When I was a kid in grade school in the late ‘50s, I remember reading…
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And in the morning, silence
Next Monday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, the day dedicated to honoring all American veterans,…
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The Veteran Let us never forget their sacrifices. It is the veteran, not the preacher, who…
Thoughts & Views: Let the children live
They’re all nuts. They should be lined up against the wall and shot. With bullets. Because…
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A story in last week’s Observer reported incorrectly that the Kearny Recreation Commission voted 4-3 not…
Thoughts & Views: Oh deer, oh deer
Since Halloween is fast approaching, I believe the topic for today’s column is completely acceptable. If…
Thoughts & Views: Tea Party: How to keep faith with America
Since Congress put in motion the partial government shutdown, many federal civil servants have been…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Indomitable courage and unswerving devotion’
Last Friday evening, a 96-year-old man passed away at Englewood Hospital. Everyone in his immediate…
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To the Editor: This is in response to an article recently appearing in The Observer: “St…
Thoughts & Views: Memo to NSA: I’m giving full disclosure
Having boned up on the latest endeavors of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to keep…
Thoughts & Views: Alarming info for sleepyheads
Today’s column is prompted by a recurring event in my life: Oversleeping. I am a night…
We’ll feature home holiday stylings
Time seems to be flying by faster and faster each day. With October right around the…
Thoughts & Views: Game, set & match: the women prevail
The other week, PBS ran an American Masters documentary on Billie Jean King, a ranking…
It’s like deja vu all over again
Have you ever heard of Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov? I hadn’t either until the other night…
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In last week’s issue, our story on the Pioneer Boys & Girls Club of America mentioned,…
Thoughts & Views: Do we cross this ‘red line’?
Every day the civilian casualties mount in war-torn Syria, with an estimated 1,000 deaths blamed on…
Thoughts & Views: Woke up, it was a Chelsea Manning
By now, you have heard that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, pictured here as his alter-ego,…
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Fate spared one worker at Congoleum-Nairn blast To the Editor: I am one of the “older…
Thoughts & Views: A perspective on ‘stop-and-frisk’
A federal court has concluded that the New York Police Department’s stopand- frisk policy violates the…
Thoughts & Views: In praise of lousy prose
If you love good writing, you probably also love bad writing–providing it’s deliberately bad. It takes…
Thoughts & Views: This brand of ‘Tea’ too bitter for my taste
In the 1962 film, “The Manchurian Candidate,” a fictional right-wing U.S. senator named John Iselin takes…
Thoughts & Views: Now don’t get all squirrelly
Mulling possible topics for this week’s column, I first thought of Anthony Weiner. But the…
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Protect us from the Passaic To the Editor: On July 23 on the news, Gov. Chris…
Thoughts & Views: Still plenty of afflictions to cure, here & abroad
The time is out of joint – O cursed spite, That ever I was born to…
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Displacing BOE president ill advised To the Editor: At the July 12, 2013 special meeting of…
Thoughts & Views: Flying with the ‘comrades’
Is “fugitive intelligence leaker” Edward Snowden still languishing at Moscow Airport? As of press time, he…
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A story about the Harrison East Newark Elks published July 3 contained two misstatements. First, as…
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Who’s protecting the river? Our community is worried with regard to the future of our town…
Thoughts & Views: In case you hadn’t heard…
If raconteur Will Rogers were still among us today, he’d have a storehouse of anecdotes about…
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Another religious viewpoint To the Editor: While certainly respecting the writer, Swami Mukundananda, personally, I wish…