Let me just say before I begin this diary that I am devastated. From now on, I will be paying more attention to Britney Spears than to Hillary Clinton.

Everyone has an opinion regarding Bill Shaheen's statement regarding Barack Obama's "drug dealing."

I would like to write a diary of appreciation about an activist, a politician, and my across the street neighbor for nearly 36 years, former New Jersey State Senator Byron Baer who passed away last night at the age of 77.

This is the very first time I have written a diary so please be patient.