The Portuguese national team suffered a somewhat surprising first round exit in the knockout stage of…
Category: Columns
Columns, mostly written by the Observer staff. Occasionally, we run guest columns, too, which will appear here.
Don’t swim against the tide
Last week, “rescuers” were searching for the body of an 8-year-old boy believed to have drowned off…
Have summer plans? Here are a few ideas …
By Ron Leir My colleague Kevin Canessa recently covered an exhibition in Nutley of old-time Base…
‘If ye break faith with us …’
To say that World War I devastated the countryside of France and Belgium would be an…
Let’s shame the scofflaws & make ‘em pay what they owe
By Ron Leir Have you heard the commercials pleading with New York City drivers to be…
‘Those who fail to learn from history…’
By Karen Zautyk “… are doomed to repeat it.” I would attribute that quote, but my…
Cirne still missing
By the time you’re reading this, it will have been nearly two weeks since 51-year-old Vitorino…
Getting at the truth can be dangerous to your health
By Ron Leir It’s a dangerous world out there and nobody knows that better than foreign…
Memories of (pre-casino) Atlantic City
By Karen Zautyk What do Louis Armstrong, Conway Twitty, Mr. Peanut and Elsie the Cow have in…
Approaching a corner with an SUV parked at it? Hold on for your life!
By Kevin Canessa The other day, a good friend of mine and I were driving along…
A bit of forgotten baseball history
By Karen Zautyk Did you know that Cleveland once had a pro-baseball team called the Spiders?…
There’s plenty of help out there for those afflicted by mental illness
By Kevin Canessa For this week’s edition of The Observer, I was fortunate to be able…
Give the Devil a sporting chance
By Karen Zautyk I had an unexpected house guest this weekend — my good friend the…
On Starbucks, Santana & more …
This is one of those weeks where I get to do a column for the second…