Letters Policy and Contact Details for Voice of the Reader
The notice outlines submission rules for Letters to Voice of the Reader, including word limit, signatory and telephone verification, and the editor's right to edit. It lists submission methods, contact emails, and telephone numbers for editors and reporters, plus contact details for reporting news and for elected officials.
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Voice of the Reader
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Candidates Deserve Respect and Vote for Government Change
The piece argues government resembles weather with talk but no action. It urges running for office supporting candidates and voting, highlighting that government can be changed through action and neglect leads to decay. It warns that inaction and uninformed criticism yield the government we deserve.
Candidates file petitions as Illinois primaries approach
Voice of the South reports candidates began filing nomination petitions for Illinois offices on Monday with deadlines next Monday at 5 p.m. Primary races include all 118 House seats and 39 of 59 Senate seats. Local offices such as auditors and clerks also appear on the slate with February 5, 2008 primaries.
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Land of Lincoln
Illinois House
State Senate
Illinois
Laura Bush and Abaya Photo Stir Debate on Middle East Visit
Kathleen Parker notes the controversy over Laura Bush wearing a black abaya with pink breast cancer ribbons during a Middle East trip. She cites media reactions, diplomatic intent, and local women’s realities while highlighting the breast cancer focus of the mission and the broader push for women’s empowerment.
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Laura Bush
Middle East
Bush
Greta van Susteren
Fox News
Robin Roberts
ABC
Saudi Arabia
Stoning Fields
Chris Wallace
White House
Israel
Western Wall
Jerusalem Post
Caroline Glick
Glick
U.S
Ford M. Fraker
U.s.-Middle East
Kuwait
E U.S. State Department
Plagiarism concerns weigh on department committee over midlife student
In a letter to the editor the writer argues the department committee bore oversight responsibility for plagiarism and that the issue should be dropped after twenty years. They contend the value of a degree from a university fades as career progress hinges on performance, creativity, collaboration, and impact rather than the degree origin.
Noted warnings on Bush era, Friedman and Chicago Boys
The message draws parallels between the Bush Cheney regime and totalitarian rise, cites Naomi Wolf and Naomi Klein on democracy, disaster capitalism, and calls for withdrawing support from the University of Chicago Economics. It likens Friedman and his Chicago Boys to extremist networks with long reach.
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Cheney
Hitler
Naomi Wolf
Naomi Klein
University of Chicago
Department of Economics
Milton Friedman
Chicago Boys
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaeda
Online Poll on Halloween Candy Parenting Styles
Readers are asked to vote on Halloween candy boundaries with options A through C. The prompt also includes a provocative critique of Milton Friedman’s free market capitalism and its global impact, asking what another 25 years of such policy might mean for the United States.
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Asia
Europe
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China
Iraq
U.S
Milton Friedman
Not Wrong About Bush Says Letter Writer
A letter to the editor argues against Bush and accuses the president of shredding the Constitution with signing statements, lying the nation into war, causing casualties, and undermining the Justice Department, praising Pete Stark's remarks as accurate.
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Bush
George Bush
Department of Justice
Pete Stark
Stephen Nickels Simpson
Lisa Madigan targets flavored cigarette sales and youth
In October Lisa Madigan issued a press release opposing flavored cigarettes she described as targeting children to “grow” new smokers. The note critiques Illinois law and points to the sale of Flintstones and Jetsons lottery tickets to underage buyers.
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Lisa Madigan
Illinois
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