Opinion: safety over critics amid storms and riots
The Southern Illinoisan columnist Gary Metro argues that critics overreact to disasters and weather events. He defends officials for preparing for worst case scenarios during Hurricane Irene and contrasts public debate with the need for readiness and protection. He encourages reader feedback.
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Theos
Angeles
Rodney King
King
Obama
New York City
Michael Bloomberg
National Hurricane Center
Bloomberg
Manhattan
New Orleans
Evolution and climate debate tied to Perry case
MONA CHAREN argues that the evolution versus creationism critique and the climate science dispute show science is not settled. She cites Lindzen and Mann to challenge certainty about human driven warming and critiques misused rhetoric around Hurricane Irene and predictive models.
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Rick Perry
Party of
Perry
Texas
al Gore
Richard S. Lindzen
MIT
Lindzen
University of Massachusetts
Michael Mann
Technology Review
New York Times
Henry Fountain
Irene
Fountain
Hurricane Center
Readers respond on liberal views and art in schools
The letters praise keeping art and music in Southern Illinois schools. Stephen Nickels Simpson, professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, supports student guided visual conceptions, keen observation, and cross subject benefits from art and music education.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Art and Design
Letters to the Editor Policy for Southern Illinois News
The Southern Ilinoisan outlines letter guidelines limited to 250 words, signed with hometown, and a verifiable telephone number. It notes rights to edit, non publication of libelous content, and submission details via mail or email to editors Gary Metro and Mark Fitton with contact numbers.
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Thesouthern
Gary
Metro
Thesouthern.com
Voice of
P.O
Carbondale
Gary Metro
Officials contact details for Illinois legislators
A list provides contact numbers and websites for U S Senators Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin, U S Representative John Shimkus, and state legislators David Luechtefeld and Jerry Costello II with offices in Illinois. The data include office phone lines and web addresses for each official.
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Hurricane
Evolution
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Charen’s
God
Stephen Nickels Simpson
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Dick Durbin
Durbin
Jerry Costello
Costello
House
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Gary Forby
David Luechtefeld
Sendavel
Midwest
Brandon Phelps
Gmail
Mike Bost
Mike
Bost
Hotmail
John Brad
Jerry F. Costello II
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