Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I’ve been a voter for over 56 years and am one of the 2.6 million New Jersey voters who have chosen not to affiliate with a political party. We make up 48 percent of the NJ electorate – significantly more than the 2 major parties with Democrats comprising 32 percent and Republicans 20 …
Dear Editor: Secure retirement is out of reach for many New Jersey residents and income taxes on retirement benefits makes this problem worse. We should not be penalizing people for planning for a financial secure retirement! AARP believes these taxes should be cut. Now is the time to call your State Senator/Assembly member and Governor …
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Dear Editor: Women’s earnings are ever more important to their families. More than 40 percent of children under 18 live in households where the mother is the sole breadwinner. Yet, women still earn on 79 cents to every dollar earned by men. This means that women who are often working multiple jobs and caring in …
Dear Editor: Super wealthy Americans have only themselves to blame if they are perturbed by Bernie Sanders’s strong showing in this year’s presidential campaign. When will today’s One Percent understand what their more enlightened predecessors figured out after World War II?: Enabling workers to prosper by offering full-time jobs which pay decent wages makes our …
Dear Editor: There’s a strong connection between the health of a democracy and the social cohesiveness of its community life. That’s why tyrants of all kinds, from time immemorial, don’t want their subjects talking to each another. Currently, in the United States, this social fragmentation is achieved through a punishingly long workweek, and an education …
Dear Editor: May 14, 2016 will mark 18 years since the death of world renowned singer/actor Frank Sinatra in 1998. Hoboken, NJ’s native son left an indelible legacy of classy showmanship in his illustrious career, particularly in pop music. Sinatra literally lived ‘The Great American Songbook’ through recordings and filmed performances and for that, I …
Dear Editor: In a May 1 letter to the North Bergen Reporter, Paula Rogovin, a representative of Break Free announced plans to bus demonstrators to Albany to protest against the use of “train bombs” to deliver oil. Like a typical protester, Ms. Rogovin has complaints but no realistic solutions. She offered no ideas for cost-effective …
Dear Editor: This Mother’s Day, May 8th, many of us will celebrate the powerful bond between mother and child. Tragically, the world-wide symbols of motherhood – dairy cows – never get to see or nurture their babies. Newborn calves are torn from their mothers at birth, so we can seize and drink the milk that …
Dear Editor: About the article in April 10 Reporter about local towns paying tribute (belatedly) to Vietnam veterans. As a veteran myself (of an earlier war, just as stupid and futile and unnecessary as the Vietnam debacle), I object to the increasing use of the word “warrior” to describe the cannon fodder our rulers use …
Dear Editor: On May 14, lots of area residents will board buses in Teaneck and Wayne, NJ to attend a historic global climate action – BreakFree Albany, 2016! In the Northeast, we’ll descend on Albany, New York, the biggest fossil fuel hub in the region. Bakken crude oil, fracked in North Dakota, is transferred in …