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Hunger Games in Oakland

Multiple news outlets are reporting on the Hunger Games being filmed in Oakland. As the image posted in this Star Ledger article indicates, film crew trailers filled the entire parking area for the upper Skyline Drive lot. There has been no official confirmation, simply an acknowledgement from state officials that […]


The 5 Cent Solution 2

A new poll of 700 registered NJ voters statewide shows that 56% of them disapprove of a proposed tax/penalty designed to discourage the use of plastic bags, with 39% approving. The Reduce Plastic and Paper Bag Usage Act passed in committee back in December, and will now proceed to the […]


The Dumb Tax

How America will pay off its continually increasing debt has led to a debate as to whether the richest in America will pay more, or if the middle class will pay more. There is has been little discussion as to whether smarter people or dumber people should pay more in […]


Can You Do Better?

People have been bemoaning children’s television for a long time — and often with good reason. The days of the Little Rascals roughing it through the Great Depression – gone; the good natured foils of Leave it To Beaver – gone; the realism of Boy Meets World – those days […]


A New Year’s Revolution

New Year’s Eve will soon be here, and with it a few hours of revelry, a split second of transition, and then a new year will begin. Like a car driven off the sales lot, a new year can lose it’s value relatively fast. Perhaps the magic lasts for only […]