Lawrence Ledger Opinion
Opinion: Gerrymandering causes the opposite of free and fair elections
In November 2010, the Congressional representative for Lawrence Township (District 12) Rush Holt (D) defeated his challenger, Scott Sipprelle (R), in a very tight...
SOLUTIONS 1/21: Good news with the bad
By Huck Fairman
While COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly, if not entirely predictably, segments of the nation are making progress in dealing with other health...
SOLUTIONS 1/14: The Benefits and Costs of Switching to Electric School Buses
By Huck Fairman
The New Jersey Sierra Club, including former New York City transportation
manager, Bill Baren, and local member, Kip Cherry, presented an informative talk...
SOLUTIONS 12/24: Our Warming Poles
By Huck Fairman
While we worry about new strains of the virus and rising prices, recent environmental reports in the news reveal that we have...
SOLUTIONS 12/17: Emerson and Thoreau speak to our time
By Huck Fairman
In happening upon a book review of a new history of the American Transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Thoreau, I was awakened, as...
Opinion: Solutions needed to combat gun violence in schools
Recently, a 15-year-old Oxford High School student from Oxford Township, Michigan, opened fire and killed four other classmates and wounded many others. The sheriff...
Opinion: Safe Storage of Guns bill is needed in New Jersey
The news that a 15-year-old brought a loaded gun on Dec. 8 to Lawrence High School is a wakeup call that mass shootings like...
SOLUTIONS 11/19: The Glasgow Climate Accord
By Huck Fairman
Last Saturday night, the Glasgow Climate Accord was signed.
Like the climate crisis itself, it came down to the wire.
The question remains: will we...
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