By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer They spoke in favor of bridges, against domestic partnerships and cleared the air about potential conflicts of interest. County and state candidates in the Nov. 4 general election filled the airwaves of KTQM at Tuesday’s political forum, held at the KTQM studio. The forum, which ran approximately 2 hours, […]
Uncle Sam’s helping hand not needed
In the last few weeks some tentative moves toward resolving, or at least reducing, ongoing conflicts in the Middle East have taken place. The remarkable and remarkably important fact about all of them is that the United States has played virtually no role in any of them. Israel and the Islamist group Hamas that controls […]
Growth committee will follow bylaws to ensure integrity
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer An advisory panel for growth issues related to the new mission at Cannon Air Force Base will be governed by disclosure and ethics bylaws, its overseeing committee decided Wednesday. To mitigate conflicts of interest, the Local Growth Management Committee unanimously agreed to adopt the bylaws for its subcommittee — […]
Iran negotiations sign of strength, confidence
Freedom Newspapers May you live in interesting times, goes the old Chinese curse. Judging by the sophomoric letter apparently sent by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush, we certainly live in interesting times. Iran and the United States — backed to some degree by most of Western Europe — are involved in a potentially […]