Hi Ed, I think I have a problem-solver for all the gangs in Trenton. We need to bring in the National Guard and put them on Stuyvesant Avenue and Walnut Avenue, all the bad places where they’ve been having these problems. This would be a good training experience for when they go to Iraq. What do you think, Mayor Palmer, think that will work? I think so, and it’s about time?

An Army of None

Let’s see ... Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Manuel Noriega, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, and on and on and on have all tried that experiment ... it doesn’t work. You don’t put an army on the ground to do police work. Give the cops the tools and support they need, with judges and prosecutors willing to back them up. Get parents involved and interested in parenting. That will solve the problem, eventually. But for now, we’re stuck with it.

— Ed. Note