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Category: Opinion
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘DON’T BAD-MOUTH KEARNY’ To the editor: It happened again! I ran into a former Kearny resident (a retired…
Drive time lunacy
The other day I was driving from Kearny to Jersey City along the Belleville Pike (Rt. 7) on a…
To protect and serve
This week, tens of thousands of police officers from across the United States, and around the world, will gather in Washington,…
Thoughts & Views: Baltimore & memories of unrest in Newark
How will future U.S. history textbooks explain the recent rioting in West Baltimore, I wonder. Can we even expect…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘HERE’S WHY I LEFT’ To the editor: I have read your recent article on Al Gilson, Principal at…
Thoughts & Views: To be, or not to be, ill-educated?
Now is the winter of our discontent. (Okay, it’s really spring, but it felt like winter last week and…
Thoughts & Views: How sweet was my habit
Now it can be told: Growing up as a kid, I was an addict. Seems that I just…
Thoughts & Views: School daze, school daze . . .
When I was a toddler, there was no such thing as pre-school or day-care. Formal education began at kindergarten, or,…
Thoughts & Views: Don’t give up on peace
In his Easter message delivered Sunday at Vatican City, Pope Francis rightly reminded us about the forgotten people of the…
Thoughts & Views: Drive the lane you’re in & don’t foul up
It’s down to the Final Four. No, not NCAA teams. (Since I don’t follow basketball, I have no idea…
Thoughts & Views: Maybe a Hollywood set crew could help
The U.S. Secret Service wants $8 million from Congress to build a fake White House so its agents can practice…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Great gift of faith’
(Editor’s note: Earlier this month, preceding its St. Patrick’s Parade, the Nutley Irish-American Alliance held its annual Mass at St.…
Let the games begin … again!
Money generally means power. And so it is with the American financial system. Just take a look at what’s happened…
Thoughts & Views: Dressed to kill (my brain cells)
Unless you have been hibernating with the groundhogs, you recognize the photo that accompanies this column. However, for the few of…