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The Glory Days In Jackson Are Coming To An End You see it in every small and large town. Businesses that have been a staple in those communities are closing. Some more recently due to the pandemic putting them out of business. Others because the big box stores and larger name brands are coming in and taking over. In the case of this Jackson New Jersey corner store, it’s the idea of retirement that sparked the decision. For decades, when you drove up the ramp off Exit 21 of Interstate 195, you immediately came up on the corner of Rt 526 and RT 527. Sitting there was the same market...
In 1787, our founding fathers deliberately and wisely gave us a secular Constitution. A short time later, a committee made up of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin – knowing that “unity is the first priority of success” – provided their new nation with a godless, secular motto: “E Pluribus Unum” (one out of many). It was a motto that was designed to recognize and include all our citizens, including “non-believers” – that is to say, it disenfranchised no one and included everyone. In 1956, however, that all changed when our national motto was replaced with a r...