Brodeur and the Mets: Perfect together

Aside from the race for The White House, which I am never going to address on…

Stakes in race for POTUS even higher now following Scalia’s death

  The stakes in the U.S. presidential contest have just escalated to a new level, now…

How much ground could a groundhog hog?

Late last Tuesday night, the doorbell rang. I peered out the window and, to my surprise, there stood a friend…

Weathering the storm of ‘news’

Thank goodness that’s over. Until the next time. I’m not talking about the blizzard, per se, but rather the media frenzy…

Thoughts & Views: King’s ‘Dream’ speech still relevant today

Given that Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, we would do well to recall a mesmerizing…

Thoughts & Views: Remembering former Kearny Police Chief Tim Sharples, dead at 67

First, he’d park his car — a Chevy Impala or whatever it was at the time — on the…

Gone with the winds

As Christmas approached, all talk appeared to be about the weather. How warm it was. How sunny. How lovely. (Though to…

Thoughts & Views: So, ya wanna fight?

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

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘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…

WE’VE GOT MAIL

‘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…