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50 shades of BS is what it is

50 shades of BS is what it is

August 14, 20121 min read

In Sunday’s Beacon-News column I lament the fact that so much of popular literature is setting women – and especially young women – back decades.

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Paul Ryan? It's already over!

Paul Ryan? It's already over!

August 13, 20122 min read

First,  it was great to see the 800-ish folks at Chris Lauzen’s Porky Picnic last Saturday. Whether you like the Senator or not, only he

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I loved the walk with the Mayor

I loved the walk with the Mayor

August 13, 20121 min read

Even this jaded journalist learned something from participating in Elgin’s Walk With the Mayor program.  And I cover those lessons in today’s Courier-News column. In

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We're Geneva! We don't have to care!

We're Geneva! We don't have to care!

August 13, 20121 min read

In today’s Patch piece, we cover the fact that the City of Geneva has still offered no explanation for two 3 plus hour power outages

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Those Mill Creekers are at it again!

Those Mill Creekers are at it again!

August 12, 20121 min read

Oh no! Those open minded and ever-so-tolerant Mill Creek dwellers aren’t bigots. I’m sure some of their best friends are Hispanic. Exactly as I predicted,

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Your child is not special and they're not getting a full ride either

Your child is not special and they're not getting a full ride either

August 11, 20122 min read

Though they need to call out the bad guys a bit more, the Chronicle has been running some interesting pieces as of late. And this

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Things never seem to change in good old Geneva

Things never seem to change in good old Geneva

August 9, 20121 min read

So Mayor Kevin Burns is suddenly concerned with potential aldermanic conflicts of interest? Why is my cynical sense tingling?  Of course, the reason he doesn’t

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One of these things IS like the other!

One of these things IS like the other!

August 7, 20121 min read

Can you tell the difference between these two photographs? If you said they’re both plants then you’re about as politically astute as it gets. Read

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Alternate Patch Chick-fil-A column ending

August 6, 20121 min read

Since this kind of  same-sex marriage column summation makes my editors nervous, we’ll just do it here: “Come to think of it, Jesus was unmarried

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A blow against the municipal mindset

A blow against the municipal mindset

August 5, 20121 min read

Aurora Alderman Rick Lawrence can be aggravating and he doesn’t know how to pick his battles, but he just struck two blows against the municipal

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