Apple Festival, Pig Out Bring SI Community Together
Our Opinion urges unity as Murphysboro Apple Festival enters its 50th year and Carbondale Main Street Pig Out returns SIU Carbondale students. It praises volunteers, reflects on national crisis, and calls for compassion, solidarity, and patriotic resolve across the region. Enjoy the weekend and welcome the fall season.
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Wis 17 2 35 Verse Reflects Hidden Darkness
A biblical verse passage from Wisdom of Solomon comments on lawless rulers who think they control the holy nation yet become captives of darkness. The text portrays their confinement under their own roofs as exiles from divine providence and long night.
Quote on terrorism's toll and inner decay
A reflective maxim states that terrorism harms its practitioners as they attempt to end others' lives, eroding their own inner light over time. The quote emphasizes the self-destructive moral cost of violence.
Our Lives Will Never Be The Same After 9 11
A morning walk turns to shock as news breaks of the September 11 attacks. The writer recalls watching planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the towers collapsing, airport closures, and a nation grieving and altered by terrorism. He reflects on fear, innocence lost, and a changed American life.
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Close our borders now voice of the people
A reader and Air Force veteran urges immediate immigration bans including no more immigrants no student visas and deportations for those without legal status. He condemns political leaders while calling for national unity and action after recent attacks, urging vengeance only after aiding those harmed.
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