The opinion pages are designed to reflect opinions and commentary about current issues of public interest. The range of such issues is broad. It includes everything from politics to religion to education, from the rules we live by to the games we play. We believe that to serve our readers best, these opinion pages should reflect many different sides of public issues.
We’re eager to publish opinions from our readers. The writer’s full name, telephone number, and either the home address or major and year, in the case of a student submission, must be included with each submission so we can verify the source, but we don’t publish the phone number and address. Because space is limited, letters of 350 words or fewer are more likely to be printed sooner. Guest columns should run about 500 words. We edit all submissions for length, clarity and taste.
We generally don’t publish product or performance endorsements, libelous statements or submissions containing factual errors.