geneseorepublic.com http://www.geneseorepublic.com/section/columns geneseorepublic.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 1:54:18 +0000 Statehouse Insider: Two pension plans. Now what? http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130519893/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 11 May 2013 22:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke The State Journal-Register http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130519893/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Pension reform ball now in Senate's court http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130504/NEWS/130509613/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 4 May 2013 22:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke The State Journal-Register http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130504/NEWS/130509613/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Would you miss the lieutenant governor? http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130413/NEWS/130419541/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke The State Journal-Register http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130413/NEWS/130419541/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Quinn has been in Mexico, but don't tell anybody http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130406/NEWS/130409261/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 6 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130406/NEWS/130409261/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Did Madigan have the right approach all along? http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130324/NEWS/130329567/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 24 Mar 2013 0:01:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130324/NEWS/130329567/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: How to get things done in the Land of Lincoln http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130317/NEWS/130319336/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 17 Mar 2013 0:01:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130317/NEWS/130319336/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Budget speech had right theme, just no details http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130310/NEWS/130319997/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 10 Mar 2013 0:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130310/NEWS/130319997/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: AFSCME contract not a done deal yet http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130303/NEWS/130309875/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 3 Mar 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130303/NEWS/130309875/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: Is state planning for a strike? http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130224/OPINION/130229643/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 24 Feb 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130224/OPINION/130229643/1008/OPINION Jeff Vrabel: Flight ads http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219141/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:41:32 By Jeff Vrabel, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219141/1008/OPINION The Guy’s Perspective: Learning to be more confident http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219142/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:39:38 By Saelen Ghose, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219142/1008/OPINION Statehouse Insider: At least Quinn's speech sounded nice http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130210/NEWS/130219996/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 10 Feb 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Doug Finke GateHouse News Service http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130210/NEWS/130219996/1008/OPINION Family Matters: Finding ways to help children cope with death http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209858/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:36:21 By Diana Boggia, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209858/1008/OPINION I just received a phone call that my ex-husband’s mother died. My two daughters loved her and I know they will be upset, so I want to find the right words to help them through this. I also need to prepare them for their first funeral with someone they loved, and prepare them for the process of it all. They were traumatized at a previous funeral of a family member they didn’t even know, so I hate to think of what this might do to them.
The school counselor and I told the girls [...]]]> Lost in Suburbia: And the Academy Award goes to … http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130123/NEWS/130129698/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:35:23 By Tracy Beckerman, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130123/NEWS/130129698/1008/OPINION It was a perfectly reasonable question. It was a Saturday afternoon. We had no plans. But having been married to this guy for 20 years, I knew this question wasn’t as innocent as it seemed. There was a hidden meaning. It was actually code for, “Do you want to see that new action movie with lots of special effects, a huge body count and bad guys with fake foreign accents?”
“What did you have in mind?” I asked innocently.
“The new [...]]]> Jared Olar: Breaking down legal abortion falsehoods http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129842/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:27:18 +0000 By Jared Olar, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129842/1008/OPINION We’ve seen those principles at work time and again — in the fabricated news that the Russian Communists published in Pravda, in the Soviet Potemkin villages, in the old claims of apartheid propagandists that South Africa was all but uninhabited prior to the arrival of European [...]]]> Amy Gehrt: Obama focuses on equality at inauguration http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129843/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:21:20 +0000 By Amy Gehrt, GHNS http://www.geneseorepublic.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129843/1008/OPINION Once the ceremonial swearing-in was complete, Obama faced the nation to lay out an ambitious agenda that surprised many with its substance and subject matter. A host of issues were discussed — the economy, climate change, gay rights and immigration reform, among others — but if there was one overarching theme I took away [...]]]>