Shootings reflect need for better gun control
      Words act as poor tissues to wipe away the tears of the so many affected by the tragic murders at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on April 16, 2007. The event represents the single deadliest shooting in the history of the United States of America. The heinous butchery took the lives of 33 students and injured 29.
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Thorough research, not 'phobia,' a factor in one's particular view
      I am writing in response to Heidi Hesselein's March 22 rebuttal letter that addresses the words "ignorant" and "homophobic" used in Steven Weitz's March 9 letter. I do not subscribe to the philosophy that nonsupport of a view/lifestyle singles out an individual as "phobic" or ignorant to that topic.
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Affordable housing: a call to action
      In 1975 the New Jersey State Supreme Court mandated that affordable housing had to be available in every community in this state. Since then, the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has had responsibility for establishing rules to make this happen.
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April is Martin Luther King National Healthcare Month
      More than 45 million Americans don't have health insurance, and the number is growing. The Democratic candidates for next year's presidential election discussed their health-care plans at a recent forum moderated by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Service Employees International Union (SEUI).
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