Buffalo Grove Opinion
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Our country is in peril of attacksFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - I am confused by some of the articles I have read. One is the issue of "water boarding" when interrogating "suspected terrorist prisoners." Would it be better to treat ...
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It'll be good when the primaries endFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Politicians have gotten very nasty. Our votes for independents get pushed out. You can only vote Democrat or Republican depending on which state you vote in, so why do ...
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Thoughts about park and Geo-KarisFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - After the chill of this brutal winter passes and the intense heat of summer invades us, my family will take its weekly 40-mile roundtrip trek to the shores of Lake Michi...
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Soapbox: Don't rush to judgmentFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - When word first went out that Wheeling had cited a man for barbecuing pigs in his backyard, a hue and cry arose from across the country, with some suggesting that Wheeli...
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Soapbox: Goodbye, SenatorFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Journalists are a hardened, cynical bunch, but we were genuinely saddened upon hearing of former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' passing this week. Geo-Karis, 89, of Zion,...
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Whom is misleading whom?Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recent letter to the editor my Democrat opponent, Amanda Howland, accused me of "deliberately misleading" local taxpayers in regard to the increased RTA mass transi...
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We want them in the White House?Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Amazing. The only public institution in the US with a lower public approval rating than President Bush is the Congress at 22 percent. But American primary voters in the...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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It'll be good when primaries endFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Politicians have gotten very nasty. Our votes for independents get pushed out. You can only vote Democrat or Republican depending on which state you vote in, so why do ...