Our View: Postal plan harms newspapers fairness
The nationwide direct mail plan by the U S Postal Service favors Valassis, cutting into newspaper ad revenue and threatening jobs at The Southern Illinoisan. The piece urges public letters to oppose the proposal, cites industry figures, and lists officials to contact for withdrawal and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
Valassis
Postal Service
Newspaper Association of America
Macy’s
J.C. Penney
Best Buy
Home Depot
Sears
NAA
Southern Illinoisan
Patrick Donahoe
L’enfant Plaza
Washington, D.C
Donahoe
U.S
Mark Kirk
Highland Park
Dick Durbin
Springfield
Jerry Costello
Belleville
John Shimkus
Collinsville
Letters to the Editor Policy Updates for Readers
Policy notes limit letters to 250 words and require signed submissions with a verifiable telephone number. Letters address current issues and may be edited. No news reporting. publication contacts listed for Carbondale Murphysboro De Soto and Williamson County readers. Libelous or personal attacks not published. Editor and Managing Editor contact details provided.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Officials contact lines for Kirk and Shimkus
U S Senator Mark Kirk provides phone numbers 312 886 350 and 202 224 285 217 492 5089 with a senate site kirk senate gov. U S Representative John Shimkus lists 618 252 8271 and 202 225 5271 with a house site www house gov shimkus.
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U.S
Mark Kirk
Kirk
Senate
Dick Durbin
Durbin
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
USS
Jerry Costello
Costello
House
Transgender at Five stirs debate on child gender identity
MONA Provocative headline introduces Tyler an ostensibly male child raised as a boy after early gender dysphoria diagnosis. The column questions treatment, asserts controversy in psychiatry, cites doctors like Dr. McHugh and Edgardo Menvielle, and warns about irreversible parent decisions and long term psyche impact.
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Washington Post
Mona
Tyler
Kathryn
Paul McHugh
Johns Hopkins University
Fox News
McHugh
Timmy
Edgardo Menvielle
Washington’s Children Hospital
Post
Voice of the Reader on Fracking Critique
A reader laments fracking harm citing dead cattle earthquakes contaminated streams and business losses. The letter accuses government and the EPA of inaction and claims coal plants will close while natural gas expands, urging action against big oil and big business.
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EPA
Washington
Congress
Obama
America
China
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