Opinion
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Letters to the editor: Not getting the vaccine is plain stupidSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - To the editor: I have been biting my tongue but I can't any longer. I must write about COVID. I am an old retired guy but the Carbondale community and Memorial Hospital ...
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Letter to the editor: Lack of ICU beds due to COVID is a tragedySep 21, 2021 11:00 pm - To the editor: I have held my tongue for months but can do so no longer. Yesterday, I read an article published in the Carbondale Times titled, "Number of available ICU ...
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Letter to the editor: U.S. must do more to strengthen power grid against attackSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - To the editor: We must do more to strengthen our power grid against an electromagnetic pulse event. Such an event can result from an attack by terrorists or by another c...
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Rich Miller: A new day and a new way in Illinois politicsSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - "This is what decentralized, collective leadership looks like," declared House Speaker Chris Welch's spokesperson Jaclyn Driscoll not long after the chamber approved the...
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Rich Miller: I risked political Illinois State Fair events - and got luckyAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - The week of Governor's Day and Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair is always packed with political events. And this year was no exception. It's impossible to atten...
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Rich Miller: New Census categories leave impression of white flightAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - In the wake of last week's Census numbers release, the news media has widely reported a seeming reduction in the number of white people, both nationally and here in Illi...
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Seeking Harrisburg-area descendants of Stephen D. GoldenAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - To the editor: I am hoping to make contact with family members from a Stephen D. Golden (1860-1913) who died in Harrisburg. He had married Lucy Cain (1869-1929) and they...
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Glenn R. Korando of ChesterAug 08, 2021 1:00 am - Glenn R. Korando, 87, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:16 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at Red Bud Regional Care Center. He was born to the late Joseph and Philome...
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Our view: Personal health is more important than public judgmentAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - None of us can know what internal doubts are tearing at Simone Biles in Tokyo. None of us can know what struggles beset Naomi Osaka earlier this year at the French Open....
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Welcome to a brand new forum on critical thinkingJul 25, 2021 1:00 am - This is my first column after about a five-year break, and it's sobering to be back. Sobering because our country is being pulled apart by intractable differences, many ...