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Biography: Gordon Bishop is a national award-winning author, historian and syndicated columnist. He is the recipient of 8 Congressional Commendations, 12 National and 15 State Journalism Awards, including New Jersey's first "Journalist-of-the-Year" -- 1986/New Jersey Press Association. He is the unprecedented five-time consecutive winner of the Scripps-Howard Foundation's National Journalism Award, the unprecedented four-time winner of the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi) Public Service Award, and author of 13 books, including his current history of the "Gateway to America" in bookstores and on www.amazon.com. He has also been in Who's Who in America since 1976. He will be in Who's Who in the World 2008, to be published in October 2007. His new book 'The Hacky' (about two brothers growing up along the Hackensack (NJ) River in New Jersey (much like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on the Mississippi River/Mark Twain) is released: http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?catalogid=20638
Bishop is also the recipient of the U.S. EPA's first annual media award; the National Recycling Award and the New Jersey State Recycling Award, and the National Land-Use Award and New Jersey State Planning Award.
Bishop attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at the ANTA Theater on West 52nd Street in 1956-57, where his roommate was Mark Goddard, who starred in the CBS TV series "Lost in Space" in the 1960s. He is a graduate of Rutgers University-College, Newark, Class of '67.
Bishop's newspaper career began in 1959 at The North Jersey Herald-News in Passaic-Bergen counties, as a reporter and columnist. He was the Herald's first theater and movie critic 1960-68. In 1963, his first play, "The Purple Canary," was produced at the Midway Theater at 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue, Manhattan. In 1965, Bishop won the New Jersey Press Association's "Best Column" award, followed by the "Best Reporting" in 1966.
In 1969, Bishop joined the editorial staff of The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, where he was a special writer and columnist from 1969-1996. He was the author of New Jersey's first official State book, "Gems of New Jersey," in 1985, and the first official book of the City of Newark, "Greater Newark -- A Microcosm of America," in 1989. He also hosted a weekly syndicated TV program, New Jersey Issues, from 1988 to 1996, winning several cable industry awards for best series and best programs.
He has written, produced and narrated a dozen documentaries for public television (PBS, NJN), CTN), including the definitive two-hour motion picture documentary on the City of Newark in 1980, "It's My Home," featuring Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson, Congressman Peter Rodino of Watergate fame, and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley.
Bishop has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several times by Senator Bradley, Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader's Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), and the United States Justice Department/U.S. Attorney's Office, Newark, when he was a Pulitzer finalist in 1971 for an unprecedented case in which the federal government, for the first time, sued 45 municipal governments along the Jersey Shore for discharging raw sewage waste into coastal waters. That investigative series was a catalyst in the nation's first Clean Water Act in 1972.
Bishop, a native of Hackensack, lives in Ocean, NJ with his wife, Jeanne, a retired third grade teacher. They have two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Bishop was the first journalist in America to receive the Radio Club of America's (RCA) annual Broadcast Award" in 2006. RCA is the oldest radio club in the world, founded in 1908. Bishop received the 2006 award "for his untiring work as a journalist, investigative reporter, historian, syndicated columnist and author."
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Gordon Bishop Archives
2008-07-11 New Jersey TaxpayersStuck With Another $4 Billion Debt
2008-06-27 Mideast Oil Producers Say, 'Thank You, America'
2008-06-19 The Greatest Story Never Told - America's Economy
2008-06-11 'America's Future: Conservatism,Or Liberalism?'
2008-06-05 'Global Warming' Laws Would Sink America's Society and Economy!
2008-05-16 History Will Be Kind to President George W. Bush
2008-04-22 Liberals Are Stingy When It Comes To Charity Giving
2008-02-19 'Who Is Barack Obama?'
2007-12-28 Ralph Nader Suing Democrats For Undermining 2004 Race
2007-12-18 WE NEED THE ASBURY PARK PRESS IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY!
2007-11-20 A New Jersey Mayor Who Hasn't Raised Taxes in 10 Years!
2007-11-13 DON'T STOP WORKING...if you can
2007-11-06 Bush's Ratings Much Higher Than The Democrat Congress
2007-10-30 New Jersey Much Too Costly for State's Taxpayers
2007-10-26 Ronald Reagan: My 'Hero' & 'Role Model'
2007-10-03 Feds Lied About Closing Forth Monmouth
2007-09-25 Newt Notes on Freedom in America
2007-09-18 New Jersey U.S. Attorney Putting 'Crooks' In Jail!
2007-09-11 America's Going To Hell In A Hand-Basket
2007-08-31 Pledge of Allegiance Written By A Raving Socialist!
2007-08-27 President Roosevelt's 'New Deal' & Social Security
2007-08-21 Rush Limbaugh: The Voice of America
2007-08-07 Americans Are Clueless About Islamic Terrorists War
2007-07-30 New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Just Doesn't Get It!
2007-07-23 Medicare-Social Security Time Bomb!
2007-07-16 Why Gordon Bishop Became Anti-"Environmentalist"
2007-07-11 AMERICANS ARE "SUCKERS" WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING
2007-06-26 Yes, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg For President!
2007-06-18 Feds Wasting $2 Billion To Close Army Post
2007-06-11 Jihad Terrorists Hate President Bush -- DUH!
2007-06-04 The Media Must Be 'Fair & Balanced'
2007-05-30 New Jersey's Tax-Mad Governor
2007-05-21 U.S. And Worldwide Media Agree: America Is Evil
2007-05-15 SAVE THE PUBLIC'S 'PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE'
2007-05-08 Liberals Boycotting Fox News Network
2007-04-30 End Racism: Reject Jackson & Sharpton
2007-04-23 Impact of Tax Increases - By the Numbers
2007-04-19 Stand Up To Terrorists Today, Or Lose It All Later!
2007-04-12 Bush Better Environmentalist Than Al Gore
2007-04-03 Liberal "Superstars" Are Socialist Losers!
2007-03-26 Our Government's 'Federal Reserve' Is Unconstitutional!
2007-03-20 HOW TO COVER 10 GOVERNORS - AND SURVIVE!
2007-03-14 Pollution, Not 'Global Warming,' Is The Real Threat
2007-03-09 Liberal Justice: Convict The 'Innocent'
2007-02-26 New Jersey Governor Bankrupting New Jersey
2007-02-20 Too Many Teenagers Are Out Of Control
2007-02-12 Taxing Social Security & Pensions Is Criminal
2007-02-05 Humans Generally Prefer Warm Over Cold Climates
2007-01-30 A Soldier Responds To Media's Lies On Iraq
2007-01-23 Illegal Aliens And Their Impact On U.S. Taxpayers
2007-01-15 TERRORISTS' 'JIHAD' MAKES NO NATION SAFE
2007-01-08 Too Many School Districts in New Jersey
2006-12-30 Liberals And The Impact Of Their Tax Increases
2006-12-27 New Jersey Government A 'Tax-and-Spend' Joke!
2006-12-18 George Bush Sticking To His Guns
2006-12-11 Never Negotiate With Terrorists Who Hate Freedom
2006-12-04 Why Is The Mainstream Media 'Lying About Iraq?'
2006-11-23 Nine Out Of 10 Drivers Don't Know How To Drive!
2006-11-08 TERRORISTS WIN U.S. REFENDUM ON IRAQI WAR
2006-11-06 Equal Rights, Yes! Same-Sex Marriage, No!
2006-10-30 Kean Stands Up For America - Menendez Does Not!
2006-10-23 1972: 'U.S. Wants Global Terrorism Talks'
2006-10-16 This Country Is In A Moral Free-Fall
2006-10-10 Peace' In The Middle East Is 'Death to America!
2006-10-02 Even A 'Pope' Has The Right To Express His Feelings!
2006-09-25 Terrorists Have Same 'Equal Rights' as American Citizens
2006-09-18 Americans...Feel They Are Safer
2006-09-11 Because of Bush, America Will Win The War On Terror
2006-09-05 NJ TAX SOLUTION: AX 14,000 STATE JOBS!
2006-08-28 Are American Muslims 'With Us, Or Against Us?'
2006-08-21 Cathartic Toby Keith Is America's Patriot!
2006-08-14 War on Terror Also War Against Liberal Media & Politicians
2006-08-07 TAX SOLUTION: shrink STATE GOVERNMENT, DUH!
2006-07-31 'Environmentalism' Hijacked By The Far Left
2006-07-24 New Jersey's Two U.S. Senators Are 'Anti-America!'
2006-07-17 Any Moron Can Raise Government Taxes!
2006-07-10 Liberalism Bankrupted New Jersey Government
2006-07-03 New Jersey Businesses & Residents Leaving the State!
2006-06-26 Ann Coulter:'The Godless Church of Liberalism'
2006-06-19 Muslims Want to Wipe Out Satan's Liberalism
2006-06-14 To Destroy Bush, Liberal Media Lies About Iraq War
2006-06-05 ARCTIC NORTH POLE ONCE ‘HOT’ LIKE MIAMI
2006-05-30 IDOL: I LIKED TAYLOR....BUT I LOVED KATHERINE
2006-05-22 AMERICA THE 'LAND OF PLENTY' - AND FAT PEOPLE !
2006-05-15 SPRINGSTEEN: DON'T MIX POOR POLITICS WITH YOUR MUSIC
2006-05-09 ILLEGAL ALIENS DO NOT HAVE LEGAL ‘CITIZENS RIGHTS’
2006-04-27 TONY SNOW WILL BOOST BUSH'S RATINGS!
2006-04-17 NEW JERSEY HEADING FOR BANKRUPTCY !
2006-04-10 Is Islam a "Religion?" -- or a "Cult of Death"?
2006-04-03 MY 'YOUTH DEVELOPMENT' IN HACKENSACK
2006-03-27 BUSH HAS KEPT AMERICA SAFE SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
2006-03-20 SORRY, LIBERALS, PRESIDENT BUSH IS NOT GOD !
2006-03-13 EAVESDROPPING ON TERRORISTS SAVES LIVES IN A GLOBAL WAR
2006-03-06 KEEP BIG GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY HOME !
2006-02-27 MUSLIM TERRORISTS AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD
2006-02-13 A SHABBY ‘NEW’ HOUSE FOR A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS !
2006-02-06 ELITIST CONGRESS OUT OF TOUCH WITH WORKING TAXPAYERS
2006-01-31 ‘ZERO RISK’ DOES NOT EXIST IN THE REAL WORLD !
2006-01-23 GOVERNOR CORZINE’S ALL ABOUT MONEY & POWER !
2006-01-16 WHY LIBERALS CANNOT DESTROY PRESIDENT BUSH
2006-01-11 HOW LIBERALS ARE DESTROYING AMERICA
2006-01-04 LIBERALS AIDING TERRORISTS MUST BE IMPEACHED !
2005-12-27 WHAT’S NEXT: GOVERNMENT TAXING US TO BREATHE THE AIR?
2005-12-16 LIBERALS TAKING ‘CHRIST’ OUT OF CHRISTMAS
2005-12-14 BUSH LEADS WHILE ANTI-WAR LIBERALS SURRENDER
2005-12-05 GOVERNMENT LEGALIZED GAMBLING TO MAKE $BILLIONS$
2005-11-28 ‘NO’ TO NEW JERSEY $230 MILLION BOND ISSUE !
2005-11-21 LIBERALS GIVE ‘AID & COMFORT’ TO THE ENEMY
2005-11-14 CORZINE BRINGS BACK NEW JERSEY’S ‘TAX GURU’
2005-11-09 NEW JERSEY VOTERS DESERVE WHAT THEY GET
2005-11-04 SENATOR CORZINE’S EX-WIFE WARNS NJ VOTERS ABOUT HIM
2005-10-31 CORZINE TV AD ON ‘STEM CELL RESEARCH’ A BIG LIE
2005-10-24 ABOLISH ILLEGAL INCOME TAX, ‘DEATH’ TAX, CAPITAL GAINS TAX !
2005-10-17 BIG GOVERNMENT CORZINE Vs. LESS GOVERNMENT FORRESTER
2005-10-10 KATRINA’S IMPACT: LOSS OF JOBS, & TAX REVENUES
2005-10-04 CLINTON & CORZINE – PERFECT TOGETHER!
2005-09-19 HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN THE HIGHLANDS!
2005-09-15 NJ SENATOR JON CORZINE: LIES, LIES….AND COVERUPS!
2005-09-09 NEW ORLEANS MAYOR & LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BLEW IT !
2005-09-02 ABOLISH ILLEGAL INCOME TAX, ‘DEATH’ TAX, CAPITAL GAINS TAX !
2005-08-26 ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS’ DESTROYING AMERICA!
2005-08-12 THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IS DEAD !
2005-08-05 When Private Property Is No Longer 'Private'
2005-07-29 IS IT TOO LATE TO ‘DOWNSIZE’ OUR GOVERNMENT?
2005-07-25 A NATIONAL ‘SUMMIT’ ON MUSLIMS IN AMERICA
2005-07-18 CIA’S JOE WILSON IS THE CULPRIT – NOT KARL ROVE
2005-07-11 MUSLIMS IN AMERICA CAN JOIN WAR ON TERROR
2005-07-06 MARK GODDARD: A ‘CONSERVATIVE’ HOLLYWOOD STAR
2005-06-25 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ‘INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY?’
2005-05-27 Carrie Underwood: America's 'Perfect' Idol
2005-05-24 America, Despite Liberalism, Is Still A Great Nation!
2005-05-17 Biggest Spender In U.S. Senate Is New Jersey's Jon Corzine
2005-05-13 American Muslims Must Join The ‘War On Terror’
2005-05-03 Liberals Screamed "Social Security Crisis" Years Ago !
2005-04-26 Americans Returning To Traditional Values
2005-04-22 New Pope Targets 'Liberalism' & 'Marxism'
2005-04-19 Save America With The ‘Fair Tax Act’
2005-04-12 How U.S. Supreme Court Is Destroying America
2005-04-05 Pope A Man With A Jesus Mission
2005-04-04 Judges Tortured, Murdered Terri Schiavo
2005-03-29 If You Sue And Lose, You Pay The Bill!
2005-03-22 NJ Governorship For Sale: $60 Million !
2005-03-16 "No" To State Taxes On Senior Communites
2005-03-09 Vic Scudiery: My Favorite Democrat Leader
2005-03-01 When Democracy Leads To "Mob Rule"
2005-02-21 Abolish Welfare, Except For The Disabled Who Can’t Work
2005-02-08 Abolish 'Capital Gains Tax' Now!
2005-01-26 Pay Only One 'Local Tax' For All Governments
2005-01-20 Republican Governor’s Book Blasts Bush And Karl Rove
2005-01-11 Eco-Maniacs Scream 'Fire' Where There Is No Fire
2005-01-04 Where Have All The $Billions Gone For Public Education?
2004-12-21 Impeach New Jersey Supreme Court Justices
2004-12-13 A $165 Million Museum Of Lies, Crimes & Scandals
2004-12-08 Senators Jon Corzine & John Kerry – Perfect Together !
2004-11-23 The New York Times And Its Whining Wimps
2004-11-17 The New York Times’ $6 Billion ‘Boondoggle’
2004-11-09 Muslim Influence In America Is As Scary As John Kerry
2004-11-04 Bush’s Over 59 Million Votes Highest In U.S. History
2004-10-31 Associated Press Attacks Bush Leaves John Kerry Alone
2004-10-27 Rich Elites Like Kerry Control The Liberal Democrat Party
2004-10-25 Kerry Lies On Social Security, Flu Vaccine And The Draft
2004-10-20 Jobs Went From 136 Million To 138.6 Million Under Bush
2004-10-13 Liberal Media & Schools Are Corrupting America
2004-10-08 Springsteen Strikes Out Rockin’ For Scary Kerry
2004-10-06 Two Trial Lawyers In The White House – Again?
2004-09-29 Kerry Cannot Win On His Failed Senate Record
2004-09-22 Kerry & McGreevey Perfect Together !
2004-09-18 CBS, Dan Rather & ‘60 Minutes’ Have Zero Credibility!
2004-09-14 Kerry Navy Medals Investigated By Pentagon
2004-09-09 Clinton A Big Loser Without Ross Perot
2004-09-02 Kerry’s Anti-American Protestors Promote Worldwide Terrorism
2004-08-29 Kerry Won’t Release His Vietnam War Records
2004-08-19 Kerry ‘Abandoned’ His Men In Vietnam
2004-08-13 Kerry Sues Vietnam Vets Over His ‘Bogus’ Medals
2004-08-10 Bush Has Kept America Safe Since 9/11
2004-08-06 John Kerry A Fraud, A Liar And Thief
2004-07-30 John Kerry’s Communist Connections
2004-07-27 Liberals Have Hi-Jacked The Democrat Party
2004-07-20 Michael Moore: ‘Terrorists Will Win’
2004-07-13 Homeowner Held Hostage By Welfare Tenants
2004-07-08 Kerry Needs A ‘Cute’ Vice President
2004-06-30 John Kerry A ‘Decorated War Hero?’
2004-06-23 American Soldiers Are Real Heroes In The War On Terror
2004-06-18 ‘Liberalism’ Drove Jobs & Businesses Out Of America
2004-06-14 Reagan & Bush: Both ‘Reckless Cowboys & Dunces’
2004-06-09 Despite ‘Liberal Lies’ U.S. Economy Is Booming!
2004-06-07 Terrorists’ Best Friends Are The Radical Liberals
2004-05-27 John Kerry & George Soros March To The Tune Of Karl Marx
2004-05-21 America Owes No Apologies For Fighting Terrorists
2004-05-14 Bush Declares War On Terror Liberals Declare War On Bush
2004-05-12 Was It ‘Torture’ Or ‘Abuse’ Or ‘Harrassment” Of Iraqi Prisoners?
2004-05-06 Governor: ‘Tax The Rich’ To Help Middle-Class!
2004-04-28 Why Won’t Muslims In America Join ‘War On Terrorism?’
2004-04-21 Terrorists & Communists Want John Kerry To Win
2004-04-13 A Jury’s Unjust Verdict Makes Martha A Martyr
2004-03-30 Don’t Like Bush? Don’t Like Kerry? Vote For Ralph Nader!
2004-03-23 America Is The ‘Lone Ranger’ Of Liberation In A World Of Wimps & Terrorists
2004-03-18 “The Passion Of The Christ” E-Mails Applaud Filmmaker Mel Gibson
2004-03-12 Liberals Politicizing 9/11 Is Damaging America’s Security
2004-03-04 Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion Of The Christ’ A Huge Hit!
2004-02-26 Liberals Hate Competition From Ralph ‘Lefty’ NaderLiberals Hate Competition From Ralph ‘Lefty’ Nader
2004-02-19 Kerry A ‘Clinton Clone’ On Issues – And Lies!
2004-02-13 Loony Ross Perot Gave America 8 Years Of Corrupt Clintons
2004-02-05 NYC Mayors Koch And Guiliani Are Voting For President Bush
2004-01-29 Corporate America – Not Bush – Is Destroying Jobs In America
2004-01-21 New Jersey Cannot Afford Governor McGreevey
2004-01-16 Bush’s Immigration Plan Is A Human Rights Issue
2004-01-09 NJ Governor Endorses ‘Socialist Loser’ Dean For President
2004-01-04 One Man’s Search For A Real Job!
2003-12-26 Bush Fights Terrorists On Their Own Turf - Better Than Fighting World War III In America
2003-12-20 Downsize Government To Downsize Property Taxes
2003-12-14 Government Outspends Economy By More Than 50 Percent!
2003-12-13 New Jersey Senator Undertakes Ethics Reform To Clean Up Election Politics And State Government
2003-12-06 Democrats Win By ‘Buying’ State Election!
2003-11-28 75 Percent Of U.S. Budget Is For ‘Welfare State’!
2003-11-21 “Outsourcing” American Jobs Causing More Unemployment In The U.S.
2003-11-16 Martha Stewart Being ‘Skewered’ By Government!
2003-11-11 World War III: Islam/Muslims Vs. Jews/Christians!
2003-10-28 Socialism Threatens Property Rights In America!
2003-10-17 Mulshine Vs. Corzine In U.S. Senate Race
2003-10-17 If Terrorists Win, America & The Free World Lose!
2003-10-09 ‘Liberalism’ Is Destroying America, Americans Must Now Destroy ‘Liberalism’
2003-10-06 Government Has Become No. 1 Business In America
2003-09-23 Arabs Against Israel…And ‘Democracy’ In The Mideast
2003-09-18 Terrorists Can Vote In America With A Phony Driver’s License
2003-09-11 Foreign Aid Is ‘Blackmail’
2003-09-11 Liberal Education Poisoning Students’ Minds
2003-09-04 Muslims See ‘Liberalism’ As America’s Downfall
2003-08-28 New York Times Is What’s Wrong With America!
2003-08-18 Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘Terminator’ Takes On California
2003-08-07 ‘Legitimizing’ Homosexuality Through Public Schools
2003-07-31 Bruce Springsteen: The ‘Super-Rocket” Of All Rockers !
2003-07-24 ‘Brooks & Dunn’ A Blast: Country Music & Patriotism!
2003-07-17 "No" To Same Sex 'Marriage'
2003-07-10 Politicians Do Not Live In The Real World!
2003-07-03 A Terrific Evening With James Taylor!
2003-06-26 On Tax Cuts And “Entitlements” To Americans
2003-06-19 Supreme Courts Vs. State & Federal Lawmakers
2003-06-12 ‘Harry’: Family Man, Coach, Exemplary Citizen !
2003-06-05 Mulshine Vs. Corzine In U.S. Senate Race
2003-05-29 “American Idol” The Wrong “Role Model” For America!
2003-05-22 Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa Is A National Treasure
2003-05-15 Father Bill: A Reporter, Printer, Soldier, Athlete - And Priest/Pastor
2003-05-08 Michael Savage: Taking New Jersey By Storm
2003-05-01 My Ten Commandments For Life
2003-04-24 Iraq Oil Must Pay For War And Reconstruction
2003-04-17 Iraqi People The Winners! Socialist Protestors The Losers!
2003-04-10 Muslims See 'Liberalism' As America's Downfall
2003-04-03 Cowards Versus Freedom Fighters
2003-03-27 Opposition: "Tear Down" Fort Hancock
2003-03-20 U.N. At War With U.S.
2003-03-13 Peace and Sacrifice are One In The Same
2003-03-06 The 'War' Over The New Jersey Battleship
2003-02-27 Affordable Housing Ruling 'Unconstitutional'
2003-02-20 Foreign Aid Is "Corporate Welfare"
2003-02-13 President Kennedy: A True Conservative
2003-02-06 Asbury Park Press Supports Middletown's Town Square
2003-01-30 HMOs/Lawyers Vs. Doctors/Hospitals/Patients!
2003-01-23 Governor's Moratorium On 'Sprawl' In The Garden State
2003-01-16 Liberal Lingo: "Anti-Semitic, Homophobic, Racists"
2003-01-09 Growing Up In New Jersey - Then And Now
2003-01-02 Jim McGreevey A One-Term Governor
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