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July 14, 2011Normally, we dedicate an entire column or editorial to one topic. Not this week.
Unless I wanted to delve into the debt ceiling debate (which I am too frustrated to even discuss right now) none of the other things I have had on my mind, while important, can fill the entire editorial space.
So, here are some things I've been thinking about lately in no particular order. |
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January 20, 2011Although I enjoy almost all sports, I don't typically use this column to talk about those things.
An editorial should be about important national topics such as our more than $14 trillion national debt, increasing health care costs and the use of politics by some to make excuses or try to explain why an insane man shot people at an Arizona grocery store.
An editorial typically should be an opinion about a local issue such as the rescue and fire services disagreement between Geneva Township and the Lake Geneva Fire Department or whether the Walworth County District Attorney's Office should have filed charges against Lake Geneva city staff for mismanagement. |
Recent Editorial Everything you want to know about the newspaper, moreJuly 07, 2011I know you want to learn all about fonts, right? Be honest. Are you sure, now?Don’t be silly, I’m not going to bore you with those “types” of details. But seriously, the Regional News is embarking on a redesign of the newspaper and website. We’ve been working on these improvements for several weeks now. An unveiling of the new-look Regional News is a few weeks away and the website is being improved weekly. Make sure to check it out at www.lakegenevanews.net.
Viva the differences — what July 4th really meansJune 30, 2011“Can you write a column about July 4th?” Editor Lisa Seiser said. “I don’t want to write the same thing I wrote last year ... and the year before.”Actually, she wasn’t giving herself enough credit. There were differences. Last year, for instance, the editorial ran horizontally. The year before it ran vertically. The headlines were different. And one had a picture with it; the other one didn’t.It’s true though that they were both similar in that she wrote about the Declaration of Independence and the remarkable freedoms it bestowed on us.
Kenosha, we have a problem — a serious problemJune 23, 2011Unless you work in the office at the Regional News or the Kenosha News, you don’t know that there almost wasn’t a newspaper last Wednesday.The streak of the paper coming out on time — 139 years long — almost came to an end.Yes, really, no paper. Well, maybe it wouldn’t have been that disastrous. More likely only a day or two late, but that would have been bad enough.
Can someone please read my blog ...June 16, 2011I have a testimonial to share.“Just went through your blogs. They are great!”That’s a very nice commentary on the blogs I’ve been writing the last two months. Never mind that this thoughtful vote of confidence came from my daughter.
We need know the facts to solve America’s problemsJune 09, 2011All politicians embellish and exaggerate to make their ideas and opinions sound and look better than those who oppose them. Many politicians go a step further and flat out lie.But, the problem is facts should be facts and there should be no question about those. However, it seems as though in the political arena we now find ourselves, the blur has become greater between facts, ideas and commentary.And none of this does any good to solve the problems we must address in America.
Memorial Day just not the sameMay 26, 2011As Memorial Day approaches, there’s something missing — I can feel it. Something is just not right.Maybe it’s less something than someone.During my years as editor of the Regional News, to me, more than anyone, Ray Mellien signified Memorial Day. It’s probably my memories of him in his uniform marching or him being one of the special detail for the 21-gun salute so many times at ceremonies and events in the area. It also is because every year, about three weeks prior to Memorial Day, he would stop in at the newspaper office, give me a great smile and hand me the mock up of the American Legion Memorial Day program, often with his handwritten notes on the schedule for the day’s ceremony.
City skate park project decision all about moneyMay 19, 2011I find myself in an awkward position on this issue.Being in favor of limited government at all levels doesn’t match up with what I’m about to say.The city of Lake Geneva should spend up to $300,000 of already collected Tax Incremental Financing District money to design, build and maintain a new skate/BMX park at Dunn Field behind Eastview Elementary School.
How about a civilized, thoughtful economy debateMay 12, 2011The pendulum may be swinging back.A few weeks ago I wrote a column saying Wisconsin’s own Paul Ryan, the poster boy for the GOP budget proposals, may be in line to be president some day. I stand by that prediction.However, over the last few weeks the Democrats have taken the offensive. Obama, having sat on his hands and let the Republicans take the initiative on budget proposals, has apparently listened to his advisers and finally jumped into the fray.
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 Monster tornado kills at least 51 in Oklahoma town
 By Alice Mannette MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble... Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources
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By Richard Weizel WESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded and rerouted rides in to work on Monday, as Metro-North worked to repair the busiest U...
