Opinion
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Five questions with ... Pam Logan of Marshall Browning HospitalDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Pam Logan is marketing director and spokeswoman for Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Q. What is your feel-good memory of a Christmas past?  I have many feel-...
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Five questions with ... Angel Boyd of Du QuoinDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - Q. How do you think history will remember President George H.W. Bush? I think he will be remembered for being an underrated president. I wasn't necessarily a fan of his ...
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Guest view: In memory of George H.W. Bush, and his Greatest GenerationDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - George Herbert Walker Bush, who died last Friday at age 94, was a congressman, an ambassador, chairman of the Republican National Committee, director of the CIA, Vice Pr...
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Rich Miller: On the ropes now, the IPI could rebuild under PritzkerDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - "Is that the guy from the Policy Institute?" House Speaker Michael Madigan asked his press secretary after an Illinois News Network reporter recently tried to ask Madiga...
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Carbondale takes the Strip for HalloweenOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - Take the Strip! At one time, that rallying cry could be heard on any given weekend as the bars emptied their final human contents onto South Illinois Avenue at the end o...
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A Super stand against MGSep 22, 2018 1:00 am - Editor, I thought that I had my life all planned out until I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis in 2006, Wrong! Life can change in an instant from what we had planned...
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At last, our summer of 'Fortnite' has ended. Let's dance!Aug 17, 2018 1:00 am - This year, all those yellow school buses hitting the streets bring with them a very special case of the blues. That's because those buses, hallmarks of new years and fre...
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Twenty years later, I'm #CarbondaleProud - and you should be, tooJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - All around town, you can hear talk of the "self-fulfilling prophecy" - the notion that the more we talk about the exodus of students, or crime, or the myriad other issue...
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Letters to the editorJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Dorsey's interim salary is obscene To the editor: The salary being paid to Mr. Dorsey is obscene! It is an insult to the people of southern Illinois. I don't know who ma...
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Rich Miller: Polls show Rauner ahead among downstate voters, but not by enoughJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - According to a recent Capitol Fax/We Ask America poll, Democrat J.B. Pritzker leads Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner by nine points, 36-27, with 26 percent choosing an unnam...