Letters to the Editor

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. PERVERSE AND UNBALANCED Nothing can stop me, not even Doug Bybee’s nonsense, from loyal readership of your publication, which I’ve been […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. REST IN PEACE, AIDAH I was never more moved than while reading about the plight of Aidah Mahmood [Dusty Rhodes, “Twice […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. ENGINEERING FAILURE IN ILLINOIS I used to work for the state of Illinois in the Bridge Office and have designed more […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. LET’S IMPEACH BLAGOJEVICH After reading several letters arguing for the impeachment of President George W. Bush, I think it’s time we […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. LET’S ELEVATE THE DEBATE I appreciate the fact that your article was kinder to the proposal of the corn mill in […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER I must say that I was pretty disappointed in elements of your recent story about opposition to […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. BLAMING GAYS FOR MARRIAGE WOES In a recent letter, David E. Smith cites a Pew Research Center study to support his […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. HARDLY AN OUTSIDER TO ME I couldn’t help but be struck with the irony of the observation that no matter how […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. POEM JOGGED RADIO MEMORY [About Jacqueline Jackson’s “maydaypoem #1,” published May 3:] For many years, once a year on the Arthur […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. APPLAUD PRESERVATION EFFORTS I enjoyed reading Amy Karhliker’s recent article “Uniquely Springfield” [June 21]. Admittedly, I am biased (my mom is one […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. AVOID A RUSH TO JUDGMENTThe Historic Westside Neighborhood Association shares everyone’s concern about traffic safety and will support reasonable, prudent solutions […]

Untitled Document We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. WRONGABOUTTHELAW ANDTHEACLU Robert Huck’s recent letter lambastes the American Civil Liberties Union for laws that he asserts give children an absolute […]