‘A VETERAN NOT FORGOTTEN’ To the Editor: In 2002, I self-published a paperback entitled “Voices From a Wounded…
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Thoughts & Views: ‘Prince of the Church’ recalled
When the Most Rev. Thomas Donato died on Aug. 25 after a short battle with cancer, it signified the end…
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‘THANKS FOR SUPPORTING FESTIVAL’ To the editor: Whether you live, work or just come to enjoy our…
Thoughts & Views: A curse? No kidding
As readers of this column know, I number the Jersey Devil among my close friends and prime news sources. A…
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‘BALANCED GOV’T NEEDED’ To the editor: Responsible two-party government is at stake here in North Arlington. Despite the fact…
Thoughts & Views: When the world held its breath over nuclear showdown
Think back to those halcyon days of 1962: the New York Mets had made their appearance on the baseball landscape,…
Mets’ season has been a wonderful ride
The last post-season baseball game I got to see in person was Monday night, Oct. 27, 1986. Before that, it…
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‘COOKIE FACTORY MEMORIES’ To the editor: This is in response to Ron Leir’s Oct. 7 story: “‘Cookie Factory’…
Thoughts & Views: When child’s play isn’t
Today’s column was prompted by a news item out of Washington State. Last month, the Mercer Island, Wash., school district tried…
Thoughts & Views: Yogi caught on with a lot of us fans
Say what you want about the disproportionate advantage held by the millionaire owners of the Bronx Bombers of the late…
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‘TANELLI MERITS RE-ELECTION’ To the editor: As a South Bergen resident, I am often angered by the lack…
Thoughts & Views: Yes, it’s good to be back home again
When I was a kid, spending summers up at Culver Lake, my family loved to play John Denver music. In…
Thoughts & Views: ‘The Miracle of Stairway B’
Every Sept. 11, The History Channel (for once living up to its name) broadcasts actual history programming — dealing with the…
We’re all in this together, folks
As we hurl headlong into another presidential nomination cycle, it’s an opportune time for all of us to step back…
Thoughts & Views: To celebrate wretched writing
In 1982, the English Department at California’s San Jose State University launched the annual Bulwer- Lytton Fiction Contest, inviting deliberately “wretched writers”…
Thoughts & Views: Refreshing paws on a summer day
If you don’t recognize the photo accompanying this column, you must have neither television nor Internet access. It’s a still…
Brother, can you spare a billion?
Puerto Rico is $70 billion in the hole and Greece is seeking approval from the European Union and the IMF…
Thoughts & Views: Get a horse!
No, I am not speaking about American Pharoah, although he has been in the headlines. (Congrats, Pharoah, on the recent Haskell…
Thoughts & Views: Can technology trigger trust?
For many communities today, distrust reigns between minorities and the local gendarmes. We have been focused on outcries from Staten…
Thoughts & Views: The kindness of strangers
Why is there a photo of the Geico gecko accompanying this column? Because he is my alter ego. At least…
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‘LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEANT’ To the Editor: I write to explain my position that the…
Thoughts & Views: Some things on my mind …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is playing the “Ugly American” role to the hilt, if news accounts about veiled efforts to…
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‘THINK TWICE BEFORE KILLING DOGS’ To the Editor: Every morning and night, I ride my skateboard to…
Thoughts & Views: Straight from the shark’s mouth
Following our June 24 column, in which we celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Jaws,” we received a call from an Observer…
Remembering Tom MacFarland
For those too young to remember, or for those who didn’t follow politics in Kearny long ago, Tom MacFarland was…
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‘GOOD LUCK, GLOVERS’ To the Editor: Your article in the June 24 edition of The Observer on the…
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‘GIVE YOUNG KIDS MORE TO DO IN NA’ To the Editor: I have been a North…
Thoughts & Views: Make symbols ‘teachable moments’
Sometimes, we pay more attention to symbols than we do about how we behave as a society but that is…
Thoughts & Views: ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’
Believe it or not, there once was a time when people didn’t think about sharks when they went down the…
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‘WE TAKE OUR JOBS SERIOUSLY’ To the editor: I would like to comment on a recent Observer…