Oct. 8, 1871, was a really bad day for the American Midwest. As we learned Sunday at the Kearny…
Category: Opinion
Am I worried? Not if I don’t turn on the news …
Confronted with the widespread chaos and hardship around the globe, every time I pick up a newspaper or listen to…
A fish story
While contemplating topics for this week’s column, I considered our President’s abysmally belated response to the ISIS threat. I considered the…
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‘SOBER HOUSE’ CONTROVERSY Dear Editor: Having grown up in Kearny and being a licensed minister for the past…
CORRECTION
A story about the new Element Harrison Hotel in last week’s issue of The Observer mischaracterized…
Thoughts & Views: Even in ‘paradise,’ global tensions intrude
This week, your correspondent – armed with a valid passport – was planning (this column is being written Sept. 20)…
Thoughts & Views: Stand by your man? Hell, no!
As of press time, I am sure controversy will still be whirling around the NFL — i.e. What did…
Thoughts & Views: A Labor Day perspective
On Sept. 1 the U.S. and Canada celebrated Labor Day as a tribute to the working men and women in…
Thoughts & Views: Fanning the flames on social media
By now, you surely have heard of “The Ice Bucket Challenge” wherein people are videotaped pouring ice water over their heads…
Thoughts and Views: Robin Williams: A final act
The ability of someone to make us laugh, to make us forget the stress we have to deal with every…
Thoughts & Views: ‘Wretched writers welcome’
The Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners for 2014 have been announced, and I feel compelled to share some of them with you. I…
Getting a leg (or ankle) up on crooked pols
It has been widely reported that the City of London is tackling hooliganism on the public streets triggered by repeated…
. . . and don’t call me Shirley
A few weeks ago, I did a column on “essential” movie quotes, which was prompted by newfound awareness of a…
Thoughts & Views: Check your freedom to fly at the gate
Much has been made of civilian authorities abusing their statutory powers – and responsibilities to the constituencies they serve – by…
Thoughts & Views: The thin blue line
When the news first broke Sunday morning that a Jersey City police officer had been killed in the line of…