Grandwood Park 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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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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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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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: Hats offFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Lake County Clerk Willard Helander and her staff should be proud of the job they did recovering from the Election Night computer meltdown that delayed vote counts. The s...
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Lake, Cook primary election endorsementsFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - This is a summary of the editorial board's primary recommendations. National Democrats President: Barack Obama U.S. House: 6th -- Jill Morgenthaler 8th - Melissa Bean 9...
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Footlik offensive in his panderingFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - As a 10th Congressional District citizen and a member of the Jewish community, I was offended by a mailing I received from Congressional candidate Jay Footlik. The mail...
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Morris has helped, supported troopsFeb 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War era, and along with most veterans, I am supporting Kirk Morris for Congress as a Republican in the Eighth District. If y...
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Health care reform relies on ScheurerJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - In the recent Daily Herald profile of the 8th District Democratic congressional candidates Melissa Bean and Randi Scheurer on health care, it was evident Scheurer offers...