Editorial and contact policy for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan editorial board invites reader letters up to 250 words signed with name and hometown for verification. It lists contact details for publisher Dennis DeRossett editor James Bennett managing editor Ralph Loos and provides submission methods, phone numbers, and warnings against libelous or mass submissions.
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James Bennett
Ralph Loos
James. Bennett
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Ralph.loos
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Democracy questions spark calls for accountability and truth
A reader voices frustration with democracy under strain, urging media to hold leaders to truth. He contrasts Bush era controversies with Nixon, questions NSA surveillance, secrecy, and oversight while warning of a reckless executive trampling citizen rights.
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Verizon
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NSA surveillance scandal exposes domestic data collection
The article accuses the Bush administration of violating constitutional limits through abuses of executive power, highlighting long term NSA collection of most Americans phone records, funded by taxpayers and facilitated by major telecoms with insider access.
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National Security Agency
NSA
Owner accountability in pit bull incident and editorial
A letter argues owners should bear responsibility for dog attacks, not the dogs. The writer supports Amanda McCall’s good prognosis, calls for owners to crate and secure dogs, and compares to parental responsibility for children. Pit bulls or mixed breeds are blamed on owners’ neglect rather than the breed itself.
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Amanda McCall
Perry County Humane Society
Benton girls win first state title in Class A at Charleston
Benton girls claimed their first state championship in Class A last weekend in Charleston. Leah Orley and Courtney Smith added individual titles in the 300 meter hurdles and 200 meter dash, while Catherine Hendricks of Carterville won the pole vault and Kimberly Spencer of Pinckneyville captured the 100 meter dash for the second straight year.
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Benton
Charleston
Leah Orley
Courtney Smith
Carterville
Katherine Hendricks
Pinckneyville
Kimberly Spencer
Hillary Clinton Energy Plan Shapes 2008 Candidacy Debate
David Brower reports from the National Press Club where Hillary Rodham Clinton outlines a broad energy policy, including a Strategic Energy Fund and a National Institute of Energy. The focus remains the Clintons' marriage, a topic amplified by a New York Times profile, as she blends detailed policy with personal questions about her presidential viability.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Yale Law School
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Indiana
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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U.S
Little Rock
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