Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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At Theatre Revue 2007, anything goes
Weekend shows will feature improv and skits from a variety of shows BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff During a rehearsal for Theatre Revue 2007, the North Brunswick Township High School Alchemist Theatre Company performs “C’mon Everybody.” The show will be held Friday and Saturday. NORTH BRUNSWICK…
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Revealing tirades can bring new year’s resolutions
How many of our parents taught us to “think before you speak,” that “you can never take back what you say” and that “what’s in the heart and mind comes out of the mouth”? That’s why excuses and apologies from Michael Richards and Mel Gibson are so hard to accept. Is Richards a racist or…
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No-discussion council like bobble head dolls
I am writing in response to South Brunswick Deputy Mayor Carol Barrett’s recent comment in a daily newspaper in which she said, “We [Democrat members of the Township Council] do have differences of opinion many times, but we will never fight and argue in public on the dais.” My question is where and when do…
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Geraldo is still running off at the (big) mouth Greg Bean You know, one of these days someone is going to get fed up with Geraldo Rivera’s threats and beat him like a rented mule. Not that I watch either one of them on television, but there’s apparently quite a feud going between Geraldo and…
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Supreme Court members undeserving of high salary
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has the audacity to consider their $200,000-plus salary so low as to constitute a “constitutional crisis?!” They do not deserve such a high salary, partly because: 1) The court has refused to address jury nullification since 1895. The court has refused to stop the trial courts from…
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Your Turn
Guest Column State must stop runaway train called property taxes Upendra Chivukula Guest Column State must stop runaway train called property taxes On Jan. 9, Gov. Jon S. Corzine delivered his State of the State speech to the New Jersey Legislature as required by the state constitution. After he summarized his accomplishments – world-class stem…
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Details remain unclear on civil union law
In a series of interviews with area mayors, the Sentinel and a few of its sister publications found that with civil unions soon to become legal, many look forward to officiating the ceremonies, some aren’t totally comfortable with them but will do them anyway, and others are unsure if they’ll take part or not. None…
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Are We There Yet?
Suddenly, the mom is cursing like a sailor Lori Clinch I was having a lovely phone conversation with my sister the other day when she asked me out of the blue, “What are you doing?” “What do you mean, what am I doing?” I replied with bewilderment before I answered quite curtly. “I’m talking to…
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A somber toast for the coming year (redux) Greg Bean This column first appeared Jan. 4, 2006. I think it’s even more appropriate today than it was then. Things haven’t gotten better in the last year. They’ve gotten worse, and our president is talking about sending even more young soldiers into harm’s way. I hope…
