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1. catholic hierarchy
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Thanks to Michael Riccards for his "on-target" appraisal of the Catholic Church's hierarchy. The Catholic Church's bishops are proof positive that "absolute power corrupts absolutely." The leadership ...

2. It is clear the Catholic hierarchy has let down the church
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BY MICHAEL P. RICCARDS COMMENTARY When he took over the papacy, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger took the name Benedict — probably after the great World War I peace pope, Benedict XV, and also St. Benedict ...

3. What's the deal? Comparing Obama and FDR and their first two years as president
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BY MICHAEL P. RICCARDS COMMENTARY In a year and half, President Obama has gone from being an historic icon to a beleaguered president. What has happened? There are surely personal reasons that one ...

4. Senate committee to discuss future of state's investigative agencies on June 2
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... Florida's Inspector General Melinda Miguel, who is the first vice president of the National Inspector Generals' Association, will offer her insight and Michael P. Riccards, director of the Hall Institute ...

5. Time to address rescuing Social Security and Medicare
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BY MICHAEL P. RICCARDS COMMENTARY Now that the nation has a new major entitlement with national health care, it is going to be necessary to find ways to restore solvency in the long run to Social Security ...

6. New Jersey pension reform: Some recommendations
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BY MICHAEL P. RICCARDS COMMENTARY The problems confronting New Jersey's public pension and benefit system are not new. What has been lacking has been the courage and willingness to tackle a problem ...

7. The People’s Seat: Political upset in Massachusetts sends message to all Democrats
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BY MICHAEL P. RICCARDS COMMENTARY In the royal colony where the first Tea Party took place, it looks like a second one has rattled both the commonwealth and the nation. For the first time in a generation, ...

8. Hall Institute to debut interactive New Jersey public affairs program
(N.J./State)

...  Viewers will be able to participate in a live chat and pose questions to the program's host, Hall Institute Executive Director Michael P. Riccards, and his guest, Michael Presutti, who will discuss his ...

9. Hall Institute, Stockton College to examine environmental Issues in the gubernatorial race
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... campus, will be held in conjunction with the Hall Institute for Public Policy — New Jersey. Panelists for the event are: Matt Elliot of Environment New Jersey; Michael P. Riccards, Ph.D., Hall Institute ...