Opinion
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•March 7, 2018
Feeling Fearful Again, 50 Years After Turbulent 1968
Not long after the election was over, it was clear that the newly elected president had committed treason. It was a known fact within our own government that, during the campaign, he had one of his…
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•March 7, 2018
Rebuilding Military Is a National and NJ Priority
As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have always put first the needs and priorities of those men and women who serve our nation. With great sacrifice to their families, these…
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March 7, 2018
Mentoring Helps
Are we becoming hardened to the all too many shootings in schools? I pray we are not.
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March 7, 2018
Ponzi Scheme
Social Security is a popular program, especially for those with the longevity to procure it. If you do not possess old age genes your chances of receiving the full enjoyment of your benefits are…
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March 7, 2018
March for Lives
The members of the Great Bay Democratic Club, who meet in Little Egg Harbor, wish to make it publicly known that we support the March For Our Lives movement and their platform demanding comprehensive…
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February 28, 2018
Shellfish Champions
The article from Feb. 21, “Bird Nesting Area Reinforced on Mordecai Island,” notes that ReClam the Bay (RCTB) was a partner in the project. This is typical of the projects in which RCTB is involved.
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•February 28, 2018
Thoughts from a ‘Gun Guy’ Following FL Tragedy
Fear and anger – these two emotional states of mind, the by-product of the fight or flight reaction within all of us – are in full display as the debate over common sense gun control rages on in our…
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•February 28, 2018
Politicians Putting Young Lives at Risk in More Ways Than One
Watching all the eyewitness interviews with survivors of the latest school shooting rampage – a 21st century Valentine’s Day massacre that made the one of gangland legend pale by comparison - I…
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February 28, 2018
Hollywood Hypocrites
Hypocritical Hollywood liberals want to disarm Americans from protecting themselves while making movies of shooting and killing and mayhem and protecting criminals in sanctuary cities in order to get…
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February 28, 2018
Idle Talk
Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3rd) responded to yet another mass school shooting by advocating for improved background checks, putting police officers in every school, hospital and house of worship in…
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•February 21, 2018
Truckers Are In Danger and So Are We All
Welcome to the final chapter of the story of Little Ricky Mellerup and his family’s 1965 cross-country camping trip from Vermont to the rugged coastline of California and the Pacific Northwest and…
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•February 21, 2018
Why the Eagles’ Win Means So Much to Me
I’m sort of embarrassed at how much joy the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Super Bowl has brought me. I mean, I had absolutely nothing to do with it. It was a bunch of guys I had never met -although…
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February 21, 2018
Ask MacArthur
Congressman Tom MacArthur voted yes on the House Concealed Weapons Reciprocity Act. Please ask him to publicly answer why. Also, ask him to publicly defend his votes to push through a tax bill that…
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February 21, 2018
Time to Act
When do the values of those who too rigidly defend the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms” outweigh the rights of children in schools, or innocent people on the street or in theaters/concerts, to…
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February 21, 2018
No Oversight
I read Tom Meredith’s column ( “Life in an Over-55 Community: As Good as It Gets ,” 2/7). While I found his story mildly entertaining, there is another side of the story one should consider before…
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February 21, 2018
Broaden the Ban
It’s very commendable that Harvey Cedars has now followed the lead of Long Beach Township in banning single-use plastic bags. However, such a ban is virtually worthless and will only harm local…
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February 21, 2018
Stay Tuned
What Marianne Clemente ( “Crossed the Line,” 2/7) doesn’t understand is that the FISA document that the House Intelligence Committee released will help prove that high-ranking members of the Justice…
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February 14, 2018
Dog Park Dangers
It has become obvious that in some area towns, including Stafford Township, dog parks are being brought up as a service thatmust be addressed and conveniently provided to the dog owner faction.
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•February 14, 2018
Where Have All the Winter Flounder Gone? Digging for Answers
Where are the winter flounder going? Is the decline due to rising water temperatures?
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February 14, 2018
Disgraceful Dossier
I have to rebut Marianne Clemente’s letter in your last issue, “Crossed the Line.” Ms. Clemente is correct in citing Russian collusion in the last presidential election. The collusion was between…
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February 14, 2018
Harmful Policy
Strokes, surgeries and trauma from falls or other injuries sometimes result in patients needing extensive care by physical, occupational or speech therapists. But because of inaction by Congress…
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•February 14, 2018
Snow Day, Yay!
In response to Anthony DiSipio, who doesn’t understand why anyone likes cold weather and shoveling snow (“Speaking of Shoveling Snow … Odd Jobs Back in the Day,” 1/31), I love winter and shoveling a…
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•February 14, 2018
All I’m Asking for Is a Little Respect – Please!
I’m calling my doctor’s office to make an appointment. “Hello, your call is really important so please stand by.” Ten minutes after hearing that my call is really important I hang up.
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February 7, 2018
Ideas on Immigrants
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on immigrants and being an American in 1907 are as follows:
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•February 7, 2018
Consumers Getting Squeezed by Squirt Containers
Have you ever wondered what happened to the brilliant graduates from M.I.T. to Cal Tech? Have they found careers as engineers and scientists? Maybe one of them will find a cure for cancer or build a…
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February 7, 2018
Top Election Issue
On behalf of the nonpartisan Citizens Climate Lobby, South Jersey Chapter, I’m writing to urge this publication to provide meaningful coverage of climate change during the upcoming congressional…
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February 7, 2018
Crossed the Line
Every morning I wake up with a sense of dread. What has that man in our Oval Office done now? My stomach churns as I listen to his latest shenanigans.
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February 7, 2018
Good Challenges
This letter is in response to the Jan. 31 article “Kite Festival Approval Sparks Public Safety Debate.” The LBI Chamber looks forward to working with the borough of Ship Bottom and other venues to…
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February 7, 2018
Amazing Moon
An amazing full moon was in view as I took a short walk before down on Osborn Island. This is the kind you should remember and, perhaps, add a poem: “A tune of sea breezes lifts/ A giant, friendly…
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•February 7, 2018
Life in an Over-55 Community: As Good as It Gets?
When the college years of your children are over, the last one is finally out of the house and able to make it living on his or her own, the weddings are over or at least prepared for, it is time to…