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Tag: New Jersey

  • Governor Christie Kicks Ass and Takes Names

    I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Chris Christie, because of his extreme anti-gay position, and I imagine I’ll have occasion again to oppose him on that topic.  In the meantime, I love listening to him talk about the budget and take on the teachers unions, as in the video above.  If you don’t have […]

  • Why Christie’s on the Right Track, in Three Paragraphs

    New Jersey’s new governor is determined to reverse the state’s “failed experiment”, which consists of taxes chasing deficits in an ever-ascending spiral.  A Barron’s article does the most concise job I’ve seen of explaining what he’s up against, and why his efforts should be supported. Unlike his predecessors, Republican Gov. Chris Christie has recognized that […]

  • New Jersey Is “A Failed Experiment”

    Who is this trash-talking, Jersey-bashing heretic attacking my beloved adopted state? Well, he’s the new Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. And I find myself liking him more every time I hear him speak.

  • Ex-Cons and Ex-Governor Describe a Ministry for Felons

    730,000 people walk out of prison every year. One third of them will be back in jail in a year; two-thirds of them will be back in three years.

  • The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage

    After the New Jersey Senate’s disgraceful vote to deny equal rights to same-sex couples, the fight for marriage equality turns to federal court.  Testimony began today in the effort to overturn California’s Proposition 8. A fascinating subplot can be found in the fact that the lead legal adversaries in Bush v. Gore have joined forces […]

  • Today’s NJ Gay Marriage Vote Hurts Real People

    Same-sex marriage is a straightforward civil rights issue, and the only acceptable outcome is full marriage equality. I believe I’ll see it in my lifetime. But New Jersey took a step in the wrong direction today, and I weep for my friends.

  • Lobbying for Marriage Equality in New Jersey

    The Web Goddess and I are headed to Trenton Monday morning to lobby for pending legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey.  We’ll be car-pooling with friends both gay and straight from St. George’s Episcopal Church. I’m covering the event for Maplewood Patch, a charter member of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM.  Patch already has […]

  • Count One Lackluster Vote for Corzine

    Ex-prosecutor Christie pledges tax cuts and clean government in a corrupt, high-tax state, and I’ll count that as a silver lining if he wins. But there’s no guarantee he would actually be effective at cutting taxes and fighting corruption, whereas he undoubtedly would follow through on his anti-gay veto threat.

  • Loading Up the Corruption Bus in New Jersey

    (Welcome, New York Times readers. You might be interested in other posts about New Jersey and Maplewood.) My adopted home state of New Jersey has a long sordid history of political corruption.  We’re not yet five years removed from Gov. Jim McGreevey’s resignation after the revelation that he had appointed his unqualified boyfriend to a […]

  • How “Blue” is New Jersey — and for How Long?

    I market my blog as the musings of “a red-state voter in a deep blue state.”  It’s a catchy line, and it lends itself to a jazzy 125×125 logo — created by the Web Goddess, naturally. But sometimes I’ve wondered if New Jersey really is as “deep blue” as, say, Massachusetts or Vermont.  (I’m sure […]