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C-12 Opinion Wednesday, December 26, 2018 The Press-Dispatch SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Let us know at 812-354-8500! Continued from page 11 CHRISTMAS Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Megan L. Husk charged with count I unlawful possession of syringe, a lev- el 6 felony, count II theft and count III false informing. Luke H. Shover charged with pos- session of methamphetamine, a lev- el 6 felony. Dakota M. Bayer charged with count I domestic violence animal cru- elty, a level 6 felony, count II intimida- tion, count III domestic battery and count IV criminal mischief. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Jamie M. Manning charged with false informing. Maidanny A. Serrano Hernandez charged with operating a motor vehi- cle without ever receiving a license. Mitchell A. Bath charged with count I possession of a controlled substance and count II possession of marijuana. Joseph A. Hickman charged with reckless driving. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Midland Funding LLC sues Jay Coleman on complaint. Professional Financial Services sues Teea Jenkins on complaint. Personal Finance Company LLC sues Rita Faith on complaint. Kelsey A. Edwards sues James C. Edwards for dissolution of marriage. Joshua J. Byrd sues Jenny F. Byrd for dissolution of marriage. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Katherine Braunecker charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Morgan Bryant charged with count I speeding, 96 mph in a 70 zone and count II driving while suspended. Jaila Cunningham charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Brianna Davenport charged with speeding, 81 mph in a 55 zone. Elaine Duncan charged with speed- ing, 74 mph in a 55 zone. Chantele Floyd charged with count I operating a motor vehicle with a false plate, count II failure to register and count III operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility. Sabrina Foerster charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Jacob Francis charged with no val- id driver's license. Heather Hale charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Cody Hensley charged with speed- ing, 67 mph in a 55 zone. Larry Higgins charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Greg Jones charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Scott Martin charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Dorian Mihay charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Cathy Nelson charged with speed- ing, 54 mph in a 35 zone. Patricia Osgatharp charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Dennis Pinckert charged with speeding, 52 mph in a 35 zone. Pamela Plummer charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Edward Reising, Jr. charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Joni Romans charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Deyton Smith charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Liliana Valdez charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Gayla Wagner charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Colton White charged with unlaw- ful possession of tobacco. Gavin Wilson charged with unlaw- ful possession of tobacco. Emma Wisman charged with speed- ing, 92 mph in a 70 zone. Kathy Ziebach charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Jose Cruz-Mora charged with speeding, 76 mph in a 55 zone. David Ennis charged with speed- ing, 76 mph in a 55 zone. Joshua Hunt charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Continued from page 11 EMP Continued from page 11 AFRICA mare. The question is, what can we do now to reduce the threat? For one thing, the Heri- tage report points out, we need to advance U.S. missile defense capabilities, particu- larly boost-phase missile-de- fense systems. It stands to reason: If a ballistic missile is the deliv- ery system for an EMP, then taking that missile down is the best way to stop that EMP. But it's vital that it be destroyed well before it can come within reach of its tar- get. Hence the need for a de- fense that can target an in- coming missile in its boost phase. The United States has a missile defense now, yes, but it's limited. We have nothing yet that can destroy an incoming missile early in its flight. That's going to take some money. The United States needs to invest more re- sources into boost-phase and space-based ballistic missile-defense technology. In the meantime, we need to secure our electric grid as best we can. That means government should work with industry leaders to assess the threat and help protect our assets from at- tack. It also means cooper- ating more closely with our allies to deter any potential aggressors from launching an attack in the first place. This all sounds expensive — and it is. But what is the cost of protection compared to the price of repairing and rebuilding? If we ignore this threat, we're courting disaster. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). moving "nations toward self- reliance and away from long- term dependency." As is generally the case with welfare, foreign aid is notoriously ineffective and counterproductive, under- mining self-reliance and fos- tering dependency. U.S. aid to A frica in 2017 was $ 8.7 billion. The new A frica strategy, by bringing to bear Amer- ican ideals, will efficiently use our taxpayer funds and bring forth the great, unre- alized potential of the A fri- can continent. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. written an open letter stating "Macron's signing the U.N. Global Migration Pact strips France of even more sover- eignty providing an addition- al reason for 'an already bat- tered people' to revolt." In an article from The Voice of Europe, Laura Cat writes, "The highly deco- rated military co-signees assert that the beleaguered Macron is 'guilty of a deni- al of democracy or treason against the nation' for sign- ing the migration pact with- out putting it to the people." The crux of their opposi- tion is "The French state is late in coming to realize the impossibility of integrating too many people, in addi- tion to totally different cul- tures, who have regrouped in the last 40 years in areas that no longer submit to the laws of the Republic," the let- ter advises, also saying that mass immigration is erasing France's "civilizational land- marks." In short, the military leaders of France are voic- ing that unlimited migration is the doom of France as a Christian nation. In essence, this Pact puts the people of the world on notice that the world has no borders and peoples are free to migrate regardless of reason. The nations are assured that the Pact, according to Fred Lindsay at FORBES, "really doesn't do a whole lot." The compact itself says it "fosters internation- al cooperation among all relevant actors on migra- tion, acknowledging that no State can address migration alone, and upholds the sov- ereignty of States and their obligations under interna- tional law." However, General An- toine Martinez, former French Minister of Defense Charles Millon, and other of- ficers disagree. There is an old Arabic proverb that says, "If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow." The institutions that Christianity produced are on the verge of eradication. Christian Europe is doomed to become a relic of histo- ry. In a speech delivered in 1983, Alexander Solzhenit- syn identified the cause of the malaise that has swept Europe: "Men have forgot- ten God; that's why all this has happened." So sad to see Europe em- brace cultural suicide rather than to embrace the Life that Christianity gave it. Think about it! new treatment is safe for its intend- ed use, the FDA now reviews drugs based on how they might be used by doctors to treat individual patients, ef- fectively substituting the judgment of agency regulators for that of practic- ing medical professionals." He added: "Instead of proving a drug achieves the medically beneficial results that its makers claim, the FDA requires proof the new treatment will improve long-term outcomes. So it is no longer enough, for instance, to prove a new drug will reduce blood glucose levels for diabetics. Drugmakers must show, somehow, that this will make patients live longer." One Goldwater Institute suggestion is to allow drugs approved in certain other countries, such as Canada and the European Union, to receive near- ly automatic U.S. approval. A fter all, those countries have drug regulatory structures similar to that in the U.S. Why should treatments approved in those countries not be available here? The Goldwater Institute is also call- ing for a bill to restore free speech in medicine. It thinks Congress should allow drug manufacturers to provide information about "off-label use." This is a common practice in which doc- tors prescribe FDA-approved drugs to treat conditions other than those the FDA originally approved them for af- ter new beneficial uses arise. Strong evidence of FDA over-cau- tion bias comes in the 1974 words of then-FDA Commissioner Alexander M. Schmidt: "In all of FDA's history, I am unable to find a single instance where a congressional committee in- vestigated the failure of FDA to ap- prove a new drug." Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 11 POLICIES Lord, what have we gotten ourselves into? I think it's a push from the modern and secular think- ing which brings us away from our long held faith beliefs that has made our Country great. So let us have a little ex- periment. Here's two sets of songs. Hum it or sing it and see which uplifts you the most. "Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin Moth- er and Child. Holy Infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly Peace, sleep in heavenly Peace." There are two more vers- es which I'm sure you know. Sing it anyway. Now lets try this one. " You better watch out, you better not cry, you bet- ter not pout I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town." Go ahead and sing the rest. Now of the two, tell me which one is uplifting? Both are real nice songs I'm sure. You be the judge. But I hesitate to challenge you with the song, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. You all have a blessed and merry Christmas. 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