Geneva Opinion
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Dump the Electoral College, go popularFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Listening to individuals who want to be elected to various political offices is like watching a soap opera. Why do people want to be elected to office in the first place...
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Why are free people so wholly unhappy?Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - We are proving to the world and to ourselves that we are not a happy people in spite of having the opportunities to be, with protection under the Constitution for every ...
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Goudie wrong to put blame on NIUFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - While it is obvious that there were significant warning signs related to the young man who committed the atrocities at NIU, Chuck Goudie's Feb. 18 column seemed to sugge...
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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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Need clearer details on Cuban tortureFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. government should make public information it has on the presence of communist Cubans torturing American prisoners during the Vietnam war. For one, it would put...
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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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Dueling columnists not his preferenceFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - I no longer read the Ray Hanania and Chaya Gil columns because they're pitched one against the other. Perhaps that's not intentional, but it's too much like Fox News for...
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View of vandalism from memorial benchFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Maybe any student accused of vandalizing school property should have to sit on the bench outside of the St. Charles Police Department and listen to a lecture about comm...
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Point to remember on suburban turnoutFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The early line on last week's voter turnout in Cook County is something to crow about: record voter registration of 1.35 million, record early voting of about 60,000 ba...
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Saturday Soapbox: No news is good newsFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - After a couple of rather disastrous recent elections, Kane County finally seems to have gotten one right. Despite a turnout 50 percent higher than in the 2004 primary, C...