Letters to the Editor | Thursday, September 6,2012

Letters to the Editor 09/06/12

RAPE IS RAPEI really could care less what Missouri Congressman Todd Akin recently said regarding rape victims, stupid as it was, especially for someone running for office. But I do care grea

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 30,2012

Letters to the Editor 08/30/12

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FITNESS HELPS LEARNINGThe American Heart Association applauds Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to sign Senate Bill 3374 into law on Saturday, Aug. 25. This legislation establishes a P.E. Task Force which m

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 23,2012

Letters to the Editor 08/23/12

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NONVOTERS LOUD AND CLEARTed Cruz [see “The people’s choice! Only, not really.” By Jim Hightower, Aug. 16] may be a nut and he may have only had 4 percent of the people who walked int

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 16,2012

Letters to the Editor 08/16/12

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CHICK-BASHINGYou have shown your liberal bias by publishing Chris Britt’s newest cartoon bashing Chick-fil-A. The company doesn’t preach hate, or intolerance in any fashion. The media aske

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 9,2012

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UNARMED WOMENWell, thank God – somebody in the Sangamon County Sheriff’s office finally got to the real source of crime in our streets – unarmed women. [See “Shocking developme

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, August 2,2012

Letters to the Editor 08/02/12

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GRAVEL PITS GAMBLEI personally believe the question of whether to build Hunter Lake or use six local gravel pits/aquifers is an easy one.After reading the recent report prepared for CWLP it leaves no

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 26,2012

Letters to the Editor 7/26/12

Immigration, civil rights and water usages

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OPEN DOORSThe article in your July 19 issue, “Show Me Your Papers,” by Bruce Rushton, rekindles discussions regarding immigration and immigration reform. Since prior to the inception of th

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 19,2012

Letters to the Editor 07/19/12

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HORSESHOE FANI grew up outside of Springfield and loved Norb Andy’s horseshoes. Is the receipe you have from Feb. 2, 2012, the real original Leland Hotel horseshoe sauce? [Yes. –Ed.] There

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 12,2012

Letters to the Editor 07/12/12

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PRIVATIZATION PERILI have been hearing and reading about the trash issue for many years, yet nothing ever gets done [see “Garbage in, garbage out, garbage everywhere,” by Bruce Rushton, Ju

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, July 5,2012

Letters to the Editor 07/05/12

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CELEBRATE FREEDOMAs we celebrate Independence Day, we should also remember that not all Americans were free until 89 years after 1776, when Union soldiers sailed into Galveston, Texas, to announce the