The US has once again been rendered ineffective by its dependence upon oil. The most effective way to address this problem involves state or local initiatives. Automobiles use about 45 percent of all oil consumed in the US. But reliance upon automobiles is not a choice under free-market conditions. ...

Trust is one of the most valuable currencies in a free society. It cannot be demanded and it cannot be manufactured through marketing campaigns. It is earned slowly, through honesty, accountability, and experience and once it’s broken, it becomes remarkably difficult to restore. That is why so many ...

The Polluters Pay to Make NJ More Affordable Act (formerly known as Climate Superfund), is a fair and just road to easing the financial burden for residents, businesses and municipalities recovering from climate change catastrophes and becoming more resilient in the future.Amidst soaring electric ra...

The black boxes positioned around our towns – outside of restaurants and supermarkets, next to dumpsters, maybe even in your neighbor’s yard – certainly serve a purpose. People understandably don’t like rats, so they aim to mitigate this problem by baiting the boxes with a poison known as SGARs (Sec...

On May 8 of 2025, The Leader published my letter describing censoring in federal grants supporting biomedical research. I described the impossible task of summarizing my research regarding long established biological differences in male and female kidney disease incidence without using words that tr...

Our family celebrated Easter at a Methodist Church near where my daughter and her family live. We were honoring our Christian son-in-law and his faith at this Easter service of salvation and new life.With our combination of backgrounds and religions: Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Christian, our family tr...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program

Our 7th District Congressman, Tom Kean, Jr., hasn’t been seen since early March when he began missing floor votes in the House of Representatives. Since then, he’s missed 100 roll call votes in addition to numerous committee meetings and in-person events with constituents and local groups, and his c...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramPersonally, I’ve learned to love getting up in the morning. My alarm used to go off at 7:20, I’d roll out of bed, brush my teeth, put on whatever was at the top of my laundry pile and be out the door by 7:35 for the quick drive down th...

The Friends of the Westfield Memorial Library recently hosted the 51st Used Book Sale. Over 1,100 people came to the sale and left with more books to read. We received over 25,000 books from local residents. While we appreciate each donation, the sweetest donations came from a local preschool class....