by design | Aug 2, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Complaints about indoctrination of students in colleges and universities around the country are nothing new. Years ago, similar complaints were made about foundations providing funding for educational purposes, which also just happened to allow the wealthy...
by design | Jul 26, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The last time New Jersey elected a Republican to the United States Senate was in 1972 when Senator Clifford P. Case was reelected to a fourth term. During the ensuing 53 years, Republicans have tried to elect one of their own to the U.S. Senate without...
by design | Jul 19, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Florence Price Dwyer was a political pioneer, elected to Congress at a time when women were rarely participating in the general workforce outside of teaching. A Republican, Florence Dwyer had long been active in local politics before taking the plunge to...
by design | Jul 12, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Hamilton Fish Kean doubtless is unfamiliar to most readers, but he served in the United States Senate and was part of a political dynasty that exists to this day. Kean’s son Robert Winthrop Kean served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty...
by design | Jul 5, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Joseph Irwin France was not at all a conventional politician, especially for his time. Depending upon one’s point of view, France could be seen as either a visionary or an eccentric. Senator France was adamantly against ratifying the Treaty of Versailles,...
by design | Jun 28, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Walter Evans Edge was the very definition of a self-made man, turning a borrowed $500 into a thriving business which, in turn, made him quite wealthy. Edge was also lucky in politics, being twice elected governor of New Jersey in two nonconsecutive...
