Poverty has been around for all of human history — sometimes it seems like the poor are always with us. Obviously, this makes having any empathy for them really expensive, especially given the price of gas, groceries, and soy lattes nowadays.
Former NJ Gov. Richard Codey, the longest-serving legislator in state history who had two brief stints leading the state, has died aged 79 after a brief battle with an unspecified illness....