Southern Illinoisan Letters Policy and Contact Details
The Southern Illinoisan lists letters to Voice of the Reader up to 250 words, signed with author name and hometown. Includes contact methods, submission rules, and newsroom contacts for publisher Dennis DeRossett editor James Bennett and managing editor Ralph Loos, plus mailing and phone details.
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Dennis DeRossett
James Bennett
Ralph Loos
Eemail
James.bennett
Thesouthern.com
Ralph.loos
Thesouthern
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Miss America nostalgia and pageant views in Illinois column
James Bennett reflects on Miss America's decline and the pageant culture, praising teen competitions like Miss Illinois Outstanding Teen at John A. Logan College and praising pageants for teaching confidence. He shares family notes from his sons baseball season and endorses supportive coaching, while noting Marion's independent league stadium and economic hopes ahead of 2007.
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Tennessee
Bert Parks
Regis Philbin
Parks
Regis
Elvis
Billy Graham
Graham
Priscilla
Lisa Marie Presley
Graceland
Memphis
Franklin Graham
JonBenet Ramsey
Colorado
NBC
John A. Logan College
Herrin
Karen Sala
Carterville
Mobile
Ala
Zach
Blake
Marion
Zarqawi death hailed as morale shift in Baghdad
Mona Charen analyzes the day after Zarqawi was killed, noting how media contrast shapes perception. Editorials warned of political crisis in Iraq while Bush administration figures praised the strike as a victory for civilization and security.
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Zarqawi
Washington Post
Somalia
The
New York Times
Iraq
David Brooks
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Baghdad
William B. Caldwell
U.S
Nick Berg
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Bakuba
United Nations
al-Askariyyah
Samarra
Amman
Jordan
Osama bin Laden
al Qaeda
Council of Europe
Poland
Romania
CIA
Afghanistan
United States
Bob Herbert
America
Omission on WWII Memorial stirs veteran and reader concerns
Heartland muse Jim Davidson notes anger over missing the words So Help Us God on the Pacific inscription. He cites Roosevelt’s Infamy Speech and calls on veterans to weigh in as the American Battle Monuments Commission explains space limits.
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Washington, D.C
U.S
Bob Dole
Fed
Fred Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
United States of America
Empire of Japan
United States
Japan
Pacific
Oahu
Army
Navy
Congress
American Battle Monuments Commission
Franklin Roosevelt
Southern Illinois Speaks On Lottery Lease Debate
Nearly 90 percent of poll participants oppose leasing the state lottery as Governor Blagojevich proposes. SI cautions the poll is not scientific. Readers are urged to vote at www.thesouthern.com. The piece also asks if gasoline costs have altered summer vacation plans.
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SI Speaks
Thesouthern. Com
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Bennett
Marion Baseball
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Monacharen
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Davidson
Jim Davidson
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Blagojevich
Jane Phillips
Pinckneyville
Daryl Falkenheinchester
Lenna Matukewicz
William Moore
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