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Rick Saccone finally made it to Congress Wednesday.The former Republican state representative from the Elizabeth area who came within a whisker of winning the 2018 special election that sent U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb to Capitol Hill was there Wednesday, but not as a lawmaker. Rather, he was part of ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have come to rely more than ever on the United States Postal Service. But the Postal Service has, in recent weeks, become notably less reliable. Customers in this area and around the country have found ...

Approaching 2021 with cautious optimism

As America begins its trek through the ëƵ2021 Experience,ëƵ no one should be content with just shallow, general expressions of hope that the next 12 months will be better than the year just ended.If 2021 plays out as an anemic response to the many bad aspects of 2020, the citizens of this ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers</strong> to 2020 and to COVID-19, and <strong>Cheers</strong> to a New Year.This past year was unforgettable for all of the wrong reasons, most notably all of the havoc wreaked upon our nation, and indeed the entire world, by ...

An excellent New Year’s resolution

Much of 2020 has been like stopping on the curb before crossing a street, looking carefully both ways, then stepping out ëƵ and getting hit by an airplane. So one observer who somehow held onto a sense of humor put it.It has not been a good year for most people. Millions remain unemployed ...

2020 is bound to be a year we won’t forget

At the end of 1992, BritainëƵs Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed that year would not be one she would look back on ëƵwith undiluted pleasure.ëƵ In fact, she proclaimed, ëƵIn the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.ëƵFor anyone ...