The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Contact Details
The Southern Illinoisan announces contact options for letters to the Voice of the Reader and The Vent, including phone numbers, emails, and submission guidelines. It lists staff roles and how to place classifieds and display ads, with publication address and letters policy.
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Repeal of estate tax stirs Senate clash over Bush plan
In a Thursday vote, Democrats blocked Bush administration aims to end the estate tax eight years from now. Senate foes warn the move risks tax policy amid war costs and deficits while Feinstein supports repeal in principle but calls conditions improper. Rove vows the issue will shape November elections.
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Karl Rove
California
Dianne Feinstein
Estate tax reform favored not abolition in 2010 and 2040
Opinion from San Jose Mercury News argues to raise exemption levels to shield farms and family businesses, avoid abolition, and accelerate exemption phase-in. It notes the tax is paid by a small share, is progressive, and that unrealized gains are major wealth sources.
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Senate
San Jose Mercury News
Player loyalty wanes as NBA moves between towns and stars
A longtime fan laments declining loyalty in professional basketball. He recalls loving Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, critiques players and coaches for chasing fame and relocation, cites the Charlotte Hornets move to New Orleans, praises loyal teams like the Utah Jazz, and argues town loyalty is essential to the sport’s spirit and attendance.
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Mike
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Charlotte
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Alonzo
Jazz
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North Carolina
Ward Burton
Tony Stewart
Letter accuses reader of trivializing Hitler comparison
In a reader’s letter from Carbondale, the author argues against America's Middle East policy by mocking the Saudi viewpoint and condemns the comparison of Bush, Ashcroft, and Rumsfeld to Hitler. The writer, recounting life under dictatorships, urges that such analogies trivialize Hitler's crimes and are poor journalism.
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Carbondale
David E. Christensen
Christensen
America
Middle East
Bush
Ashcroft
Rumsfield
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Stalin
Piper High Cheating Scandal Reflects Ethical Decay
Leonard Pitts analyzes a Kansas plagiarism row at Piper High where 28 of 118 sophomores cheated on leaf report. The fallout included resignations, parental outrage, and a national media chorus, prompting a plea that character matters when no one is watching.
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Christine Pelton
Piper High
Pelton
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Enron
Merrill Lynch
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