They rally around the family … with a pocketful of regs

If you know that reference, you’ve probably listened to Rage Against The Machine play songs like “Bulls on Parade” or “Fight the Power.”The band railed against problems of the time and called for social justice and outrage and gained fame with its social activism.Guitarist Tom Morello, who attended Harvard, was scheduled to attend the recent Long Beach Harbor Commission meeting to protest the

N.J. toll increases will only shift debt

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine recently released a draft of his plan to increase tolls on the state’s three major toll roads to refinance other forms of state debt. It will require legislative approval to proceed.Corzine intends to increase tolls by 50 percent every four years from 2010 to 2022 on the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway.What people need to know is

Blacklist

In the fall, National Public Radio aired an official guide to the U.S. blacklists. It pointed out that nearly 100 years ago, President Woodrow Wilson described embargoes as a “peaceful, silent, deadly remedy.” He was talking about economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool.Blacklisting is still used by our government as a tool to suppress or make people stop what they are doing.The government