Opinion
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Rich Miller: Do Kinzinger's comments lessen his chances for statewide office?Jan 09, 2021 12:00 am - "This isn't their Republican Party anymore!" Donald Trump Jr. declared Jan. 6 during a fiery speech near the U.S. Capitol. "This is Donald Trump's Republican Party," the...
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Rich Miller: 'It was the most difficult call I've ever made'Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois House Democratic Caucus Chair Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) told me last week that her decision to oppose Speaker Michael Madigan's reelection was a process that ...
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Poshard: March with me in the name of national unitySep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Our beloved country is filled with hate and division. Not against the common enemies of democracy which dwell outside our borders, the autocratic and totalitarian regime...
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Ritter: Clocking the slow crawl of pandemic timeAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - To gain real insight into the nature of time, you have to live through a pandemic. I'm not talking about some medieval, continent-killing plague. This is about the polit...
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Letter: Park district ready to continue merger discussionsJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - Over the past two years, the Carbondale City Council has discussed the Carbondale Park District, at times with "combative" language. Some members of the council have pro...
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More responses on the future of 'DQ Joe'Jul 14, 2020 1:00 am - LETTERS It's time to put DQ Joe in the museum To the editor: As a native of Du Quoin and graduate of the DTHS class of 1963, I am writing in support of Martha Malan's pr...
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Du Quoin Call survey: What you're saying about sending kids back to schoolJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Our completely unscientific Facebook survey on how comfortable are parents sending their children back to school next month, produced 28 flat "yes," "Yes, full time," "d...
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Letter to the editor: Native Americans are not a 'thing' of the pastJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - To the editor: I read with some interest your July 7 article on the call to end the racist mascot of your local high school, DQ Joe ("1964 alumni says it's time to retir...
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Facebook reaction to the question of DQ JoeJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - Plenty of you have had opinions on the suggestion by 1964 Du Quoin High School graduate that the "Crazy Indian" mascot, or "DQ Joe," is a relic of the 1950s and should b...
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Survey: Should our kids go back to school next month?Jul 09, 2020 1:00 am - Currently, there is a lot of uncertainty about children returning to the classroom in August. We're looking for a broad spectrum of thoughts from parents in Perry County...