Veteran radio talk-show host John Gambling is back on WOR AM radio -- and he invited me on the air this morning to talk about news in New Jersey. We discussed, among other topics, the proposal to increase the gasoline tax, the McGreevey divorce proceeding and the immigration hearing of an Islamic cleric from Paterson. To listen to the interview, please click here: Download wor_morning_show_051208.mp3
U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, the incumbent Democrat who is seeking reelection, is ducking from one of his most basic jobs -- he's trying to limit the number of debates in the upcoming primary. This is shameful. If Lautenberg wants to continue as a senator, he should debate his main primary challenger, Rep. Robert Andrews. Come on, Frank: Get out there and debate. To listen to my one-minute audio column on this, please click here: Download got_a_minute_050808.mp3
No, this is not a dream. The potentially nightmarish McGreevey divorce trial may actually not happen. Both sides agreed yesterday to sit down and negotiate. And, from the tenor of a joint statement by their lawyers, it seems as if those discussions are going well. Let's hope so. The last thing America --and New Jersey -- needs is a re-hashing of the weird life of former Governor James McGreevey and his wife Dina. But the most important person in this fight -- the couple's 6-year-old daughter -- should be spared a public tussle by her parents. Keep talking. Keep silent, too.
Yes, fellow New Jerseyans, our former governor, Jim McGreevey, is going to court today for the final battle of a divorce and custody fight with his estranged wife, Dina. Can we all say, "Yuk"? Can we all shout, "Help"? For my one-minute commentary on this on-going social, political and legal mess, click here: Download mcgreeveys_divorce_050608.mp3 
Okay, so maybe we need to feel good about our little state. I understand that. But I confess I'm feeling a little flat about the New Jersey Hall of fame. Indiction ceremonies took place Sunday night in Newark. Bruce Springsteen showed up and sang. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin also same, as did Nobel prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison. All this is very nice. But the big question is this: Can you really have a hall of fame if you don't have a hall? This hall of fame is basically a concept. There is no building -- not yet, anyway. Money for such a place has not been donated yet. So we all feel good for the nite. But now what?
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