Park of Fallen Soldiers: a walker recalls the price of freedom
Senior writer Bill Archer recounts a June 17 visit to Lotito Park for Let Freedom Ride 4. He describes riding with John Nelson to photograph the procession of about 2,800 crosses honoring service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, noting names like Sgt Gene A Vance and Lance Cpl Juston T Thacker, and reflecting on the freedoms they preserved.
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Maples
Lotito Park
College Avenue
John Nelson
John
Charlie Cole
Vineyard Street
Gary Ruth
Bluefield
Gene A. Vance
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Welch
Jack Caffrey
Nick Rahall
Jimmy Joe Gianato
Jimmy Joe
Panther
Keith Auville
Gene Vance
Morgantown
Wyoming County
Darren D. Vankomen
Vance
Brushfork
National Guard Army
Army
Darren
Darryl Smith
Sgt. Deforest L. Talbert
Tran
Darryl
150Th Armor
Iraq
Lance Cpl
Juston T. Thacker
Mark Harry
Afghanistan
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Juston
Tom
Dixie Sisk
Mark
West
Virginia
West Virginia
Boom in surveillance sparks questions who watches the watchers
An examination of the surge in surveillance cameras discusses 5 million US cameras now, likely to double in five years, and a $9 billion industry projected to reach $20 billion by 2010. Chicago seeks mandatory city–business camera links, while debates rise over privacy, effectiveness, ownership, access, and archival rules. The piece notes public support but warns on unaddressed legal and social implications.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Lisa Hoffman
U.S
George Orwell
Hoffman
Chicago
Richard Daley
Reader urges open mind on Godless by Ann Coulter
Stephen DeGray of Bluefield Virginia recommends reading Godless to understand debates around Darwinism abortion and education while critiquing liberal backlash to Bush era military policy. He cites Cindy Sheehan and World Trade Center survivors as focal points and urges Zeigler to read with balance.
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New York Times
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Coulter
WTC
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Two books stir debate on morality and mainstream values
Jim Davidson critiques Neil Walsh's Conversations with God and its teen version as undermining traditional Christian and moral teaching. He cites alleged content promoting homosexuality and relativism, questions free speech claims, warns about Scholastic distribution, and urges readers to defend biblical truth.
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America
Peoria
Main Street America
God
Neil D. Walsh
New York Times
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