By Gina Kramer East Windsor Patch March 27, 2011 The Melvin H. Kreps Middle School was in the spotlight Thursday night for its Peer-to-Peer program, when it was recognized during the East Windsor Regional Board of Education meeting Thursday night. [...]
By Michele S. Byers NJToday.net February 15, 2011 If New Jersey, the most crowded state in the country, doesn’t pay attention to open space and clean air and water, “we can forget about creating any more jobs.” [...]
By Jim Lauria Huffington Post February 14, 2011 As we men scramble to remember our sweethearts on this Valentine's Day, our thoughts tend to drift toward life's luxuries -- chocolates, roses and wine. But this Valentine's Day, I'm thinking about something much more fundamental -- water. Not just the water to refresh the roses, but the water that sustains us all. Valentine's Day seems to be a perfect time to thank women, billions of whom are committed to nourishing the world with clean, safe water. [...]
By Erika Lovley Politico January 21, 2011 President Bill Clinton would not stop talking. That’s all Christine Todd Whitman could think about as she anxiously awaited her big national moment — the official response to the State of the Union address. “He gave his regular speech and then kept going,” Whitman said. “I was sitting there saying, ‘Now what do I say; he’s said everything.’ I started to get quite nervous.” The response speech is one of the more daunting spotlight moments for an up-and-coming politician. Delivered directly after the president’s live address to the full Congress, Cabinet and Supreme Court, and a national TV audience, the response has a reputation for being a second-class act that is awkwardly staged and poorly executed. In 2006, Gov. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) was criticized for not hitting Republicans hard enough. In 2008, Kathleen Sebelius, then the Democratic governor of Kansas, was lampooned as dreadfully boring. [...]
By Kirk Heinze MLive.com January 12, 2011 I recently had the pleasure of interviewing two most accomplished women on Greening of the Great Lakes. Both are former governors. Both are exceedingly knowledgeable, articulate and passionate about the beliefs they hold dear. And, among those beliefs, they share a deep and abiding commitment to the development of renewable energy. [...]
By Kathleen O'Brien The Star-Ledger January 04, 2011 TRENTON — Imagine this scenario: A woman governor heads for a Disney vacation with her family just as a blizzard is approaching. When the storm cleanup doesn’t go as well as planned, she is criticized for her absence. [...]
By Maudine R. Cooper BET.com January 5, 2011 The latest unemployment numbers reveal that African Americans seeking work still are among the hardest hit by the economic downturn. The 16 percent unemployment rate among African Americans hovers around a 25-year high, and remains six percentage points above the national average. [...]
By Gabriel Nelson Greenwire December 17, 2010 At a time of unprecedented rancor over the costs and benefits of U.S. EPA rules, the Obama administration has far less leeway than the agency's critics in Congress suggest, according to the man who led the agency under George H.W. Bush. [...]
Drudge Report December 14, 2010 Several more prominent Republicans have questioned Sarah Palin's qualifications for president because she quit in the middle of her term as Alaska governor. [...]
By Gabriel Nelson Greenwire December 13, 2010 Christine Todd Whitman, who led U.S. EPA for the first two years of the George W. Bush presidency, is warning her Republican colleagues not to read too much into last month's election as they embark on a push to reject the Obama administration's policies. [...]