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Paul Ryan is an imitation Ron Paul...with real eyebrows

BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

If Captain Capitalist dodged Vietnam service (as if you’re going to get the French to stop drinking alcohol) while being for the war makes him a chickenhawk, then VP Paul Ryan’s questionable and partisan budgeting should make him a chicken budgethawk.

The Wally Cleaver (though he acts more like the sniveling Eddie Haskel) of the Republican party is so bl...

N.J. sports betting: The people vs. sports owners

BY EVAN WEINER

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the New Jersey legislature and New Jersey voters are now in a court battle with four major sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the issue of legalized sports betting at 12 Atlantic City casinos along with five racetracks in the state. Apparently the goal was to ...

Director Ang Lee honored 'Life of Pi' opens New York Film Festival

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that Ang Lee’s “The Life of Pi” will open the 50th New York Film Festival, where it will also make its world premiere. “The Life Of Pi” is the first 3D film to be presented as the opening night gala selection of the New York Film Festival, which runs September 28 through Oct. 14.

This marks the Academy Award-wi...

Understanding the Romney/Ryan philosophy

BY MICHAEL BUSLER

COMMENTARY

Let’s try to understand the Romney/Ryan philosophy. Here is a simple example that explains their view.

Suppose we have 100 people who get together, form a society and then produce 1000 units of output. The question becomes: “How do we divide the output (income)?’

Basically there are two choices. One is we could divide the output evenly so that each of the 100 workers re...

Assm. Gary Schaer works to protect disabled while rest of N.J. legislature on recess

BY SALVATORE PIZZURO

COMMENTARY

While the State Legislature is officially on recess and members have gone on vacation for the entire summer, Assemblyman Gary Schaer has engaged in a bold initiative to protect New Jersey’s adults with developmental disabilities from abuse, neglect and exploitation in public and private residential centers and day training programs.

The issue of abuse of people with de...

N.J. weather forecast: Rainfall moves through area today

BY STEVEN DiMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A strong upper level disturbance and area of low pressure over the Ohio River Valley this morning will bring periods of showers and thunderstorms throughout the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas through tomorrow.

The showers and thunderstorms will feature heavy downpours, occasional lightning, small hail, and wind gusts over 50 mph at times. ...

Yale team finds link between major depression or chronic stress that causes brain volume loss

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A team of Yale University researchers have unlocked the link between major depression or chronic stress that causes a loss of brain volume, according to new findings.

In the Aug. 12 edition of Nature Medicine, the researchers say they found a transcription factor, a genetic switch, that inhibits communication between several genes required for connecting brain cel...

Webster dictionary new words 2012: 'Sexting' and 'f-bomb' make the cut

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has updated its list of words, and associate editor Kory Stamper wants the new ones to become like earworms to people who use her book.

Actually, 'earworms' refer more to pieces of music you can’t get out of your head. Or to a pest you’ll find in ears of corn.

The musical meaning began appearing in the 1990s, but writer Stephe...

N.Y. Jets' Tim Tebow works on wildcat, letting cat out of the bag

BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 

The secret is out at the New York Jets training camp with Tim Tebow being put to the test with the wildcat formation.

The Jets brought out the wildcat formation at training camp on Monday for the first time heading into the 2012 season with Tebow along in the practices. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Jets wildcat plays are meant to be a secret since the ...

Monmouth Hawks football feels confident for 2012 season

BY JEREMY SCHILLING

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

There is something about training camp that just makes everyone so optimistic. Everyone has a 0-0 record and from players to coaches to fans, anything seems attainable.

But this year’s Monmouth University football team really does feel like they have a chance to do something special. With a healthy, experienced Kyle Frazier back at quarterback, an explosive ...