Author: Martin Marks

Martin Marks, a lifelong resident of New Jersey, recently retired from the practice of endodontics in 2021after a 30 year professional career. Marks served on the Township Council of Scotch Plains, NJ for twelve years, 9 of which as Mayor. He was a candidate for the NJ State Legislature and U.S. Congress. Married to Lori since 1988, they also own a home in Oceanside, CA where they spend a great deal of time. All of his work can be found at martinmarks.substack.com.

Lowell High School to Reinstate Merit-Based Enrollment

June 23, 2022 7:00 amJune 23, 2022 6:51 am

With the sting of a February recall election that saw three of its members bounced from its ranks fresh in their memories, the San Francisco Unified District Board of Education has voted to drop a 2-year-old lottery system to gain...

The Gun Debate Rages On

June 13, 2022 2:30 amJune 12, 2022 8:34 pm

Imagine arriving at the airport to find that you now have a choice between two flights traveling to the same destination with the same estimated time of departure and arrival. The first flight will require you to pass through airport...

OPINION: Guaranteed Income for Homeless High School Grads

May 30, 2022 7:42 amMay 30, 2022 12:12 pm

Last week, we reported on the movement gathering steam to cancel student loan debt as perhaps an effort by Democrats to recapture the heretofore reliable vote of the under thirty crowd. Recent action in Sacramento indicates yet another effort to...

The Folly of Student Loan Cancellation

May 27, 2022 2:30 amMay 26, 2022 3:33 pm

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” This line of course is from Act I Scene 3 of perhaps one of the greatest works of literature, Hamlet. And with the Biden Administration and the Left once again revving up the...

OPINION: The Courts Are No Place to Establish Policy

May 5, 2022 2:35 amMay 4, 2022 4:59 pm

Let’s get this out of the way from the start. While I have a clear position on abortion, this essay will attempt to keep those views suppressed. With the recently leaked draft Supreme Court decision that will apparently overturn the...

The Politics of Crime

April 21, 2022 2:36 amApril 20, 2022 9:49 pm

A recent Cal Berkeley IGS poll showed that a majority of California voters (51%) give Governor Gavin Newsom a “poor/very poor” rating on his performance on crime and public safety issues. This is up 16 percentage points from 2020. The...

Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change!

April 11, 2022 11:07 amApril 11, 2022 11:19 am

Over the last several months or longer, if one were to peruse any one of California’s most read newspapers, the one topic that would most certainly be referenced at least once each and every day would be the (and excuse...