Now is the winter of our discontent. (Okay, it’s really spring, but it felt like winter last week and…
Category: Opinion
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…
WE’VE GOT MAIL
‘A COWARDLY ACT’ To the editor, My family and I are deeply saddened and offended by a flyer…
Thoughts & Views: It happens every spring
In case you hadn’t noticed, pitchers and catchers have reported for the annual ritual of spring training. By April,…
Thoughts & Views: Have you seen this woman?
This week’s column is more accurately a public service announcement. The other day, we read a press release from the…
Thoughts & Views: Don’t gamble on park’s future
Okay, Gov. Christie, Assemblyman Prieto and Sen. Sweeney, I call your collective bluffs. It’s time to put all your cards…
Thoughts & Views: The world must never forget
Last Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I am embarrassed to admit that I had not…
Thoughts & Views: Mars? Tempting but focus on Earth first
After listening to President Obama’s most recent State of the (Dis) Union speech last Tuesday night, I couldn’t help thinking, I’d…