Tag: Opinion
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Opinion: The government needs to do more to fight COVID globally
Last week I saw coverage in the North & South Brunswick Sentinel about South Brunswick High School needing to close early due to a COVID-19 outbreak, canceling classes and a mental health resource fair. While mask mandates are important for mitigating the spread locally, that is not enough to truly end this. We need to…
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Opinion: Migrating birds and light pollution
Birds are pest control experts. They will feast on slugs, beetles, mosquitoes and other insects that inhabit our gardens. They consume millions of insects, especially in the spring when they’re feeding their young. In addition, seed-eating birds consume great quantities of weed seeds, helping to control unwanted plants. What you might not know is most…
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SOLUTIONS 3/25: “Sleepwalking to catastrophe”
By Huck Fairman UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned this week that countries are “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe.” They are operating, since the Glasgow summit, under “naive optimism.” This means that they are nowhere near the global goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In fact the planet has already warmed on average…
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Opinion: Welcome cannabis shops
The Princeton Council has heard a lot of comments about cannabis and kids. Nobody wants our kids to be drunk or high. The issue at hand is about cannabis stores. The stores are serious about following the law. They have an entry room with security cameras where you show your ID, which they add to…
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Opinion: Teens should make own determination of vaccine status
Earlier this year, I participated in a high school extracurricular event. Like most events, a COVID-19 vaccination and a negative test were required. An unvaccinated student from my school frantically tried to contact the event organizers, talk to our school’s principal, and discuss the situation with the trip advisors, all as the trip and registration…
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On The Road 3/25: 2022 Kia Stinger GT2
By Peter Perrotta This week’s On The Road leads with a review of the 2022 Kia Stinger GT2 AWD V6 and also covers the Kia Niro and the Mercedes GLE 53. Kia has stepped up into the world of luxury and sportiness quite nicely in recent years. This South Korean importer is no longer just…
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Opinion: Russia’s Ukraine invasion gives all the more reason to stop using fossil fuels
The ongoing Russian conflict in Ukraine has put the lives of millions of people in great peril. As Russia decimates the homes of civilians in Ukraine, nations all around the world have responded by putting sanctions on Russian oil imports. As a result, the price of oil has dramatically increased to more than $100…
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SOLUTIONS 3/18: The Seas are Rising
By Huck Fairman Central New Jersey’s Sierra Club recently presented a Zoom talk on the accelerating rate of sea level rise, presented by Dr. Jennifer Walker of Rutgers University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. With the rate of sea level rise increasing, New Jersey is particularly vulnerable to its impacts. There are a number…
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Opinion: Mehta continues to ‘spin webs,’ lacking truthfulness
I am sad to see how a deceiver prevailed on March 15. It amazes me how Joyce Mehta’s fan club made the South Brunswick Board of Education special meeting about bullying and racial bias, without any regard to her lack of integrity and truthfulness. I’ve been a resident in South Brunswick for 30-plus years and…