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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "LWV forum Wednesday" and "Caboose hooks up and leaves"
Plain Talker: "Officials Seek City Probe"
City Vendor Irregularities? - SL: "Mayor, council president allege fiscal improprieties"
..... - CN: "Plainfield expenses called into question"
School Contract: "Plainfield teachers rally shut down quick"
Speaking Out - CN: Freeholder Adrian Mapp: "Menendez excellent choice to counter Bush"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.
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___________________________________________________________________________
Union County: "18 towns to have contested elections"
Jayson Williams - CN: "Lawyers argue Williams' retrial evidence"
..... - SL: "Evidence in Williams case draws high court's attention"
..... - NYT: "Debate Over What Evidence to Allow in Ex-Net’s Retrial"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Arena: "In Shift, Booker Backs Arena After Team Agrees to Offer Local Aid"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, AP via Courier News)
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "Kean's 'Mob' ad is linked to 'Swift' TV spots"
.......... - "Both sides spar over minority turnout"..... - NYT: "Kean and Menendez Begin Final Appeals to Their Bases"
..... - CN: "Democrats wary of GOP tricks at Senate polls"
2006 Election - Public Questions: "Ballot questions look very voter-friendly"
Bear Hunt - SL: "Corzine acts to take bears out of hunters' sights"
..... - CN: "Corzine urges cancellation of impending bear hunt"
Gay Marriage? - SL: "No gay marriage; Civil unions on track for legalization"
Newark Liberty: "TSA seeks source of leaks on airport security tests"
NJT: "The squirt that keeps big trains from slipping"
Seton Hall Fire Trial: "16 jurors selected for Seton fire trial"
State Parks: "Plan for Trenton park just needs the green"
Towns: Brick: "In the most secure town, a most pleasant afterglow"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
State Pay Taxes?: "Lawmaker pitches big tax relief proposal"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Darkow, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune
2006 Elections - WP: "Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats"
..... - NYT: "Democrats Seen to Gain in Races for Statehouses"
..... - SL: "President switches from terrorism and taxes to rally base against gay marriage"
.......... - "Math shows GOP is likely to lose seats in the House"
Hastert - SL: "Speaker Hastert may be out whether Republicans win or lose"
Iraq - SL: "U.S. toll passes 100 in one of Iraq war's most savage months"
Pentagon - E&P: "Pentagon Readying P.R. 'War'" -- "If I were grading I would say we probably deserve a 'D' or a 'D-plus' as a country as to how well we're doing in the battle of ideas that's taking place in the world today" -- Donald Rumsfeld
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Media - NYT: "Circulation Plunges at Major Newspapers"
..... - Editor & Publisher: "Big Metros Show Severe Declines in Latest Circ Report"
.......... - "Analysis: Why Circulation Keeps Heading South"
Halloween Tailgating: "Trunk or Treat! Halloween Tailgating Grows"
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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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "With local race a snoozer, will Menendez suffer in Plainfield?"
Plain Talker: "Senior Center On Track"
Abbott Schools - NYT: "System to Help Poorest Schools Faces Criticism"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.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___________________________________________________________________________
North Plainfield: "North Plainfield election focused on taxes, zoning"
..... - "In 2004, N. Plainfield candidate was suspended from police force"
Jayson Williams: "Top court to decide limits in Williams' retrial"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Drive-by Double Homicide: "Newark cops see gang fingerprints on twin slayings"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez has a narrow lead, but it's Kean N.J. trusts"
..... - NYT: "A Race That Could Tip the Balance"
..... - SL Endorsement: "Robert Menendez for U.S. Senate"
.......... - Opinion, SL: John Farmer: "Vitriol of campaign TV ads is best ignored"
Ferguson / Stender Debate - CN: "Ferguson, Stender debate Iraq, taxes"
..... - SL: "Ferguson, Stender trade accusations"
Crime Rankings: "Brick is ranked safest U.S. city and Camden is no longer worst"
Morris County: "Morris sweep nets 45 gang suspects"
Public Question #2 - Bergen Record: "Funding park repairs"
Voting Machines: "All of New Jersey to vote electronically on Nov. 7"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
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Editorial Cartoon: Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2006 Elections - SL: "Bush, Iraq drive final campaign week"
..... - LAT: "Rove has an 11th-hour plan to win using government resources"
..... - WP: "Midterm Vote May Define Rove's Legacy"
527s - LAT: "Unregulated groups wield millions to sway voters"
Bush - Time: "How the election became a referendum on an isolated President"
..... - LAT: "Partisan rhetoric even in wartime sets Bush apart"
CIA 'Renditions' - Der Spiegel: "The President Knows more than He Lets on"
Economy - AP: "GAO chief warns economic disaster looms"
FDA - SL: "Agency fails to measure drug risks"
Iraq - NY Sun: "Tensions at a Boil Between Bush and Iraq's Maliki"
..... - Opinion, NYT: Frank Rich: "Dying to Save the GOP Congress"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Obituary: "Petra Cabot, Designer of the 1950s-Era Skotch Kooler"
2006 Political Ads: "The WashPost ad database" -- For hardcore political junkies, the WP archives videos of 2006 midterm campaign ads by state, party, issue, and more. Updated daily.
Catholicism & Gays: "New gay rights leave Catholics with questions"
Halloween - CSM: "As 'goblins' knock, evangelicals answer the door"
Marketing: "How the 'creep' stole Thanksgiving"
Online Politics: "Voters beware: Internet gives free rein to jabs"
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.*
*STANDARD TIME IS BACK...you set your clocks BACK an hour, right?...
ALERT: FOSH Holiday Greens Sale. Wreaths and swags offered. Fresh cut from a West Coast farm. Delivered Thanksgiving week. Check out their web page and order form here. Proceeds benefit FOSH scholarship and beautification efforts. Hurry! Order deadline is tomorrow. Call Susan or Bill at (908) 561-5619.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Mystery Mansions house tour is TODAY" -- It was a wonderful tour -- I had ticket #456 and that was with three hours to go... Plain Talker: "Ballot Question No. 2"
Antiwar Rally: "Leonard Jeffries to headline peace rally at City Hall Saturday"
Real Estate: "While suburban markets cool, urban centers, led by AC, sizzle"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Arts Center: "South Orange bonds for Arts Center, banking on culture"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Today: 11 AM - 4 PM. Mystery Mansions House Tour (Van Wyck Brooks). 8 homes plus Haunted House and brunch. $20. Tickets at 935 Central Avenue, day of.
..... - 1 PM - 4 PM. Twin Towers II Exhibit. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
..... - 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: 8th Annual Young Artists Showcase. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door. Wednesday: 7 PM. League of Women Voters Candidate Forum. Plainfield Public Library. Come -- and bring your questions! A service to Plainfield voters for over 80 years.
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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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Scotch Plains: "Revelation steals scene in Scotch Plains"
Union Co. Freeholder Race: "Spending is key in county race"
Union Co. Parks: "Plumbing job in lakes priced at $7.5 million"
Somerset Co. Freeholder Race: "Dems tackle dominance of GOP"
South Plainfield Mayoral Race: "Youth vs. experience in So. Plainfield mayoral race"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Newark Arts High: "For 75 years, Newark school's been the master teacher"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, NY Times)
Menendez / Kean Race - SL: "Lawyer's query to U.S. attorney prompts a new salvo from Kean"
.......... - NYT: "A Race That Could Tip the Balance"
.......... - CN: "U.S. Senate candidates stick with old themes"
..... - Menendez - Endorsement, SL: "Robert Menendez for U.S. Senate"
............... - "For better and for worse, Menendez's run shaped by Hudson roots"
.......... - NYT: "Waterfront Project Reflects 2 Images of a Senator"
..... - Kean - SL: "Illustrious name, down and dirty campaign, young Kean hangs tough"
Congressional Races Overview: "Ledger cheatsheet"
Ferguson / Stender Race - SL: "Debate at RVCC this afternoon features 7th Dist. candidates"
.......... - "The cash advantage vs. the war chest"
..... - NYT: "Only competitive race in NJ's Congressional contests"
6th District (Pallone) Race: "6th District race offers new challengers"
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, October 29, 2006"
Gay Marriage - SL: "The cradle of civil unions"
............... - Opinion: Paul Mulshine: "Court is divorced from reality"
.......... - NYT: "Gay Marriage Through a Black-White Prism" -- Map of benefits nationwide.
..... - Baptism - WP: "Gay Couples' Adopted Kids May Be Baptized, Catholic Draft Says"
Air Ambulance Policy: "Policy meant to save lives sparks alarm"
Beach Replenishment: "Another war of turf over surf"
Bryant Investigation - NYT: "Ethics Panel Ducks Look at Senator’s Conduct"
Legislative Ethics: "Policing the Legislature"
Chief Justice Deborah Poritz: "Poritz looks back"
Tutoring: "Online: Offshore learning"
Towns: South Orange: "A Spur to Growth, With Stage and Screen"..... - Alpha: "Still a Presence on the Field He Left Behind"..... - Atlantic City: "Sands (casino) through the hourglass"
..... - Far Hills: "Far Hills steeplechase still riding high at 86".......... - CN: "Wrestling in the mud among the horsey set"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Matson, Roll Call
2006 Elections - NYT: "A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data" -- MyDD is here.
..... - Yes Magazine: "Recipe for a Cooked Election" -- It's about NOT counting votes.
2008 Race - SL: "OnObama:Why the best place to come from is out of nowhere"
Congressional Security - CQ: "Investigators: Speaker’s Aide Hindered Inquiry of Hill Security Contracts"
Halliburton - NYT: "Report Says Iraq Contractor Is Hiding Data From US"
Iraq - LAT: ""Not America's Man in Iraq," Premier Says"
..... - Analysis, WP: "Tipping Point for War's Supporters?"
.......... - "Timetables? Depends on Who's Talking"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Carvel: "Last Stand for First Carvel Store?" -- and a timeline. But we've still got our DAIRY QUEEN!
2006 Political Ads: "The WashPost ad database" -- For hardcore political junkies, the WP archives videos of 2006 midterm campaign ads by state, party, issue, and more. Updated daily.
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Rebuilding:
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.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Mystery Mansions house tour is Sunday"
Crescent Concerts: "Church site of childrens' classical concert tomorrow"
Legislature: "NJ's Best Legislators: Bramnick #2" -- Former Plainfield Councilor ranks high in 12,000 votes cast.
Crime: "Plainfield man to join robbery accomplices in jail"
Development: "Changes in pact make Booker an arena backer" -- Learn from Cory Booker!
REAL ESTATE: Special Section
..... - Buying: "Dream homes bring on nightmares when buyers' first house doesn't sell"
..... - Selling: "Helping your home sell faster"..... - 'Housing Recession' - NYT: "Growth Slackened In Summer"
.......... - WP: "Housing Slump Slows Economy; Growth Far Below Pace Early in Year"
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Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Taxi Drivers & 'Sufficient English': "Dover's taxi laws are upheld by court"..... - Nature Trails: "Highland Park on trail of grant money for river walk"
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow: 11 AM - 4 PM. Mystery Mansions House Tour (Van Wyck Brooks). 8 homes plus Haunted House and brunch. $20. Tickets at 935 Central Avenue, day of.
..... - 1 PM - 4 PM. Twin Towers II Exhibit. Plainfield Public Library. FREE.
..... - 3 PM. Crescent Concerts: 8th Annual Young Artists Showcase. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. $20/$15 at door.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___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Go-go bar closed until owner meets with police"
Warren: "Warren woman hopes peace will take root"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Devils Hockey Arena: "Changes in pact make Booker an arena backer"
McCarthy Swearing-In: "Top cop vows to reclaim Newark streets"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Gay Marriage Ruling - NYT: "For Gay Couples, Ruling Has a Cash Value"
..... - Opinion, SL: Tom Moran: "In Trenton, just don't utter the 'M' word" -- This was MIA yesterday .
..... - Bergen Record: "Corzine, Codey endorse civil unions"
..... - Gusciora Profile: "Gay marriage tussle brings leading role for New Jersey lawmaker"
..... - WP: "N.J. Ruling Sparks Action on Virginia Amendment Question"
2006 Political Ads: "The WashPost ad database" -- For hardcore political junkies, the WP archives videos of 2006 midterm campaign ads by state, party, issue, and more. Updated daily. Menendez / Kean Race - Gannett: "Menendez pits Kean versus Kean on Iraq war"
..... - AP: "Kean, Menendez continue attacks"
..... - Bergen Record: "Menendez added to corruption lawsuit"
Ferguson / Stender Race: "Ferguson, Stender facing tight race"
Sires & Congress: "From Cuba to Congress, Sires ready for House challenge"
Bear Hunt: "It looks like the bears will play another season"
Bryant Investigaton: "Feds to state ethics panel: It's OK to investigate Bryant"
Monmouth Park: "Horses quarantined in equine herpes outbreak at Monmouth Park"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Click on image to enlarge.)Editorial Cartoon: Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle
2006 Elections - NYT: "Democrats Get Late Donations From Business"
..... - WP: "This Time, Ballot Issues Could Rally Liberal Base"
Cheney on 'Dunking' - NYT blog: "Of water-boarding and no-brainers"
..... - WP: "Cheney Defends 'Dunk in the Water' Remark"
'Housing Recession' - NYT: "Growth Slackened In Summer"
..... - WP: "Housing Slump Slows Economy; Growth Far Below Pace Early in Year"
Iraq - LAT: "Iraqi Prime Minister Criticizes U.S. Policy as 'Patronizing'"
Zelikow - NYT: "Rice’s Counselor Gives Advice Others May Not Want to Hear"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Catholicism: "Imagining New Ways of Being Catholic" -- For Catholics disaffected by the Church's conservative bent.
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.*
