Bart and Roland Mracek (to his right) join to congratulate David Daly (2nd from left) on his appointment as new CEO of PSE&G and on his daughter giving birth to twins – both within the month of October. Dave spoke at the Princeton Chamber of Commerce’s November luncheon, showing his cogent, concise knowledge of our local and national energy needs, along with a personal commitment to fighting the good fight for cleaner energy.
Law is the tool you turn to when society doesn’t work. It should be the last resort, not the first response.
Do you agree?
In my humble ponderings, every law is a blanket, laid over an entire human situation, applying the same stringent repair to that section of the social herd.
The hope is that the individuals who suffer under a given legal dictate will be fewer in number than those helped. The few individuals who might achieve remedy from some illegal substance will be far fewer than the enormous number of addicts enabled by allowing that substance to be freely marketed. And often this appears to prove true.
Law, by its innate definition, limits human freedom. Legal compliance mandates a confinement of the free flow of human behavior. And when this keeps the gun-pointing intruder or the pen-wielding con artist from attacking our community, such confinement holds obvious advantage. Yet when any solution by its very nature amalgamates the individual into the human herd, and encroaches on people’s precious freedom, must it not be one applied with some reluctance and careful monitoring?
One of the prices we pay for governing ourselves via a representative democracy is the creation of a system which rewards legislators for the sheer number of laws they create. After all, lawmakers are in the business of churning out laws. It is the sole fixit tool they hold in their social repair kit. Everyone wants to elect and praise that Congressperson who creates constant legal action. But perhaps with law’s immense power to crush as well as create, might we seek alternative methods of reforming our society and bringing a little better life for us all?
Just a thought,
– Bart Jackson
Recently hosts of Princeton TV’s Cue the Lights show Misha Meyer and Rachel Bierman brought Bart Jackson on their interview talk show to discuss travel tips for the independent journalist and explorer who is traveling abroad. These high-school age interviewers ladies are proof that top media talent lies waiting in the wings. Below is a sample of the article written right after the show by Donald Gilpin for the Town Topics, as he talked with the hosts and Bart:
Teens Host Entertaining, Eclectic Talk Show “Cue the Lights” on Local TV
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June 2 – NJ Senator Chris Bateman thanks Bart for his continued volunteer services and donations to the South Brunswick Public Library. Bart’s wife Lorraine ably directed the library and saw it through three major expansions throughout her career. Later, at the Library’s celebratory Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, Bart presented the Director’s Choice Award to that employee whom Library Director Chris Carbone judges to have contributed the most to the Library over the past year. The award, which Bart and Lorraine Jackson founded and sponsor, provides the winner and her/his best beloved a getaway weekend to the paradisal spot of their choosing – all expenses paid. Proof that hard work and dedication pay off.
