Letters policy and contact details for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily from Carbondale Illinois with editors and a policy allowing reader letters up to 250 words. Submit letters by mail email or phone, provide name hometown and telephone for verification, and note the vent column runs each Saturday.
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Campaign to demonize SUVs risks backfire on market
The Philadelphia Inquirer argues anti SUV campaigns may fail as Americans favor light trucks. It notes 2002 saw higher SUV sales, cites safety concerns like higher rollover risk and 27 times greater death risk for smaller cars in side crashes, and urges better gas mileage and safer designs from NHTSA led by Jeffery Runge.
Editor Letters on Coyotes and Privatization Draw Fire
A reader warns that The Southern Illinoisan coyote article may incite dangerous hunting, praising coyotes' ecological role while condemning senseless killings. Another letter criticizes President Bush's privatization push as corporate welfare undermining federal services and jobs, urging careful scrutiny of contractors and accountability.
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Oil and Iraq War Myths and the Price of Rebuilding
TRUDY RUBIN argues that postwar oil bonanzas are unrealistic. Iraq’s oil sector is decayed, needing 3–8 years and up to 40 billion dollars to reach 6 million barrels per day, with reconstruction costs likely to exceed 100 billion. Foreign investment faces nationalism and political risk, and any oil deals hinge on a democratic Iraqi parliament and OPEC alignment.
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