Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Birthdays for rivals Former Assemblyman Louis Manzo and Jersey City Councilman Steve Fulop, one time political rivals, both celebrated their birthdays last week. Both were born on Feb. 28. Both got gifts they didn’t quite expect. Manzo, of course, got charges dropped after nearly a two-year battle to untangle the mess federal authorities made of …
Healy’s the one? Hey, everybody, Jerramiah Healy is running for mayor again. What do you mean, what do I mean? Shouldn’t somebody, somewhere be applauding? Instead, you’re standing there with your mouths agape. It can’t be that much of a shock. It was less a shock for most people than a disappointment. Many thought Merry …
The old 1970s song by Chicago, “Feeling Stronger Every Day,” may well serve as the campaign theme song for Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s reelection effort next year, if her State of the City address is any indication. She was positive, to the point, and even got a laugh or two, except from some of her more …
Recently, I watched a 2009 film on cable TV. “It’s Complicated” stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin. It was a blast – thoroughly enjoyable and, watching it at home, wasn’t complicated (ha!). That grand dame of acting, Meryl Streep, is a favorite of mine. In this film, she plays a divorced lady who …
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and several of her close associates are very concerned about overcrowding at the election polls in the second district of the 4th Ward – as they should be. With as many as 1,400 people coming there to vote, it is clearly necessary that new districts be created. The question is: who …
Language, as author Dwight Bolinger once pointed out, is a loaded weapon. Sometimes – as Assemblyman Charles Mainor found out this week when (according to him) someone allegedly posted questionable material on his Facebook page – language can back fire. Mainor’s unwelcome Facebook graffiti artist left a message disparaging the talents of football teams contending …
“Hello, how are you? Nice to see you this morning.” Brian Stack zooms across 14th Street in Hoboken on this relatively warm Tuesday in January. Wearing his black overcoat and power tie, a newspaper tucked under one arm (a paper that he promptly puts into his car), he rushes across the street to Uptown Bagel …
As quoted before in this column, Will Rogers once observed that Republicans often feed on Democrats, and Democrats also feed on fellow Democrats. Never has this been so clearly evident than in the game of political musical chairs set into motion by a so-called bipartisan New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission that had to select a …
Now that the merrys and the happys are over, I found myself looking for a movie that in itself would be merry and happy. Fortunately, one film appealed for an additional reason. My stepdaughter Lisa Sturz is a very talented puppeteer, and she heightened my interest in the felt personalities. That’s how I came to …
With a U.S. Senate panel voting to subpoena former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine to testify about his role leading the collapsed MF Global, you would expect to hear some chuckling coming from Christopher Christie, the current occupant of the governor’s mansion. Or at least an “I told you so.” The Wall Street Journal reported …