What Journalists Do
Journalists, by profession, record not only what is going on at a point in time, but their reactions to it. That is particularly true now…
Beau’s Corner
Article on Harry Truman Revisited
I was re-reading some of the articles I wrote some time back (to make sure I “got it right”), and I found that the article…
State Income Tax Deduction Doubled for NJ Veterans
New Jersey Gov.Phil Murphy has signed legislation into law that doubled the state income tax deduction for veterans. The legislation was passed by the state’s…
A New Social Security Scam
I got an email from AARP’s Fraud Watch Network the other day titled “What You Need to Know About the Social Security Scam.” And two…
Jean Conti Marches Again
The first time I wrote about Jean Conti was in 2013 when she was a member of a small group that was protesting the Iraq…
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Words To Remember During the Donald Trump Era
The following quotation from Martin Niemoller, on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is particularly pertinent during the presidency of Donald Trump, when…
How Much of Your Donation Goes To The Charity?
We have written before about how much of the money you donate actually goes to the charity, but the former attorney general of New York…
We’ve Come A Long Way And Still Have Further to Go
I’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a career as a journalist for more than 50 years and I’m still writing about the things I think are…
How Democracies Die
The book “How Democracies Die,” written by Harvard Professors of Government Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, is a wide-ranging study of how democratic governments come…
Starbucks Beats Veterans Employment Goal By Two Years
In November, 2015, CMC Digest published an article entitled, “Free Colllege Tuition Extended to Families of Veterans Employed by Starbucks.” Actually, according to Daniel Murphy,…
