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Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world,...

‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

An urgent call to preserve half of New Jersey’s land

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is not only the nation's most densely populated...

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AS I SEE IT: Tempest in a teapot?

By Chrystal Schivell  For the past week I’ve been tossing around in my own little tempest in a teapot. It all started when Not In...

THE GOLDEN RULE: In the Christian tradition

By David A. Davis  In the Christian tradition, the Golden Rule has been paired with one of the most familiar of the parables of Jesus....

AS I SEE IT: Hillary, Bernie and Jane Austen

Anne Waldron Neumann  We live in an academic town surrounded by a great liberal-arts university. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that the liberal arts...

WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: In defense of the Whole Child program

Bushra Hasan  The Whole Child program initiated by West Windsor-Plainsboro schools Superintendent David Aderhold has faced serious backlash with regard to the A&E math program,...

University president seeks fair treatment

Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton University Many on our campus and around the country have expressed understandable concern about the arrest this past weekend of Professor...

Professor’s accusations contribute to racism

Julian Svedosh, Princeton I am astonished at Imani Perry’s story. It’s completely understandable that she had unpaid parking tickets. Perhaps someone swiped the tickets from...

Cannot support the shaming of women

David H. Schraeger, Hamilton Hillary Clinton is desperate and has called in surrogates Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright. Ms. Steinem said on “Real Time with Bill...

Adopt a meat-free diet for Lent

Ivan Slotzky, Princeton This Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of...

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