You are what you drive
AMY ROSEN Around Town
      Anyone who has ever had a minivan knows that it does not exactly rank as the coolest of vehicles. I mean you're not going to get "oohs" and "aahs" and people staring at your car as you drive down the road. People aren't going to pull up next to you and rev their engine at a traffic light to challenge you to a race.
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When it comes to new law, less is almost always more
GREG BEAN Coda
      In "Civil Disobedience," his great work on the duty of all men to rebel against unjust governments, American philosopher and noted recluse Henry David Thoreau said, "I heartily accept the motto - That government is best which governs least.
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This freshman mom has an achy-breaky heart
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet?
      We took our oldest son to college last Thursday, and I can't help but wonder if other mothers handle it as poorly as I did. Although I had been cautioned that it would be tough, I didn't heed the warnings.
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Legislative futility is costing us all
      It is now the time of year when mailboxes start getting stuffed with slick, glossy campaign fliers trumpeting the achievements of candidates for office. "As a member of your Legislature, I fought to end corruption," you might read, or "I worked to get guns off the streets." In political spin, there's always some kernel of truth to such boasts.
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There is no one smiling on this candid camera
MARK ROSMAN In the News
      What were officials in Freehold Township thinking when they trained a video camera on the home of a rabbi in order to count the number of people going into his house to pray on the Jewish Sabbath? I'm thinking they weren't thinking.
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