Tom Bodall has resigned from the Jamesburg Borough Council and will remove his name from the ballot because of this.
Author: hankkalet
Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
Runner’s diary, Monday
It was a beautiful morning to be out and making my way around South Brunswick and Plainsboro. I did four miles and feel pretty good. I'm shooting for three tomorrow (and lifting) with another 13 over the remaining days this week.
iPod: political podcasts
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The real economy
Forget the stock market. I'm standing in the Stop&Shop and looking at the milk prices: $4.29 a gallon.
This is the kind of hard number that matters. Consider: milk $4.29 a gallon; eggs $2.29 a dozen; orange juice (on sale) $3 for a half gallon. It adds up too quickly.
Of course, you can save some cash on prepackaged stuff, but that makes eating healthy (or is it healthily?) that much more difficult.
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Moondeaf
OK. So I'm in the mall and I hear on the speaker a “Ratpack”-style version of “Moondance,” complete with jazz orcheatra. It seemed a good idea, but a listen to the sweet-voiced singer, who I think was Michael Buble, left me wondering what the rush was about. He was pushing the tempo without reason and sang as if he didn't care what he was singing about. as long as you could turn the song into another cliched finger-snapper. Basically, it lacked soul. If you want “Moondance,” queue up Van Morrison.
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Enquiring minds make me laugh
Standing in line at Target, I noticed the cover of the National Enquirer touting an expose on Sarah Palin's personal ife (the hidden truth, affairs, etc.). The likelihood that there's any truth in anything the published is just about zilch. But it does raise the question as to whether she is prepared for this kind of scrutiny. As with the legitimate issues — Trooper-Gate, the bridge), the spotlight will be bright and it will be interesting to see how she holds up under a level of glare to which she can in no way be accustomed.
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