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.  STRANGE KIND OF CHRISTIANITY In the story “Shelter force” [Lawrence Crossett, March 1], you quote the Rev. Scott Payne as saying, […]

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. HOTEL CONTRIBUTED TO HOMELESSNESS Few people remember that part of the cause of homelessness in the Springfield area is what was […]

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.  “MORAL DIPSTICK” ALMOST DRY Renatta Frazier. The Black Guardians. Quality of service at Insight Communications. Trash pickup. Homelessness. The smoking ban. […]

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. BYE TO THE CHIEF AND COLONEL DAN I call it quits. After supporting the Illini for 50-plus years, I plan to never attend another University of Illinois […]

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. REMEMBERING MOLLY IVINSPolitics, she said, is nothing you can leave to politicians: “Politics is about you and me.” Molly Ivins, courageous and […]

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.  THE CHOICES BEFORE AMTRAK Before Amtrak took over, I knew of three different ways passenger trains went from Chicago to St. […]

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. SURPRISED BY “NEWFANGLED” REPORTING Excellent article on the Kerasotes/Stomp the Yard controversy [Dusty Rhodes and R.L. Nave, “Misstep,” Jan. 18]. Honestly, I […]

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.  PROHIBITING ALL “BAD” THINGS Wow, what an article by Nick Gillespie [“The race to ban,” Jan. 4]! I am surprised someone […]

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. GLAD FOR THE DISCUSSION I thoroughly enjoyed the article “Alone in a crowd” by R.L. Nave [Jan. 4]. Not only did […]

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. POLITICIANS NO BETTER THAN VOTERS Fletcher Farrar ended his commentary “Can the governor, like Bush, change his tune? [Dec. 14] with a quote: […]