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Marijuana debate reaches an unpleasant point at the beach | Mulshine
The mayor of a town filled with rowdy summer bars is leading the charge against legalizing marijuana; a former mayor argues it's hypocritical to slam marijuana when the town has lots of loud bars that attract a rowdy summer crowd
The Katie Brennan case: What didn't Phil Murphy know and when didn't he know it? | Mulshine
Gov. Phil Murphy has claimed he was unaware of the sexual assault charges by Katie Brennan until the Wall Street Journal article two months ago; if so, why didn't his staff tell him about this ticking time bomb?
The Katie Brennan case: Murphy valued ethnics over ethics | Mulshine
Gov. Phil Murphy has spent so much effort pandering to every Democratic constituency that he seemingly failed to notice when his Hispanic outreach staffer was accused of sexually assaulting a female campaign worker
George H.W. Bush blazed the trail for Mideast foreign policy failure | Mulshine
The late George H.W. Bush had excellent instincts when it came to staying out of foreign entanglements; but we're still paying for the mistakes he made in the first Gulf War.
The GM cutbacks: The fault is not in our cars but in ourselves | Mulshine
Many blamed Donald Trump's tariffs for the recent layoffs at GM; the reality is that GM is getting out of the car business just as Ford did, and the reason is regulations that favor monster trucks over cars
Hey Guv, where's my rebate? State tax amnesty should go both ways: Mulshine
The state is advertising extensively to collect back taxes tracing to 2009; but just try filing for the property-tax rebate from last year; the deadline is Friday but there's no way to file
The marijuana question: Would you take drug advice from a Kennedy? | Mulshine
Perhaps it's because I once made a pilgrimage to Chappaquiddick, but the last person on the planet I'd want sobriety advice from is a Kennedy; that didn't stop Patrick Kennedy from delivering a sermon at a hearing on marijuana legalization in Trenton Monday
Breaking a bottleneck: Court rules that BYOB establishments can advertise | Mulshine
Ever since Prohibition the liquor lobby has been buying legislators to support the artificial monopoly that enriches them at the expense of consumers; now a court has taken a small step toward correcting that
No thanks for all this traffic: Jersey's close to gridlock even without snow | Mulshine
The Murphy administration totally bungled that snowstorm, but a much bigger problem is traffic volume that has us on the edge of gridlock on a daily basis
Arrest Julian Assange? They should give him a medal | Mulshine
As a candidate Donald Trump proclaimed "I love Wikileaks." He had a good reason: The Beltway crowd wasted trillions on wars they had no idea how to win and the Beltway establishment and Hillary Clinton were responsible for that bungling
We can't sue our way out of addiction, let the pols learn from the Portuguese | Mulshine
Last week Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal unveiled a lawsuit aimed at a New Jersey company that manufactures pain-relief drugs; but real doctors disagree with Dr. Grewal's contention that opioids should not be used for long-term pain relief
The Acosta-Trump dispute: TV or not TV? That is the question
If I had my druthers, press conferences would be restricted to the actual press - talking heads like Jim Acosta would have to restrict their talking to their TV shows
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