Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • LOOSE ENDS: A wail about Wawa from ‘Joe the Plumber’

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     “Waaaaaaaaaaa — what’s with Wawa? This can’t be happening. I will pay anything to get a cup of coffee,” said one of the big, unshaven guys standing in front of the Wawa at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18.     As I was jogging by the Wawa convenience store…

  • For Somerset County Democrats

    Fred Mechini of Montgomery     For the first time in anyone’s memory, Somerset County has more registered Democratic voters than Republican voters. Also for the first time, Montgomery Township has more registered Democrats than Republicans. This is pretty amazing.    Are Somerset County and Montgomery Township really “blue”? That remains to be seen. But clearly many…

  • Bailout was not ‘socialism’

    Martin Oppenheimer of Franklin     Although I agree with Richard Moody’s letter published Oct. 28 in supporting Obama for President, I must dissent from the constant, media-driven mantra that the Wall Street bailout is socialistic.    In fact it is the opposite of socialism. As anyone familiar with the socialist tradition, from Marx to our own…

  • Not a fan of Toni Morrison

    Margaux O’Nolan of Princeton     Toni Morrison has a new book? Oh joy, how does the kid get killed this time?    My introduction to Ms. Morrison’s oeuvre came by way of “Sula,” a book that asks the reader to believe that a sane woman would pour kerosene on her son and light him ablaze, killing…

  • State ruling on police costs

    William G. Dressel, NJ League of Municipalities     In Trenton last Wednesday, the state’s Council on Local Mandates nullified provisions of the state budget that would have required 89 municipalities to enter into ‘cost sharing’ agreements with the state treasurer, in order to fund the state police budget. Failure to accept the treasurer’s terms would…

  • Democrats want a socialist state

    T.B. Fisher of Princeton     With the current economic meltdown we are reaping the rewards of 33 years of misguided liberal efforts to do social engineering through the housing market. In 1993, in response to threats and arm twisting by liberals of both political parties, lending institutions were finally forced to accept rules for sub-prime…

  • For Kacey Dyer in Montgomery

    Mark Caliguire, Montgomery Township Committeeman     In this year’s local election for Montgomery Township Committee the stakes could not be higher. Our municipal budget has been under a lot of strain this past year due to the mismanagement of the state’s finances in Trenton, increasing state mandates, and not enough local fiscal prudence. With our…

  • If Democrats win, democracy dies

    Philip L. McIndoo of Princeton     What date will future historians assign to the death of American democracy; assuming, of course, that such a discipline is permitted after democracy has died?    Since death is a process, like the gallows stairs, the date of the first step could be as early as the Alien and Sedition…

  • Great night for Princeton library

    Pam Wakefield of Princeton Public Library     This past Friday night was a wonderful one for the library. Hundreds of library lovers joined together to support the Friends of the PrincetonPublic Library’s Annual Benefit.    We started at Nassau PresbyteriAn Church where Anne-Marie Slaughter introduced Newsweek Editor EvanThomas, who gave a journalist’s insider view of the…