Thankful on Pearl Harbor Day       Some time ago, my wife and I visited Pearl Harbor. After a documentary video about the events of that Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, we sailed out to the memorial of the USS Arizona. There we stood and read many of the names of the 1,177 individuals who died that day while serving our na... More ... Towns should protect historic drawbridge       I was astounded to read in your paper about the Coalition for Sandy Hook Ferry Service. Before demolishing the Highlands-Sea Bright drawbridge and replacing it with a modern fixed bridge, isn't the state required to evaluate all the alternatives? More ... Congress has chance to fix health-care crisis       The Democrats have retaken control of both houses of Congress after more than 12 years and now have the unique opportunity to make finding a solution to the health-care crisis their own. And they may have some help from some unlikely sources. Just two weeks ago, a coalition of health-c... More ... Devastation still evident in Mississippi a year later       Last week I and nine other AmeriCorps members of New Jersey Public Interest Research Group's (NJPIRG) Community Water Watch took a service trip to Mississippi. We went to help with the continued rebuilding effort in an area that, more than a year later, is still ravaged from Hurricane Katrina... More ...