Police commendation pleases child's mother
      My 9-year-old daughter and her girlfriend were innocently riding their bicycles to a school playground to play together. On their way there, they were being followed by a slow-moving police cruiser with the lights flashing and sirens intermittently sounding off for them to stop.
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The absence of adjectives
      Adjectives usually precede and modify nouns where they can influence our perspective, our behavior and ultimately our way of life, especially if we are American. When I started studying history in second grade, I was fascinated by the American melting pot analogy. So I set out to study it outside of school.
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It's not only about animal abuse
      The recent pit bull cases of Michael Vick and DMX are about more than animal abuse. Each and every year in New Jersey, 250,000 pets are dumped at taxpayers' expense at local shelters. Irresponsible pet owners, pet hoarders and unscrupulous breeders have set off nonstop pet-population explosions.
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Stiff sentences for bribes will set examples for officials
      This past week, federal Judge William Walls sentenced a local elected official to serve more time than was expected by certain people. I am sure the judge received the admiration of many people in our county and state. Come the last week in October, several more elected officials and also former employees of Monmouth County are up for sentencing.
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