Section: Opinion
Martin Luther King, Obama And My Parents
Last summer I had the pleasure of bringing my parents to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial down on the mall. It was a moving, if extremely hot, day for us, where things sort of came full circle for us. My parents weren’t born in the U.S. They chose to move here in the 50’s [...]
Opinion: It’s Time For A Change On Legal Notices
The Star Ledger is up in arms today about a bit of last-minute legislating on the final day of the state legislature’s lame duck session. The bills in question, about legal notices, have attracted our attention too, but for a far different reason: They make sense. Legal notices are those bits of miniscule type that [...]
Ecumenical Outlook: Doing The Work Of God In Verona
The Verona Rescue Squad does God’s work in a manner that is better than that of any church or synagogue. They save peoples’ lives not because they are Christian or Jewish or Muslim, but because they are people. They are one of the few institutions, which exist to help people for no other reason than [...]
Opinion: Speak Up For Foreign Languages
The Verona Public School system intends to change foreign language instruction in the elementary schools and they have put up a three-question survey on the school Web site, ostensibly to gain parental input. But the questions–written as if to lead parents to a foregone conclusion–have the power to make things worse for our kids, who [...]
Op-Ed: Trenton’s Control Of Education Is Our Loss
The Verona Board of Education, I believe, is charged with ensuring our schools are run properly. To do that, we must have strong community support for education, a sound long-term strategy for success, and very effective leadership. However, in order to properly accomplish these goals, we must navigate a never-ending series of issues, pitfalls, and [...]