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Your new life in Temp Town

The shudder came while reading ProPublica’s series on the sad plight of temporary workers, published in this newspaper this week. It reports that Burlington County is among the country’s top 10 counti

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Mullane: Beware the tunnels beneath Route 13

Route 13 is a four-lane state highway that emerges from Morrisville and hurtles south, uninterrupted, until it stops at a traffic light at the Levittown Parkway.

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One stupid remark from ruin

If this summer shows us something about life in America, it is that all of us are one stupid remark from ruin.

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Mullane: The dark allure of the Neshaminy Creek

Sadly, it has not been a quiet summer on the Neshaminy. Late on July 23, two young men, best friends from childhood, along with another friend, decided to challenge the rain-swollen creek by taking a

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Mullane: The incredible lightness of "No Labels"

There are two ways to run a political race in troubled times. Fight and upend the status quo, or go all “snoozy” and bore people into turning to the sports page.

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Mullane: Love that Wildwood daze

It is a phenomenon in life that nostalgia burnishes memory with undeserved luster.

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Bristol dirt pile is an eyesore, nothing more

Nothing in Bucks County embodies environmental hysteria and big government bullying more than the Bristol Dirt Pile.

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School supplies blues

When summer wanes and kids whine of boredom, it signals the time of year when parents face a chore more dreaded than a Gertrude Hawk chocolate fundraiser: purchasing back-to-school supplies.

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Even bribes are expensive in Jersey

A friend asked how much my week in Wildwood cost. When I told him, he scoffed.

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Mullane: Appalled by the tea party

My wife and I discussed Halloween and whether we should accompany our two younger children on their trick-or-treat rounds. I volunteered to take them this year, and said I would get into the spirit by

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