‘DON’T BE MISLED BY CAMPAIGN’ To the Editor: As a cofounder of Belleville United Coalition, a growing grassroots…
Category: Opinion
Thoughts & Views: Picture windows on the past
This week’s column is a thank-you to the Observer readers who have provided such positive feedback on our “Then & Now”…
Thoughts & Views: Football union could be ‘extra point’ this sport needs
Football players at Northwestern University, a Division 1 team in Evanston, Ill., may soon have a union to call their…
Thoughts & Views: Driven to fatal distraction
A few years ago, having picked up my brand new car at the dealership, I…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
THANKS FOR CARING To the Editor: To the dear friends of our beautiful mother, Barbara Gangi,…
CORRECTION
A story in the April 16 issue of The Observer incorrectly reported the amount of additional…
Thoughts & Views: Jeff Bahr: An Appreciation
In the movie, “The Misfits,” Gay, the cowboy character played by Clark Gable (in what…
Thoughts & Views: In harm’s way around the world
Anja Niedringhaus These days, when we’re used to getting our news so easily on the internet,…
Thoughts & Views: Once there was a ‘debris field’ in N.Y.
As the mystery and media feeding frenzy over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continue, I have been…
CORRECTION
Last week’s story about Barbara Gangi, the beloved North Arlington waitress who was tragically killed while…
Thoughts & Views: Today, it’s Crimea, tomorrow, who knows?
Students of world history and geopolitics are likely burning the midnight oil these days, following the…
Thoughts & View: ‘Hereby you are notified . . . .’
Uh-oh. I’m in deep trouble. The following letter popped up in my email the other day:…
CORRECTION!
A story in the March 12 issue of The Observer misidentified Joseph Longo as president of…
Thoughts & Views: Time is overdue for an accounting
In July 2013 the Kearny Board of Education – spurred on by then-Superintendent of Schools…
Thoughts & Views: Get the drift? I love snow!
As I write this, the snow has begun to gently fall, once again blanketing streets…