There are moments in life that remind us how little control we truly have. Plans change, doors close, and the path ahead can look very different from the one we worked so hard to build. Those moments have a way of testing what we truly believe.While we cannot always choose our circumstances, we can ...

Congressman Tom Kean Jr.’s decision to disclose that he has been battling depression deserves compassion and respect. Depression is a serious illness that affects millions of Americans, and no one should be criticized simply for seeking treatment.But his announcement does not answer the question tha...

New Jersey residents are no strangers to a bit of wild weather here and there. We have all grown up with hurricanes, Nor’easters and the occasional winter storm, and for a while, at least, we felt like we knew what to expect.That’s no longer the case. Over the course of the past five years, we have ...

As neighbors, we are relieved to hear that Thomas Kean Jr. is recovering from depression. We are comforted in the knowledge that his recovery is made possible by the exceptional medical care that he is receiving. As constituents, however, we reject his claim to be a long-standing mental health advoc...

The US has once again been rendered ineffective by its dependence upon oil. The most effective way to address this problem involves state or local initiatives. Automobiles use about 45 percent of all oil consumed in the US. But reliance upon automobiles is not a choice under free-market conditions. ...

Trust is one of the most valuable currencies in a free society. It cannot be demanded and it cannot be manufactured through marketing campaigns. It is earned slowly, through honesty, accountability, and experience and once it’s broken, it becomes remarkably difficult to restore. That is why so many ...

The Polluters Pay to Make NJ More Affordable Act (formerly known as Climate Superfund), is a fair and just road to easing the financial burden for residents, businesses and municipalities recovering from climate change catastrophes and becoming more resilient in the future.Amidst soaring electric ra...

The black boxes positioned around our towns – outside of restaurants and supermarkets, next to dumpsters, maybe even in your neighbor’s yard – certainly serve a purpose. People understandably don’t like rats, so they aim to mitigate this problem by baiting the boxes with a poison known as SGARs (Sec...

On May 8 of 2025, The Leader published my letter describing censoring in federal grants supporting biomedical research. I described the impossible task of summarizing my research regarding long established biological differences in male and female kidney disease incidence without using words that tr...

Our family celebrated Easter at a Methodist Church near where my daughter and her family live. We were honoring our Christian son-in-law and his faith at this Easter service of salvation and new life.With our combination of backgrounds and religions: Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Christian, our family tr...