Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: As an 18 year old college freshman I fear many things such as failure, debt, not finding a job once I graduate, and a racially divided America. While I am still trying to find what political association I affiliate with on my own has been quite the challenge. After watching the 2015 State …
Continue reading “Aware of our country’s strives and struggles”
Dear Editor: I haven’t noticed much news coverage of this, but I wanted everyone to note that our Congressman, Albio Sires, has joined the Republican party in two recent crucial votes of the new Congress. He voted with the GOP majority to further gut the Dodd-Franks Act which prohibits Wall Street from gambling on derivatives …
Dear Editor: We join the rest of the world in mourning the brave staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, gunned down by religious fanatics for defending freedom of the press. Meat industry fanatics in the U.S. have devised a more subtle means of stifling freedom of the press. The states of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, …
Continue reading “Freedom of the press in France and the U.S.”
Dear Editor: Democracy is indeed alive and well. Here’s the proof. When a plan to cut overnight PATH train service was unveiled in the midst of the holidays there was a collective chorus of voices from all walks of life expressing opposition for obvious reasons, primarily because of the economic hardship it would cause riders …
Continue reading “Garcia applauds Port Authority for dropping service cuts”
Dear Editor: Air pollution has been a huge problem in New Jersey for over a great number of decades. All the residents living in New Jersey are still being exposed to all these pollutants regardless the effort to reduce this bad air quality. I was reading on the internet on how many business and people …
Continue reading “Air pollution is dangerous to mothers and children”
Dear Editor: Nowadays on the television we see commercials depicting the horrible after-effects of a lifetime of smoking. Usually they show a man or woman who has a hole in their throat, and must speak with an electrolarynx. Older commercials made use of the images of a smoke-free lung compared to a lung of a …
Dear Editor: Many of us are just getting back to the office after time off for the holidays. But for caregivers, the work never stopped. Indeed, caring for loved ones is a 24/7 gig with no paid time off. That’s one reason why AARP is working so hard to make life just a little easier …
Dear Editor: I write to express my full support for keeping the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) service running on a 24-hour schedule-7 days a week. The recent proposal by a special bi-state panel to reduce PATH services is not a workable plan. In fact, instead of reducing services we should be increasing services to meet …
Dear Editor: It’s time for New Year’s resolutions, particularly those about our health. Although gun violence remains the leading cause of death among young people, our most dangerous weapon is still our fork. Forty-five times as many die of chronic diseases linked to a diet containing animal products, sugar, and salt. Hardly a month goes …
Continue reading “Our diet is more deadly than gun violence”
Dear Editor: Senator and Mayor Brian P. Stack’s bill that would require a mental health background check for drivers for Uber and Lyft is a great step in the right direction to protect the segment of the public who are starting to use the newest additions to the sharing community programs. (Union City Reporter 10/12/14) …