Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Imperative that African Americans register to vote

    We African Americans know better than anyone else in this country how important it is to vote. Voting rights were not handed to us on a silver platter. We know many of our ancestors were brought to America on slave sips in chains, separated from their families by force as beasts of burden. We know…

  • Doctor defends stance on high-fructose corn syrup

    I am responding to your letter of Sept. 30 from Audrae Erickson of the Corn Refiners Association regarding my health seminar for seniors held at the South Brunswick Senior Center Sept. 13. Melissa Cifelli did an excellent job of reporting and represented my position accurately in her article of Sept. 16. I did not mean…

  • Park ‘disgusting and unsanitary,’ not ‘perfect’

    A man enjoys a perfect day last week at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, site of the new Middlesex County Earth Center. Regarding this comment and picture — a perfect day at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park? If anyone has actually been out there and walked you would see it is disgusting and unsanitary. I used to…

  • Teacher returns to school with new role

    Shiba Pillai-Diaz sparked controversy with classroom bulletin board SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Shiba Pillai-Diaz has returned to school. The Crossroads South Middle School teacher who sparked national attention when she refused to remove her picture of President George W. Bush from her classroom bulletin board, has returned to the classroom, teaching basic skills to third- and…

  • Use marketing technique, not DARE

    Flashy cars can’t make the failed Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program effective (“Police DARE to Drive This Impala,” North/South Brunswick Sentinel, Sept. 9). DARE is completely ineffective and sometimes even counterproductive. That’s the conclusion of the U.S. General Accounting Office, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Department of…

  • Oppose subsidizing politicians

    All taxpayers should oppose Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein’s legislative bill to further subsidize politicians. She wants to give taxpayers’ money to state legislative candidates of the two government-sanctioned political parties, the Democrats and Republicans. It is a pity we already have to subsidize the presidential and gubernatorial campaigns. Just think your hard-earned money is paying for…

  • Teacher situation settled, for now

    South Brunswick Schools Superintendent Gary McCartney seems to have found a workable agreement with Shiba Pillai-Diaz, but will it last? Pillai-Diaz, you may recall, experienced national fame a few weeks ago over her refusal to remove a photo of President George W. Bush from a classroom bulletin board. A few parents confronted the language arts…

  • Show ‘real thing’ for sheriff

    Give me a break — on Election Day, the voters of Middlesex County will be asked to cast their vote for the position of sheriff. Unfortunately, the Democratic candidate has not been seen in public for months. It is important in this election the candidates be seen and available to answer questions about their positions…

  • Andrews should come clean over Oct. 3 incident

    Was Mr. Ralph Andrews — a Democratic candidate for the North Brunswick Council — given preferential treatment following his accident Oct. 3 at 3 a.m.? Mr. Andrews was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident. He declined to say where he was before the accident. He…