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Workshop analyzes science influence on policy

As science develops, new research, data and findings come about, which revolutionizes technology and brings forth improvements to better humanity. The Eagleton Institute of Politics held a workshop to discuss whether scientific methods directly bring those changes to...

Keeping old, dumb laws on the books is dangerous

Some laws on the books make no sense. What do we do with them? Just ignore them? Well, sure, in some cases, but, you never know when someone may decide to arrest you for detaining a homing pigeon or failing to audibly signal your intention to pass another vehicle (and...

Do public double dippers help or hurt taxpayers?

That’s the dilemma before New Jersey taxpayers, said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director at the Rutgers University Bloustein Local Government Research Center: “(Taxpayers) may be getting a bargain, but the price of that bargain is that you might have individuals who...

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