| March Sat, 2020
9/11 commission official calls on government to change response to coronavirus immediately
"We're here today to find out how many people will die based on the decisions you make." Over a decade ago, beginning with words like those, I led a "war game" exercise involving senior officials from several states and the federal government. We were trying to determine what would happen if a weaponized microbe, like anthrax or smallpox, were released into the general population.
| March Thu, 2020
Wise words revisited: ‘There is simply no way to avoid sacrifice’
With recent orders by several governors that residents “stay home,” the restrictions imposed state by state on the American public in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency have become nearly as severe as those imposed during World War II, when curfews and rationing were as common as serving the country via the military draft. The open question facing today’s population is whether we remain culturally capable, as we were 70 years ago, of abiding by such restrictions on our personal freedoms for the greater good.
| March Mon, 2020
Whitman: Elect More Women to Counteract Misogyny in NJ Politics
In an August 2012 interview for the Rutgers Center on the American Governor, Whitman described how when she was approached about running for Somerset County freeholder, her first elective position, it was to be the token female.
| March Sun, 2020
5 things to watch for in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries
“Biden is riding this wave of momentum that could benefit him significantly in Michigan, particularly given his issue stances and the political and social and demographic makeup of Michigan,” said Ashley Koning, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University.