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Opinion

The Six Triple Eight deserves a day of admiration

Columns

As Women’s History Month nears its end, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation to recognize the African American women who served in the Women’s Army Corps’ 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. The bill pending in the New Jersey Senate will designate ...

Hey, can I borrow $1.8 trillion?

Columns

OK, here is a test. Go to your favorite bank. Tell your banker you spent $68,000 last year and your salary or income was $49,000. And you are there to ask for a loan. Oh, you tell the banker that last year you borrowed over $18,000 to pay for the service on your $3.6 million debt. Now you ask ...

Patient with high total cholesterol gets recommended a statin

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DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you please explain what is cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein and the significance of a high HDL cholesterol value? What about non-HDL cholesterol? I have had cholesterol tests for the past 30 years with HDL readings that had a low of 68 mg/dL and a high of 117 mg/dL. Two ...

Shutting down the Voice of America

Letters to the editor

Richard W. Jones State College Mr. Trump has succeed where generations of dictators failed. He shut down the Voice of America. Hitler tried. So did Tojo. And Stalin, Castro, Mao, Putin, Xi, Kim Jong-Il and a few others in history’s rogues’ gallery. But only Trump succeeded in ...

‘Things you never knew you never knew’

Columns

As a Millennial, I grew up with Disney movies — frequently at my grandmother’s. I’d wager that a lot of my cohort had that experience. My favorites, for a variety of reasons, were “Beauty and the Beast” and “Mulan.” But, as I’ve aged, “The Lion King” is where the most ...