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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Christie, Christopher J.

A Not-So-Inside Christie Tome

Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power offers a chronological account of the governor's rise to power, but little insight. more

Halftime In Trenton

Chris Christie scored big in his first two years as governor, brushing aside opponents, pushing through pension reform, balancing two budgets and developing a huge national profile. The second half of his term is unlikely to look quite as easy. more

Legislative To-Do List For 2012

Steve Adubato formulates a legislative wish list he'd like New Jersey politicians to deliver on in the coming year. more

Christie Predictions: Their Meaninglessness Was Predictable

Now that our governor officially will not run for president in 2012, after speculation reached a fever pitch in the past week, we are left to wonder if there was ever any justification for predicting what he would do in the first place.

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Teachers Under Fire

Targeted by Christie, New Jersey public school educators want respect, clarity on the future. more

Eye on Education

Bret Schundler, former Jersey City mayor and new education czar under Gov. Christie, trains his eye towards taking on the New Jersey Education Association. more

Time To Go After Those Sacred Cows

Our new governor has to make some hard and painful choices. more

Let's End the Gotcha Game

Attack ads are an insult to Jersey voters. more

It's All About Corzine

Conventional wisdom is that American elections are about competing ideas from two candidates. In reality that is not what most campaigns are about—and certainly not this year’s gubernatorial race between Democrat Jon Corzine and his Republican opponent, Chris Christie. more

For Love and Money

We asked more than a dozen people from all walks of life what they like (and dislike) about working in New Jersey. Here’s what they said. more