skipping his press conference
By Art Gallagher _ Republican Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger was fired from his job in the Murphy administration this afternoon. PoliticsDW broke the story. “I paid the […]