Republican State Sen. Michael J. Doherty represents the 217,000 residents of Warren and Hunterdon counties in North Jersey. Doherty graduated from West Point in 1985. He then served four years as a U.S. Army captain in command of an artillery unit with nuclear-tipped missiles at the East German border – when Russia was still the Continue reading...
Essays
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Three years after George Washington retired as our first president, he was still in excellent health at age 67. He rode on horseback around his large farm almost every day to inspect his fields, fences, buildings and livestock. But after being out for five hours in heavy rain and snow Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Some folks liked what Republican Gov. Chris Christie said inhis speech to legislators in Trenton two weeksago and at his “Town Hall Meeting” show last week in Vineland. But I didn’t hear what the governor was saying because I wastoo busy looking at what he was doing. During the past Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Last November,Atlantic Citygovernment had to pay $34.6 million in tax refunds to several casinos that appealed their tax assessments. Instead of cutting spending or raising taxes to come up with that money, local officials borrowed $38.5 million and agreed to pay $4 million in interest. Last week, Cape May County Continue reading...
On Jan. 19, 2008 Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine hosted a “town hall meeting” at the Middle Township Performing Arts Center in Cape May Court House. Four years later, the taxpayers of Middle Township just paid a total of $100,000 to LibertyAndProsperity.org, nine of our members and our lawyers because their public school and police officials Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This First Amendment, adopted on Dec. 15, 1791, is the most important part of the Constitution. Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Last week, a poll by Rasmussen Reports found that only 5 percent of Americans say Congress is doing a good job; 68 percent say Congress is doing a poor job. There are 535 elected officials in the two branches of the U.S. Congress. The Senate has 100 members (two from Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Those who follow local talk radio know that my last afternoon “Liberty and Prosperity” program on WOND Radio 1400 AM was on Wednesday, Dec. 7 – Pearl Harbor Day. A major programming change put Harry Hurley, my fellow columnist, on WOND from noon to 4 p.m. every weekday as of Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist During this Christmas holiday season, many of us will again be spending lots of time with kids and grandkids. Once again, why not use this time as an opportunity to engage the young people around you in some political discussion? You can undo a lot of the brainwashing they get Continue reading...
By Seth Grossman, Political Columnist Nissan Auto is running one of the hottest ads on TV called “Gas Powered Everything.” In it, every appliance – the alarm clock, toaster, hair dryer, computer and even the drill used by the dentist is run by a bulky, dirty, noisy, smoke-belching gasoline motor. When everyone is finally fed Continue reading...
