Tea Parties and tragedies: Morris teen says MLK dream remains distant

The economic implosion of 2008 had precious few upsides, but we got one of them: Cartoonist Paul Laud. His illustrated limericks skewer politicians left, right and center every Tuesday on MorristownGreen.com. Paul Laud learned the power of cartoons as a Princeton undergrad way back in the '70s...something about a food fight. Then his mighty quill lay dormant for three decades. What revived his satirical career--and how does he keep his quill so razor-sharp? Aspiring pundits and cartoonists should tune into this interview by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of a "Beloved Community" remains just that--a dream, says Justin Bush, a senior at Morris Knolls High School in New Jersey. There is no room for complacency if the dream is ever to be realized, Justin tells the packed Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, 2011. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was a preacher, we are reminded by the Rev. Carolyn Ann Knight, who preaches here about the care and feeding of our dreams. Dreams are as vital to a society's health as to an individual's, she says. A dearth of dreams led an assassin to kill the civil rights leader, and prompted another deranged man to shoot 19 people outside a Tucson Safeway store, the preacher says. Rev. Knight, a guest preacher from Georgia, delivers her remarks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service at Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown, NJ, on Jan. 17, 2011. She is introduced by the Rev. Sidney Williams Jr., new pastor of the local Bethel AME Church. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com.

Janet Broderick, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, NJ, traces the inner journey of Martin Luther King Jr., and challenges us to dig deeply within ourselves to find meaningful purposes for our lives. She suggests--humorously--that our time on earth should be more than a series of holiday sweater sales and celebrity sightings at funerals. (Specifically, her own.) Rev. Broderick's talk is from the 26th annual Morris Interfaith Breakfast on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 17, 2011, at the Hyatt Morristown. She is introduced by Rabbi Donald Rossoff of Temple B'Nai Or in Morristown. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com

Morristown has seen 459 new units of luxury condos and apartments over the last few years. They are filling up. But they also come with almost 100,000 square feet of retail space--and that's proving a harder sell. Debra Tantleff describes her efforts in the third of three episodes. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com, Nov. 5, 2010

Does a certain NFL star occupy a primo penthouse at Morristown's 40 Park? We ask developer Debra Tantleff...who tells us who has been buying luxury condos during the Great Recession. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com, Nov. 5, 2010

While many development projects around the country ground to a halt during the recession, luxury condos and apartments got built in Morristown. How was that possible? Debra Tantleff of the Roseland Property Co. explains, in part one of a wide-ranging three-part interview about Morristown's downtown. Podcast by Kevin Coughlin for MorristownGreen.com, Nov. 5, 2010.

For six years, Carolann Solebello was one-third of the popular folk group Red Molly. She played her last gig with the Mollies in July, and is re-inventing herself as a solo artist. On Sept. 23 she will open for country star Phil Vassar at Morristown's Community Theatre. Red Molly, a trio known for superb harmonies, is a tough act to follow. What's Carolann's game plan? She talks to Kevin Coughlin of MorristownGreen.com about her solo quest for harmony of a different sort.

What was life like 200 years ago? Would you eat better? How would you iron your shirts? When nature called...you get the picture. Or you will, if you visit 'Hearth & Home,' an exhibit at Morristown's Macculloch Hall Historical Museum. As part of its 200th anniversary, the museum is exploring the daily lives of the Macculloch family way back when. Time-travel with museum Executive Director Carrie Fellows, as she takes Kevin Coughlin of MorristownGreen.com on a 19-minute spin through the 19th century.

Few rock stars can match Todd Rundgren's combination of brilliance, breadth and balls. The guy writes hit songs; plays all the instruments; produces hits for other stars; breaks new ground with video, graphics and online networks; scores tunes for TV shows and movies, and tours with Beatles. Just don't ask Todd to perform his hits. And whatever you do, don't call him a rock and roller. Find out why in this hour-long interview, recorded by Kevin Coughlin of MorristownGreen.com in advance of Todd's Sept. 15, 2010, 'Todd/Healing' concert in Morristown, NJ. Todd talks about the origins of his 1974 album 'Todd' and 'Healing' from 1981. Was 'Healing' inspired by a brush with death? How did Phil Rizzuto slide into a Meat Loaf album on Todd's watch? Who are Todd's guitar gods? And what's a Ringo tour like? Tune in for all this and more, from MorristownGreen.com.