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Editorial Of The Day

“The proposal to draft her [Hillary Clinton] in place of President Obama this year is preposterous. It exaggerates his vulnerability and discounts Hillary’s loyalty. But the idea that she should replace Joe Biden as Obama’s running mate in 2012 is something else. It has been kicking around on the blogs for more than a year without getting any traction, mainly …

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NOM Commits $500K To Fight NJ Marriage

And by NOM, we mean the Vatican. Same-sex marriage opponents in Trenton vowed to fight the latest move, with the National Organization for Marriage saying it was ready to spend up to $500,000 to back state lawmakers who will fight the measure. “The media is reporting that gay marriage is sure to pass through the Legislature, but we heard the …

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Morning View – Central Park Tree Plaques

I came across this park worker installing some new paving stones noting gifts to the Central Park Conservancy’s tree endowment fund. Reading the plaques is like a short history in recent events, as some of the gifts are made in the names of disaster victims: 9/11, Japan’s earthquake, the 2004 tsunami, etc. Many of the park’s oldest trees were destroyed …

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