Wauconda Opinion
-
New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
-
Paper should name party affiliationsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I was amused as I read the AP article on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on page 2 on Tuesday. I was fairly sure I knew which party he was affiliated, but I wanted to be sur...
-
Lowering voting age is misguidedMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I think the proposal by Democrat State Rep. Lou Lang to amend the Illinois Constitution in order to allow 17-year-olds to vote in state and local elections is misguided ...
-
We all need to find our true beliefsMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - One, NIU was a tragedy, yes, but the students at NIU are trying to move on with their lives. Don't forget the memories, but concentrate on stuff that is now, in the pres...
-
Here's a wee bit of St. Patrick's loreMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in America in colonial times before (as early as 1690), during and after the American Revolution. A few of those celebrations were: In B...
-
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...
-
Thanks for the use of polling placeFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to thank Nancy Burton for allowing the voters in Wauconda to use the park district gym as a polling place for the primary election. Nancy and her staff ass...
-
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,...
-
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...
-
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 ...