Thoughts & Views: So, ya wanna fight?

The Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanza/ Festivus holiday season is supposed to be a time when we all can take…

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‘THANK YOU’  To the Editor:  As mayor, and on behalf of the Lyndhurst Board of Commissioners, I would…

Murphy case typifies church inaction

I grew up Catholic. And, having gone to Catholic schools for a few years, I, like many other…

Thoughts & Views: To the NRA: Keep doing what you’re doing

Have you ever heard of something called a “community gun”? We learned about this not too long ago after one…

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‘REOPEN THE FIREHOUSE’ To the editor,  I am certain that all of you now know that another…

Thoughts & Views: To the NRA: Here’s a battle you can join

Here’s a public service message to all those Second Amendment advocates from the National Rifle Association: I respect your right…

Thoughts & Views: From ‘Lavender Lake’ to Lake Champlain

We have written before about the Gowanus Canal, for which we have great affection, having lived within walking distance of it when…

Thoughts & Views: What about our homeless people?

It’s rather interesting that the terror attacks in Paris a few weeks ago have opened up a discussion in…

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‘SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT’ To the Editor:  Your article of Oct. 27, 2015, “Township probing BOE,” left out…

He was a beacon of light to the world

With all the talk coming out of the Presidential debates about controlling the rising tide of immigration – and with the…

Thoughts & Views: ‘They called it Passchendaele’

As Veterans Day was nearing, we were feeding our obsession with World War I by re-reading some history of that…

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‘A VETERAN NOT FORGOTTEN’ To the Editor:  In 2002, I self-published a paperback entitled “Voices From a Wounded…

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…