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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, March 18, 2020 B- 3 dicated—off and on—that he'd be happy to let New START expire in 2021 un- less Moscow agrees to a more equitable replace- ment. For Putin, Trump is not a puppet—he's a problem. Myth 4. Trump is an isolationist. Trump detrac- tors often conflate "Ameri- ca First" with "America, Alone." Yet Trump is most definitely not walking away from defending U.S. inter- ests around the world. That hasn't stopped his critics from accusing Trump of abandoning (in no particular order) NA- TO, Syria, Iraq, A fghani- stan, the Middle East and more. Yet, almost certain- ly, the U.S. will still be in all those places when his pres- idential term ends. Myth 5. Trump will make us an internation- al pariah. No doubt about it, Trump has demonstrat- ed a willingness to extract the U.S. from internation- al pacts—like the Iran Deal and the Paris Climate Ac- cord—that he considered to be ineffectual and con- trary to our national inter- ests. For the same reason, he has withdrawn U.S. sup- port from certain interna- tional organizations, such as the completely dysfunc- tional U.N. Human Rights Council. The Left may dislike these kinds of actions, but they are pretty much to be expected from virtual- ly any conservative presi- dent. When it comes to in- ternational organizations, Trump's record doesn't look that dissimilar from any of the three previous Republican commanders- in-chief. As for the charge that Trump will alienate or abandon our allies, the fact is that most of these relationships are in bet- ter shape now than when Trump came into office. NATO is demonstrably stronger. The U.S. partner- ship with India is far tight- er, as are our bonds with Australia and the U.K. Rela- tions with Japan and South Korea remain strong. The U.S. has forged better ties in Latin America. Meanwhile, the admin- istration wants to do more in A frica and is looking for new friends in Central Asia. Clearly, the White House is far more interest- ed in building bridges for mutual benefit than it is in burning them. James Jay Carafano is a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges. Continued from page 2 POLICY SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Let us know at 812-354-8500! Christ rose from the dead! Paul wrote the Church at Rome what this means to the disciple "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your human bodies also, through his Spirit that lives in you." The church has preached and taught for almost two millennium the power of a transforming Christ. The Church recognizes hu- manity is broken and over- come with hypengiapho- bia; Nonetheless, Christ still calls the sinner to re- pentance and provides the power through the Holy Spirit to transform a life from brokenness to sanc- tification. This time of Lent should be used to examine our- selves and discern wheth- er we are in the faith. Paul wrote to the Church at Rome "And do not be con- formed to this world, but be transformed by the renew- ing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Think about it as you seek to be transformed! Continued from page 2 LENT Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Justin Michael Hornby charged with count I ne- glect of a dependent result- ing in bodily injury, a level 5 felony, and count II domes- tic battery with bodily inju- ry, person under 14, a level 5 felony. Candida Marie Richie charged with count I posses- sion of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of paraphernalia. Dustin Rhodes charged with count I resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felo- ny, count II reckless driving and count III resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony. Kelby Roberts charged with possession of metham- phetamine, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike County Circuit Court Henry D. Aguayo charged with possession of marijua- na. Daniel I. Gomez charged with possession of marijua- na. Mykala Jemisha Johnson charged with possession of marijuana. Quade M. Blount charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Angela M. Padgett charged with domestic bat- tery. Miguel A. Tepox charged with knowingly or intention- ally operating a motor vehi- cle without ever receiving a license. John C. Edmond charged with driving while suspend- ed, prior. Heather Price charged with driving while suspend- ed, prior. Rachel A. Nunez charged with driving while suspend- ed, prior. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court Jefferson Capital Sys- tems, LLC sues Victoria Al- exander on complaint. Professional and Business Collections sues Lacy Fowl- er on complaint. Professional and Busi- ness Collections sues Chan- tal Hulfachor on complaint. Lakeview Loan Servic- ing, LLC sues Jason Andrew Woodall, Natasha I. Woodall and State of Indiana through its Department of Revenue on complaint. U.S. Bank National Asso- ciation as Trustee for Bay- view Financial Mortgage Pass-T sues Jeremy B. Hels- ley, State of Indiana through its Department of Revenue and OneMain Financial Group, LLC on complaint. SMALL CLAIMS Pike County Circuit Court Hoosier Accounts Service sues Tammy Straw on com- plaint. Hoosier Accounts Ser- vice sues Anthony R. Faith on complaint. Hoosier Accounts Service sues Cody R. Slater on com- plaint. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Logan T. Garcia charged with speeding. Anthony E. Baker charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 70 mph. Teresa J. James charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Joshua K. Isley charged with speeding. Ty G. Burns charged with speeding. Vonda J. Vaughn charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Mark B. Timberlake charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 55 mph. Sydney J. Hatton charged with speeding. Cort B. Lamey charged with seatbelt violation. Janice M. Aikman charged with speeding. Ethan J. Boyer charged with speeding. Michael A. Seidel charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Luke E. Fields charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Franck G. Rodriguez charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 70 mph. Mark R. Weissling charged with speeding. Hector Mora Salinas charged with speeding. Adrianna M. Wire charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 70 mph. Teri L. Goodwin charged with speeding. Sarah S. White charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Thomas R. Phillips charged with seatbelt vio- lation. Kathy L. Bauer charged with speeding. Brandon T. Conard charged with speeding, ex- ceeding 55 mph. Rachel L. Reising charged with operating with expired plates. Kylan C. Arndt charged with speeding. Terry L. Wardlaw charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Adam Dean Myers charged with seatbelt vio- lation. Reagan D. Hensley charged with speeding. Andrea K. Wethington charged, driving while sus- pended. Xia J. Stafford charged with speeding. Lisa E. Dickens charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Donald Priest charged with operating with expired plates. Anna L. Hill charged with operation a motor vehicle without financial responsi- bility. Nikitia B. Inman charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Dennis R. Gregory charged with speeding. Eric R. Carr charged with count I speeding, exceed- ing 55 mph, count II operat- ing with expired plates and count III operating a motor vehicle without financial re- sponsibility. ical work of the first Chris- tian emperor Constantine the Great who ruled be- tween 306 and 337 AD. He wrote demonstrations of the Gospel, preparations for the gospel on Discrep- ancies between the Gos- pels, studies of the Biblical texts. As "Father of Church History", he produced the Ecclesiastical History, on the life of Pamphilus, and On the Martyrs. Eusebius had a son by the name of St. Jerome who was a Lat- in Priest, a theologian and Historian. Jerome was best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin (The Vulgate) and his com- mentaries on the Gospels. Wow, I'm getting deep into history and the more I read on this topic, the more I felt I can't tread on and had to quit to revisit these arti- cles at some later time. I will likely be putting to sleep the ones reading my article, unless I first get in- to that state before you do. So, lets quit for now. • • • Let's shift gears and share some good habits that have been constantly hammered by the experts regarding Covid-19. Wash hands regularly, drink plen- ty of fluids, rest adequately, avoid prolonged stress, eat healthy, avoid crowds espe- cially in poor ventilated ar- eas, and follow official rec- ommendations by health officials who are authori- ties on this matter. In all my years of doing health care, I have never seen such a gigantic tsu- nami of concern about an illness of this magnitude. Let's all be calm but vigi- lant and use a lot of com- mon sense and good sense. I'm confident we will get over this, but I surely can't tell when. Peace be to all. Continued from page 2 LOVE other person does not have a right to something he did earn. The provision by the U.S. Congress of a so-called right to health care should offend any sense of moral decency. If you're a Chris- tian or a Jew, you should be against the notion of one American living at the ex- pense of another. When God gave Moses the Eighth Commandment — "Thou shalt not steal" — I am sure that He did not mean, "Thou shalt not steal — un- less there is a majority vote in the U.S. Congress." Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 2 RIGHTS Today's great challenge for blacks is to shake off the culture of the welfare plantation and the destruc- tive rhetoric of evil black liberals who want to keep them there. Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Re- newal and Education and author of the new book "Nec- essary Noise: How Donald Trump Inflames the Culture War and Why This is Good News for America," avail- able now at starparker.com Continued from page 2 DILEMMA Letter to the Editor Quarantine the sick, not the country I am a sick American. No, I am not suffering from the coronavirus or any other vi- rus, for that matter. But I am sick of watching rogue poli- ticians turn our beautiful re- public into a socialistic ma- niac society. New viruses have sprung up every year, and where was the concern then? Thou- sands die annually from the old fashioned flu. Why have we not shut down the coun- try for the sake of all the pre- cious souls lost to the old fashioned flu? In a word... because we did not have an election to manipulate! It's time for all intelligent Amer- icans to cry out at the control being forced upon us. Those most vulnerable to this virus are the very young and the elderly, the same scenario as the old fash- ioned flu. The extra precau- tions in the area of cleanli- ness are just good common sense, and should be prac- ticed on a daily basis—re- gardless of what season it is. But to try to shut down the country? Absolutely ri- diculous! Thousands of people will die today because they chose to drive a car. But we haven't closed the highways (yet). Thousands of people die each year from chok- ing, but we haven't banned eating. This is a virus we're talking about. It is going to spread— no matter how careful we are. The best safety precau- tions we can take are to prac- tice good hygiene, to eat a healthy diet and to get ade- quate rest. Quarantine the sick — not the country! The corona hype is all political. People in the healthcare pro- fession are saying how ridic- ulous it is. Why aren't we lis- tening? Because we have an election to manipulate. The Democrat party has wasted four precious years trying to impeach our pres- ident. Millions of dollars down the drain and they didn't get the job done. They are now trying to create re- cession to pin on Trump in the months approach- ing election 2020. Shut- ting down schools, shutting down restaurants, shutting down anything is commu- nism. Working parents are now taking their children to childcare providers dur- ing school hours, so they are still spending hours a day with people other than their immediate family. The shutdowns aren't protecting anyone. They are just hurt- ing the economy —and that is the purpose behind it all! Let's turn off the televi- sions, all the liberal media, for that matter—it's all pro- paganda—and turn on our brains! Take a stand against those who would control our daily lives, our choices, our freedoms. Say it loudly in the way you live and say it loudly with your vote in No- vember! Valerie Searls The Press-Dispatch 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. Joining is easy! Visit pressdispatch.net/birthday or send your full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. MUST RE-ENROLL EVERY YEAR! Join the One WINNER is drawn at the end of each month