Athens Messenger Staff Contact List
Established 1825 The Athens Messenger issue details contact information for key staff including Monica Nieporte president Joe Higgins editor Wendy Van Sickle design editor Jeff Bunch advertising director Ike Weiss production manager and general office address in Athens Ohio with phone and email options for letters to the editor.
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Monica Nieporte
Mnioporte
Editorial Coal fired power plants ruling reshapes mercury rules
Supreme Court narrows EPA cost rule hurdle and delays mercury and soot standards. Justice Scalia notes costs matter but rejects discarding health benefits, urging EPA to rework its proposal under lower court guidance. Most plants already meet current standards, but delay extends operation for dirtiest plants.
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Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Scalia
Square One
Summer reading list list read as nostalgia and caution
The passage humorously catalogs a reader’s imagined summer reading list filled with tropes and warnings, concluding with a back cover description of A Separate Peace that contrasts promise with delivery. Gene and Phineas are framed as rival figures at a WW II era school, signaling a coming‑of‑age conflict.
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Gene
Phineas
Letters to the Editor Guidelines from The Messenger
The Messenger invites signed letters up to 400 words from readers with name and hometown. Include a verification phone number and mail to P O Box 4210 Athens Ohio or email shig gins at athensmessenger com. All letters are subject to editorial review.
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Athens
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Athensmessenger
P.O
Shiggins
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No compromise with culture warriors in modern politics
A reflective commentary argues that after landmark gay marriage and Confederate flag disputes, progressives press for further cultural changes. It cautions that social justice activists pursue endless aims, eroding trust, intensifying polarization, and making compromise feel like appeasement.
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Supreme Court
Politico
Slate
Economist
The
Atlantic
Diana Adams
ACLU
Enlightenment on flag overdue as South shifts on Confederate symbol
A writer notes the rapid shift against the Confederate flag after the Emanuel AME Church shooting. South Carolina debates removing the flag while retailers drop it and Valley Forge Flag ceases production. The piece cautions the change may be mostly symbolic and asks white conservative Southern society to confront the flag’s true meaning and its legacy.
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Winston Churchill
South Carolina
Alabama
Amazon
eBay
Wal-Mart
Valley Forge Flag
Pennsylvania
Dylann
Emanuel Ame Church
Charleston
Roof
Lindsey Graham
CNN
Graham
Mississippi
Emanuel
South
Dixie
U.S
Confederacy
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