Donald Scarinci, Author at New Jersey Globe

Scarinci: Change Requires Action, Not Social Media Posts

August 8, 2022 12:18 pmAugust 8, 2022 1:52 pm

OPINION For many teenagers growing up in the shadow of the Vietnam War, government service was a calling. They viewed it as noble and patriotic. Social activism was much more than a sedentary entertainment. Unfortunately, that was in the late...

Scarinci: The Postal Service Has an Identity Crisis

July 25, 2022 4:52 pm

OPINION The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 took the Postmaster General out of the Cabinet, ended Congressional political appointments and turned the nation’s biggest monopoly into a quasi/hybrid government-supported entity in the shell of a private business. More than 50...

Scarinci: Abortion is Done and Our Right to Privacy is Next

July 11, 2022 2:23 pmJuly 11, 2022 2:23 pm

Roe v. Wade is one of fewer than 300 cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned since the 18th Century. The recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is alarming because it takes away a generations-held right and sets the...

Scarinci: High Gas Prices As War Profiteering

June 27, 2022 10:38 amJune 27, 2022 10:40 am

OPINION Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dramatically increased the volatility of the global oil market, with gas prices soaring across the United States. At the same time, the world’s largest oil companies are generating record profits. Skyrocketing energy costs have sparked...

Scarinci: Term Limits for the United States Supreme Court

June 2, 2022 12:01 amJune 2, 2022 2:21 pm

Perhaps it is not surprising that a recent C-SPAN poll reveals that 68% of Americans support term limits for United States Supreme Court Justices. While talk of term limits for elected officials has been part of the political debate for...