Bob Karp on posting his ‘[expletive] TRUMP’ photo to Twitter.

Bob Karp is a friend of mine, an award-winning photo-journalist retired from Morristown’s The Daily Record, and now living in North Carolina. You may know him for his iconic image of the ‘Jet Star’ roller coaster in Seaside Heights after Hurricane Sandy.His Twitter thread from January 3, 2021 is a thing of beauty, and […]

Get to Know your Candidate, PART 2

The Candidate in His Own Words Carlos Luaces, not worthy of your vote for Byram Council.

In my last blog post, Byram Township Voters – Be Informed for the Upcoming Election, I made the statement regarding candidate Carlos Luaces that “He is hot-tempered, arrogant, ill-informed and often practices purposeful deceit to try to make […]

Byram Township Voters – Be Informed for the Upcoming Election

Carlos Luaces… a definite NO vote in my opinion.

This post is intended to encourage Byram voters to research the four candidates vying for election to the Township’s three vacant council seats. Then commit yourself to getting out and making an informed decision with your vote on November 5. Having served over 12 years […]

A Trip Around the Sun to Recharge & Renew

Today, I start my 60th trip around the sun, and I’m planning on using the coming year for a ‘mini bucket-list check-down,’ and to escape much of the growing absurdity and insanity that is Internet and American politics.

Birthdays offer a time to reflect on the past year, and look ahead to the coming […]

Never. Forget.

[Note: This is a repost of a blog entry from September 11, 2013]

Since October of 2001, I have worn this band to honor the memory of Yuji Goya, a 42-year-old Japanese national, husband, father of two, and vice-president of Mizuho Capital Markets Corporation, located on the 80th floor of Two World Trade Center.

On […]

Excerpt: FDR’s ‘Four Freedoms’ Speech

Fourth of July, 2016. Hudson Farm Community Garden, Andover, NJ.

It’s Independence Day, 2016. Let freedom ring. “One of the most famous political speeches on freedom in the twentieth century was delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union message to Congress,” according to the National Endowment for the […]

Vote ‘Yes’ On Sussex County, NJ Open Space Ballot Question

Johnson Lake, Byram, NJ.

The Sussex County Farmland Preservation, Recreation and Open Space Fund is due to expire December 31, 2015. Thankfully, the Sussex County Board of Freeholders have placed a public question for its renewal on the November 3 ballot, and I’m urging Sussex County residents to vote ‘Yes’ to prevent the […]

Oh, the Irony… the Hypocrisy!

Historic Waterloo Village, Byram, NJ – April 16, 2015

There was a very insightful OpEd in the Bergen Record on Tuesday, October 6. “Parks are for people, not development” was written by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, and addresses the ongoing controversy over the privatization of Liberty State Park in Jersey City. You […]