2006 ELECTIONS____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Dwane Powell, Raleigh News & Observer
Today's Talk Show Lineup: "Sunday Breakfast Menu, Nov. 12"
Analysis:
..... - GOP - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "GOP rout was Reagan's revenge"
.......... - SL: Ellis Cose: "Hubris led the way to GOP defeat"
.......... - OpEd, CN: George Will: "'Irrational exuberance' helped slay GOP"
..... - Dems - WP: "Democrats Find Lessons In GOP Reign"
.......... - NYT: "Incoming Democrats Put Populism Before Ideology"
..... - Moralizing & Hypocrisy - SL: Anita Allen: "When public moralizing bites back"
..... - Rove - WP: "Rove Remains Steadfast in the Face of Criticism"
Committee Control - NYT: "Bush’s Judicial Nominations Thrown Into Uncertainty"
Losers Become Lobbyists - NYT: "Revolving Doors Spin Once Again"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
(Chan Lowe, Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Plainfield Today: "Editorial Cartoonists Survey the Election"
Plain Talker: "Veterans Day Observed"
School Sports Drug Tests - CN: "Poll finds support for drug tests"
'Sanctuary' Laws - NYT: "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire" -- with map. Advocates argue they help with crime fighting.
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Upsala Development: "Ivy League living in East Orange"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Doubledipping: "Critics make case against Bob Smith's dual jobs"
Hillside: "Questions for Hillside police on accident"
Kean U Film Festival: "Spoof's reel honor is 25 years in the making"
Linden: "Former rivals 'honeymoon' in Linden"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Greater Newark Holiday Fund: "Devil's owner takes over helm of fundraiser"
Homeless: "Welfare cuts force homeless back into the streets"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo: Sea Bright, NY Times)
Shore Beaches - NYT: "A Plan to Make Private New Jersey Beaches Friendly to the Public"
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, November 12, 2006"
12CD: "In 12th, war, immigration key issues" -- Making 12th safe for Holt meant making 7th safe for Ferguson.
Atlantic City: "The Sands time runs out"
BPU: "BPU carries more than dozen staff lawyers"
Foster Homes Program: "As state program stalls, children still wait for homes"
Gay Marriage: John Farmer: "Same-sex decision reflects role of court"
Kean: "'No regrets' about run for Senate"
NJ Politcs - OpEd, SL: John Weingart: "Is this a new era of positive politics?"
UMDNJ: "At UMDNJ, an attempt to cover up $36M fraud"
Towns: Toms River: "For residents, new official name a relief"
..... - Camden: "Officer charged in scheme to rob drug dealers"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Poll - CN: "Jerseyans want lower benefits for state employees"
Editorial, SL: "Wait and see on tax plan"
Editorial, CN: "Fast relief a good start on property tax reform"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: See review in today's PT: "Editorial Cartoonists Survey the Election"
Iraq - OpEd, SL: Michael Moran: "And now, 'Iraq Syndrome'"
..... - Baker Commission - WP: "Panel May Have Few Good Options to Offer"
..... - Reconstruction - WP: "Despite Billions Spent, Rebuilding Incomplete"
.......... - NYT: "Democrats Aim to Save Inquiry on Work in Iraq"
..... - 'Standing Down' - NYT: "Sectarian Rifts Foretell Pitfalls of Iraqi Troops’ Taking Control"
SecDef - NYT: "In Gates, Hopes to Close Rift Between State and Defense"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NYTimes: Córdoba's Mezquita)
Córdoba: "Moorish capital whose Jewish scholars preserved classical antiquity"
Health: "The AHA opens conference on beating the No. 1 killer, heart disease"
Sports Art: "Sports Artist Sued for Mix of Crimson and Tide"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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Editorial Cartoon: Dwane Powell, Raleigh News & Observer
Today's Talk Show Lineup: "Sunday Breakfast Menu, Nov. 12"
Analysis:
..... - GOP - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "GOP rout was Reagan's revenge"
.......... - SL: Ellis Cose: "Hubris led the way to GOP defeat"
.......... - OpEd, CN: George Will: "'Irrational exuberance' helped slay GOP"
..... - Dems - WP: "Democrats Find Lessons In GOP Reign"
.......... - NYT: "Incoming Democrats Put Populism Before Ideology"
..... - Moralizing & Hypocrisy - SL: Anita Allen: "When public moralizing bites back"
..... - Rove - WP: "Rove Remains Steadfast in the Face of Criticism"
Committee Control - NYT: "Bush’s Judicial Nominations Thrown Into Uncertainty"
Losers Become Lobbyists - NYT: "Revolving Doors Spin Once Again"
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
(Chan Lowe, Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Plainfield Today: "Editorial Cartoonists Survey the Election"
Plain Talker: "Veterans Day Observed"
School Sports Drug Tests - CN: "Poll finds support for drug tests"
'Sanctuary' Laws - NYT: "Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire" -- with map. Advocates argue they help with crime fighting.
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Upsala Development: "Ivy League living in East Orange"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Doubledipping: "Critics make case against Bob Smith's dual jobs"
Hillside: "Questions for Hillside police on accident"
Kean U Film Festival: "Spoof's reel honor is 25 years in the making"
Linden: "Former rivals 'honeymoon' in Linden"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Greater Newark Holiday Fund: "Devil's owner takes over helm of fundraiser"
Homeless: "Welfare cuts force homeless back into the streets"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo: Sea Bright, NY Times)
Shore Beaches - NYT: "A Plan to Make Private New Jersey Beaches Friendly to the Public"
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, November 12, 2006"
12CD: "In 12th, war, immigration key issues" -- Making 12th safe for Holt meant making 7th safe for Ferguson.
Atlantic City: "The Sands time runs out"
BPU: "BPU carries more than dozen staff lawyers"
Foster Homes Program: "As state program stalls, children still wait for homes"
Gay Marriage: John Farmer: "Same-sex decision reflects role of court"
Kean: "'No regrets' about run for Senate"
NJ Politcs - OpEd, SL: John Weingart: "Is this a new era of positive politics?"
UMDNJ: "At UMDNJ, an attempt to cover up $36M fraud"
Towns: Toms River: "For residents, new official name a relief"
..... - Camden: "Officer charged in scheme to rob drug dealers"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Poll - CN: "Jerseyans want lower benefits for state employees"
Editorial, SL: "Wait and see on tax plan"
Editorial, CN: "Fast relief a good start on property tax reform"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: See review in today's PT: "Editorial Cartoonists Survey the Election"
Iraq - OpEd, SL: Michael Moran: "And now, 'Iraq Syndrome'"
..... - Baker Commission - WP: "Panel May Have Few Good Options to Offer"
..... - Reconstruction - WP: "Despite Billions Spent, Rebuilding Incomplete"
.......... - NYT: "Democrats Aim to Save Inquiry on Work in Iraq"
..... - 'Standing Down' - NYT: "Sectarian Rifts Foretell Pitfalls of Iraqi Troops’ Taking Control"
SecDef - NYT: "In Gates, Hopes to Close Rift Between State and Defense"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NYTimes: Córdoba's Mezquita)
Córdoba: "Moorish capital whose Jewish scholars preserved classical antiquity"
Health: "The AHA opens conference on beating the No. 1 killer, heart disease"
Sports Art: "Sports Artist Sued for Mix of Crimson and Tide"
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Plainfield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
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