Category: Examiner Opinion

Boys and bugs are not perfect for one mom Lori Clinch Boys. Parenting them is certainly not for the faint of heart. Over the years, we have watched them cover themselves in mud for no apparent reason. We have seen them chase birds across the yard, throw rocks at the sky and work tediously to…

Thank you, Joan Rivers Jeremy Grossman Joan Rivers was the kind of person who seemed like she would live forever. That’s because her whole life and career revolved around never stopping — never retiring from show business and never giving up. Her career was marred by grief and disappointment, like the failure of her 1986…

A s the important mid-term election approaches, desperate power-crazed politicians seeking re-election resort to their same pathetic tricks to give the economy an artificial stimulus and make us feel better so we will be conned into voting again for them. The most obvious examples are the various highly visible road-related projects, including resurfacing that is…

I am proud to announce that Moody’s Investors Service, a trusted bond credit rating business, has recognized Monmouth County’s 28 percent decline in total property tax appeals in 2014. This decline is largely due to reforms to the county’s property valuation, inspection and appeals procedures. The county’s reforms stemmed from participating in the Real Property…

A jogger makes her way along the boardwalk in Asbury Park at sunset on Sept. 3.

Extremism is alive and well in New Jersey where the leader of the antiwomen’s crusade is hiding in plain sight. Our congressman, Chris Smith, is chair of the Congressional pro-life caucus, leading the anti-abortion crusade. Congressman Smith writes egregious legislation with regard to women’s health. In the last two years, Congressman Smith voted for fetal…

Kristin Blind, 8, enjoys the trampoline at the Howell Day community celebration at Soldier Memorial Park, Howell, on Aug. 23.

What gizmo will they think up next? Lori Clinch I can’t help but marvel at technology. When I was a kid, I remember looking at our 19-inch television set and thinking, well, there’s no improving on that. We had moving pictures and color and, thanks to a wired remote, we could change channels from the…

Mat matters with Sharon Peters Q: I don’t understand the entirety of this floormat covering-gas-pedal syndrome (that you recently wrote about) that has led to unintended acceleration. How does one even leave their driveway or the curb under this scenario? My 2011 Ford has about 4 inches from the bottom of the gas pedal to…