Opinion
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May 11, 2022
Like a Yo-Yo
In the headline, I am not speaking about the wood thing held by a string attached to one’s finger that goes up and down, or words used by a rap singer at the start and end of each sentence, but…
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•May 5, 2022
NJ’s Energy Master Plan Is Overly Intrusive, Regulatory
On Nov. 30, 2021, our propane supplier sent us, and no doubt other customers, a very disturbing email message. The message alerted us to discussions occurring in New Jersey concerning the…
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May 4, 2022
Antivax Fraud
It is disheartening when a letter writer references the antivax “Informed Consent Action Network” as representing some level of scientific authority on the perils of vaccination.
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•May 4, 2022
Confessions of a Keeper/Collector, Not a Hoarder
We’re all a bunch of pack rats. I am convinced of it when I drive around on Long Beach Island’s trash pickup days. I’m certainly guilty of saving too much stuff. I’m not a hoarder, but a keeper and…
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May 4, 2022
Gift to LBI
Small in stature, but big in life: Last Thursday I said a final goodbye to a person who fits that description perfectly, Barbara Truncellito of Barnegat Light.
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May 4, 2022
Special Cedars
Hurray for Harvey Cedars! Last Wednesday our townspeople were invited to attend the first of six community forums offered by our police force. The first one was great, so count me in for all six.…
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May 4, 2022
New Season to Prep
the island homeowners are trickling back. cue the year-round locals talking smack.
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•April 27, 2022
Staying in Background Role Tops Actually Fighting Wars
Don’t tell me history doesn’t repeat itself.
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•April 27, 2022
Mom’s Journey to ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’
“Somewhere over the rainbow” we all have hopes and dreams during the different seasons that make up a lifetime, and some really do come true.
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April 27, 2022
Autism Acceptance?
“U.S. Autism Acceptance Month, previously named Autism Awareness Month, in April aims to celebrate and promote acceptance for the condition that occurs in one in every 54 children as of 2020 in the…
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April 27, 2022
Reduce Taxes in Beach Haven
The following was addressed to Sherry Mason, Beach Haven municipal clerk/borough administrator.
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April 21, 2022
Play the Percentages
Knowledge obviously is necessary to be successful on “Jeopardy,” but strategy is just as important.
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April 21, 2022
Bias on Biden?
Is there a concerted effort by the media to suppress public dissemination of the serious allegations about Hunter Biden and the Biden family first reported as Russian disinformation in October 2020?
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April 20, 2022
Satisfying Read
Victoria Ford’s April 6 article (“Females in Folk Art: The Seaport Profiles Five for StoryCorps”) brought the special talent and flair of five featured artists into such sharp focus. It did the same…
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April 20, 2022
Get With the Times: Plugging Electric Carts
While much discussion took place in Long Beach Township over a year ago about lowering speed limits to 15 mph on Beach Avenue (I think it’s terrific, given the increase in walkers, runners and bikes…
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•April 20, 2022
‘No Ordinary Time’ Redux – a Need to Evolve and Maintain
The forever conundrum of elected officials at all levels is as follows: fight to keep things the way they are, the way they have always been, the way we love them to be, or work to make improvements…
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April 20, 2022
Kindness of Strangers
The following is a report of the kindness of strangers that we experienced on April 3.
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April 15, 2022
Better Buy
Next year Barnegat will see the smallest municipal tax increase in five years, only $23.29 more for an average-priced house, less than a $2-a-month increase. That includes the large increase in trash…
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April 14, 2022
‘Happy Feet’ Feat
Our Kiwanis Club of LBI for 47 years has been a group of passionate volunteers doing its best to support those who are vulnerable, help our communities and support our children. We were recognized in…
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April 14, 2022
Accept It
Over the last two weeks there have been letters in favor of delaying construction from 7 to 8 a.m. on LBI. They have cited an increase in the year-round resident population, but my impression is…
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April 14, 2022
Pass Plan Slammed
The following was addressed to Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini and the board of commissioners.
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April 13, 2022
Unwieldy Bureaucracy
While trying to sell the states on ratifying our Constitution, James Madison famously wrote, “the powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those…
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•April 13, 2022
With Financial Incentives the Future Is Electric
It may seem like a tall order: Make changes to your home to lower your energy bills, remove harmful pollutants from the air you breathe, and help in the global fight against climate change.
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April 13, 2022
Come Together
In September 1987 I, as a relatively young photojournalist, covered the 200th celebration of the ratification of the Constitution in Philadelphia. There was the usual pomp and circumstance, Americans…
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April 13, 2022
Learn From Past
Before Mitch McConnell and the Republican Congress throw stones at the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, I would suggest they first look in the mirror and address the…
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•April 13, 2022
Energy Misconceptions
If I hear one more word bemoaning the Keystone pipeline (“Practical Energy Policies Will Help Maintain World Order” 4/6) …
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April 6, 2022
Find Us a Leader
Suddenly, without any warning, some of our most feared predicaments have become reality. The three things we should never discuss in public are politics, religion and money, but here I find myself…
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•April 6, 2022
Practical Energy Policies Will Help Maintain World Order
Vladimir Putin, if nothing else, is a pragmatic opportunist. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia’s goal has been to rebuild what it had lost. During my time in the Baltics, Ukraine…
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April 6, 2022
Power of Words
I never thought I would speak in defense of leftists who’ve been skewered by their own stray words, but today I must. In his moving and emotional speech in Poland, President Biden said, “For God’s…
