Category: HUB Opinion
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Reader rejects the phrase ‘war on terror’
The writer of “Iraq war part of war on terror” (March 29) stated in a letter supporting the Iraq war that a previous letter writer had replaced fear with denial. After offering a few weak reasons for starting the war, she listed a number of things that only relate to the clash of cultures in…
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Acting the part
Renegade Readers Theater is a radical staged reading series BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Renegade Readers Theater is a radical staged reading series BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY, staff Above: Kate Cordaro, director of education at Two River Theater, listens to students rehearsing for the performance of “Eat the Taste.” (L-R) Alexis Briscuso,…
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Businesses invited to ‘Paint the Town Pink’
Program aimed at promoting breast cancer awareness RED BANK – Visitors to the borough will be seeing “pink” this spring as local businesses take up the cause of promoting breast cancer awareness. “Paint the Town Pink” will transform Red Bank as stores and restaurants “go pink” from April 29 to May 5. “Paint the Town…
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The truth hurts
On an average day, I am confronted with stories of “Veteran lawmaker Wayne Bryant indicted for pension padding” and also “Unethical relationship between Gov. Corzine and Carla Katz” and “Ex-dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry indicted for spending $200,000 for personal expenses” and it goes on and on. The Hub makes me start…
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Iraq war part of war on terrorism
I would suggest the writer (“Iraq war not a result of 9/11” March 29) has replaced fear with denial. While Iraq may not have been directly involved with 9/11, it certainly was a terrorist nation, one that supported terrorism worldwide. It harbored terrorists, (Abu Nidal), hosted training camps and paid the families of suicide bombers.…
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e-mail to: [email protected]
To: General Nancy Pelosi and her congressional apparatchiks: Your pork-laden Iraqi surrender bill has passed, which shows how you support the troops. Shamefully, it’s not the American troops. Barry Caulfield Fair Haven
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Act locally, or warm globally
Anytime a problem has the word ‘global’ in it, it’s easy to be frightened off. A global problem is too big for us to impact here at the local level, right? Some New Jersey leaders recognize that global warming is the product of countless local decisions. So it’s completely appropriate – and necessary – for…
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Partch ensemble returns to SICA
The Harry Partch Ensemble The Harry Partch Ensemble will return to the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch series Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m. as part of the Black Box of Asbury Park’s ongoing Music of Invention Partch was a 20th-century iconoclast, inventor and composer who constructed a 43-note scale in…
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Chorale celebrates 50 years of song
The Shrewsbury Chorale (shown in 1957) is celebrating its 50th anniversary season. The Shrewsbury Chorale, which performed its first concert at Monmouth College in 1957, will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in a special Reunion Concert at Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, June 2. The Reunion Concert will feature works performed throughout the decades under the leadership…
