Jim McGreevey is having a difficult time convincing anyone that he is serious and that his “confession” — that wonderful book he’s hawking all over the place — is genuine.
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Grumpy is as grumpy does
I’d file this bit on grumpy old folks under good news. To sum up: Old grumps tend to be smarter than the average. Not sure I believe it, but as I get grumpier with each succeeding year I find this to be a positive sign.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
Dispatches:A ‘fraudulent failure’ in Iraq
This week’s Dispatches is ready to read — it’s on Iraq (what else?).
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
Legislation would force municipal mergers
It looks like municipal consolidation is officially on the table. Here is what I wrote about the notion of consolidation in August. I suspect that forced consolidation will be the only way to shrink the number of towns, though the political fallout could be huge. Given what the locals in Cranbury and Jamesburg say, it is going to be a bumpy road getting this done.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
Lose-lose
Nat Hentoff explains why the so-called compromise on detainee rights reached by the president and the so-called GOP rebels — John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Warner (and where is Chuck Hagel on this, anway?) — not only is not a win-win, but a lose-lose. The detainees lose, American troops lose and, more generally, we all lose because it compromises the U.S. Constitution and shreds the Geneva Conventions.
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
