Joan Quigley

Plenty of pundits are speculating about what caused New Jersey's surprising shift to the right in the recent election. They have plenty of theories, too, but most come down to just one thing: People are not happy about a zillion things that seem to be going wrong – from high taxes and even higher grocery bills, more traffic and unresponsive cops and local officials, to hating their jobs and worrying about their health.

Estimates say between 11 and 25 million people are in this country illegally. To deport that many would cost about a trillion dollars over ten years, deporting a million people each year.

It's grandiose and gigantic. It's all grey, white and glass. Officially, it's the Honorable Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex, but actually it's a fortress.

Here are the rules: Would-be whistleblowers have to disclose information, including, but not limited to, bribery, fraud, crimes by healthcare providers, corporate control failures, civil rights violations and matters affecting market integrity.

The claims, charges and accusations flying around aren’t disrupting Trump’s intention of placing friends in the highest levels of government as long as they pledge to do his bidding.

Most Americans can't simply decide to live elsewhere whenever an election, or anything else, makes them unhappy. Maybe they'll move across town or across country, but very few decide to give up on America and start over somewhere else.

In 2025, New Jersey will have four female members in our Congressional delegation. We have 12 members of Congress, so they'll make up one-third of our representation.

2025 is going to be a year like no other. All of us are going to need new kinds of New Year's resolutions.

Greenland and the Panama Canal are mighty attractive.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. and its NATO allies called it an illegal, immoral land grab and vowed to help Ukraine preserve its freedom.