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D-2 Opinion Wednesday, Februar y 17, 2016 The Press-Dispatch Court Report street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Retire and pray? What about the psalms; were they not songs and prayers? Again motive! Fasting at the time of Je- sus was to dress in sackcloth and apply ashes as an acces- sory. Again Jesus had some- thing to say: "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Tru- ly I tell you, they have re- ceived their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be ob- vious to others that you are fasting." Let's read again what Jesus said about mo- tive: "Be careful not to prac- tice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. What we must conclude is when you give, give in se- cret; then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Secondly when you pray, pray to your Father, who is unseen; then your Father, who sees what is done in se- cret, will reward you. Finally when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting; your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. What is God's Secret? He will reward you open- ly for what you do without notice. He tells you to go on about your daily business and live Christ in the open – that is the secret. Not much of a secret is it? Think about it while you get to know Him during Lent! ASH Continued from page 1 son to bankrupt the country by keeping the fraud going forever. Younger people can be allowed to opt out and ar- range their own pension plans in the private sector, where the kind of irrespon- sible pyramid schemes that politicians set up are illegal. But we don't need to ruin the whole economy, in order to preserve the illusions cre- ated by toxic words like "en- titlement." Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institu- tion, Stanford University. His website is www.tsowell.com. WORDS Continued from page 1 CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Brittany N. Collins charged with count I obstruction of justice, a level 6 felony; and count II and III false in- forming. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Laurie M. Merkley charged with op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated. Steven M. Bartlett charged with op- erating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabo- lite in the body. Jarid C. Cunningham charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic bev- erage. Kirby D. Quiggins charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II paraphernalia. Marissa G. Ricketts charged with possession of marijuana. Julie L. Hunt charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more and count II operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated. Joshua A. Brames charged with count I disorderly conduct and count II public intoxication. Zacary Robbins charged with oper- ating a vehicle without ever receiving a license. Trent A. Stone charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and count II operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Rex A. Davis sues State of Indiana for post conviction relief. First Financial Bank, N.A. sues Bri- an K. Tharp on complaint. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. sues Fred Robinson, Jennifer Robin- son, Midland Funding, LLC, Asset Ac- ceptance, LLC, Cavalry SPV II, LLC and Capital Alliance Financial LLC on complaint. Estate of Kathy A. Satterfield sues Andrew S. Satterfield on complaint. German American Bancorp sues Barbara J. Sharp on complaint. Stefan Zon Risley sues Angela Lee Risley for dissolution of marriage. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Kyle Kinder sues Brandon Kortea on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Megan Davies charged with driving while suspended. Brent Cheadle charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Brittany Archer charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Brett Howell charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Mary King charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Logan Sollman charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Randall Stemle charged with speed- ing, 90 mph in a 70 zone. Abigail Traylor charged with driving while suspended. Kimberly Sorrells charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Joshua Hyneman charged with speed- ing, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Mohammed Al Bagshi charged with speeding, 86 mph in a 70 zone. Mohammed Aljarboa charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Devon Beedie charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Sadie Bennett-Boggs charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Jeffrey Bleemel charged with throw- ing burning material from a moving mo- tor vehicle. Craig Dupps charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Chelsea Faith charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Jordan Harvell charged with speeding, 94 mph in a 70 zone. Andrew Herndon charged with throw- ing burning material from a moving mo- tor vehicle. Lexi Howard charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Ke Shawn Lewis charged with speed- ing, 86 mph in a 70 zone. Spring McCullagh-Masias charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Kenya Moore Alexander charged with seatbelt violation. Marsha Slaven charged with speed- ing. Kelly Hopper charged with speeding, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Jared Rall charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Steven Woolery charged with speed- ing, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Amberle Adams charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Thomas Bailey charged with speed- ing, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Savanna Benedict charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Aaron Betz charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Clayton Biles charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Trevor David charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Ernest Fipps IV charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. April Gossman charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Stacia Hart charged with speeding, 104 mph in a 70 zone. Trecia Hart charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. John Himes, Jr. charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Stephan Hodge charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Dustin Jackson charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Raymond Kandal charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Javon Langley charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Randall Lewis charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Mallory McCollu charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Orlando Miranda-Figueroa charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kaizen Pearson charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Anthony Pride charged with count I learner's permit violation; count II speed- ing, 70 mph in a 55 zone; and count III expired plates. publicans who promote the importance of traditional values. It is the Democratic Party that sells openness to alternative lifestyles, abor- tion, re-defining marriage and big government pro- grams that subsidize these kinds of destructive behav- iors. Regarding education, public schools in poor neigh- borhoods are a disaster. Re- publicans promote school choice and opportunities to empower parents to choose where to send their children to school. Democrats uni- formly fight these efforts. Regarding work, the min- imum wage that Democrats so love is a job destroyer. Today's anemic economy is the result of big government Democratic policies. If "favoring the poor" means promoting policies that keep the poor poor, blacks are right. This is Democrats. But if favoring the poor means policies that maximize chances of get- ting out of poverty, these are Republican proposals. Particularly astounding is that 46 percent of black Prot- estants say the Democratic Party is friendly to religion, compared to 25 percent who say the Republican Party is. In a survey done last year by pollster Pat Caddell, 46 percent of Republicans, compared to 23 percent of Democrats, said they at - tend church "regularly." Forty-six percent of Demo- crats said they never attend church or refused to answer the question. How can churchgoing blacks possibly conclude that the Democratic Party, dominated by liberals who don't go to church, who fight for abortion, same-sex mar- riage, and certainly against Christian values in general, is friendlier to religion? Getting another 5 percent of the black vote can mate- rially improve Republican prospects in 2016. It's time to get to work in these com- munities. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Continued from page 1 VOTES can connect to the outside world from the most closed society on earth. For the last decade, by fo- cusing its investments in a narrow range of activities, the leaders in Pyongyang received the worldwide at- tention they crave by join- ing the nuclear club. Of course, the world com- munity has condemned them at the United Nations. And yes, sometimes sanc- tions would be toughened a bit. But the North figured they could survive that. A f- ter all, their Chinese friends are even sending a cable tram for the North's new ski area. Meanwhile, China will continue to bail out their economy, because the Chi- nese leaders do not want a united Korea on their own border, especially not one that has American troops based all the way up to the Yalu River, where Korea and China meet. So what can be done? Much, actually: • We should encourage the U.S. Congress to rein- force the U.N. sanctions on North Korea. And this time, let's go back to the policy of secondary sanctions: In oth- er words, if a Chinese bank is financing energy or food sales to North Korea, slap the embargo on that bank. And if the U.N. won't ap- prove that, the United States can do it unilaterally. • Let's make sure that North Korea is again on the list of state sponsors of ter- rorism. We have plenty of ev- idence to prove that they de- serve inclusion on this elite list. • Let's reassure our South Korean allies of the credibility of the U.S. nucle- ar deterrent. This should in- clude more public and em- phatic U.S. statements. • Our military should in- clude more frequent flybys of B-52s and B-2s, and de- ployments of nuclear-capa- ble tactical aircraft to U.S. bases throughout South Ko- rea. We also should encour- age more visible U.S. Navy surface ship and submarine presence near the Korean Peninsula. Clearly, with the North now having launched four nuclear bombs, built and stockpiled a dozen more, and testing multiple stage rockets, the Korean Penin- sula is no longer the nuclear- free zone that we had hoped for 20 years ago. Today the only nuclear ca- pability on the Korean pen- insula is in the hands of a hereditary madman who shoots his own uncle-advis- er, and eliminates his clos- est military colleagues, lest they become an alternative power center. A new, hard look at the re- gime is clearly in order. Ed Feulner is founder of the Heritage Foundation (heri- tage.org). Continued from page 1 SEOUL Continued from page 1 NIGHT Katiedid vs... by Katiedid Langrock Women helping women I heard on the radio this morning that 83 percent of valentines purchased in the United States are bought by women. No, I thought. This can't be so. I, for one, have always felt very taken care of on Valentine's Day, so it was hard to be- lieve that not many women get showered with love by the men in their lives on this most Hallmark of holidays. I mean, there were the flowers from my husband that one year and the... Oh, wait. Is that it? I've only received one Valen- tine's Day gift from a man?! (Not includ- ing gifts from my dad when I was 8 years old or cards from boys in my elementary school class when you had to hand them out to everyone, naturally.) I racked my brain. Clearly, there must have been presents. Valentine's Day was never a somber day in my world, and you would think that in the absence of physical val- entines, it would have been. Hmm... Ooh! There was that time in junior high when I was given the huge Elmo that was stuffed in my locker by a secret admirer! Wait. Nope. I had written that letter to myself. The Elmo was a gift from my parents. Hmm, there has to be some- thing else... Of course! I was sent that Candygram from my ex-boyfriend Mathew. Wait a minute. Nope, nope, nope. I had made him up, and once again, I had sent that gift to myself. I also had spelled the name of my made-up boyfriend incor- rectly. Apparently, that name almost al- ways has two t's. That's how everyone in school discovered I had made him up. That and, ya know, he didn't actual- ly go to our school. I tell ya, it takes a re- al criminal mastermind to concoct a fake boyfriend who goes to a different school from her own. The more I thought about it the more I realized that nearly all my examples of valentines received from men over the years were bogus. There is one exam- ple to the contrary that really stands out. One year, when my husband and I had first started dating, he bought me the skimpiest string bikini that has ever ex- isted on the face of the planet. It was just a string of beads. When I opened the gift, I laughed. And then I said, "Wait. Seriously? " Edible underwear would have been less provocative and covered more of my body than that bikini did. Despite the dramatic lack of men spending money on me on Feb. 14, my trip down Valentine's Day memory lane was very enjoyable. And it was enjoyable because of the time spent with my girls. My girlfriends and I always have tak- en care of one another. In high school, we sent one another Flowergrams. In college, we bought one another vodka- grams. We always have taken one anoth- er out on dates or enjoyed evenings in with Chinese food, candy and booze. And now that I have kids, my girlfriends buy heart-shaped doughnuts and coffee for me and conversational hearts for my lit- tle ones. My Valentine's Days are always full, and in fact, the best holidays I've had didn't include a man at all. Well, that's not entirely true. When I was 16, my friends gave me the great- est Valentine's Day gift ever: a man. His name was Seth. He had jet-black hair, dark eyes and curly chest hair. He always wore the same black slacks and bow tie. Shirts were too pedestrian for Seth. Oh, and he was inflatable. Seth the miniature blowup doll was 24 inches of fun that was shared by my whole group of girlfriends. Similar to The Elf on the Shelf, Seth was often found in our lockers and posed in silly positions, handing us bowls of candy. He was a staple on our Valen- tine's Day. Always the perfect gentle- man and full of flowers and presents. Sure, occasionally Seth would yawn and use the moment to put his blowup arm around one of our shoulders, but he was always respectful. Seth would be deflat- ed by March, but for a solid decade, he was blown up again every February. The perfect V Day date. Looking back, it makes perfect sense to me that 83 percent of valentines are bought by women. And thank goodness they are. Perhaps when Madeleine Albright said there is a special place in hell for women who don't support other wom- en, she was referring to Valentine's Day. Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/katiedidhumor. The Resurgent Library by Bart Stinson 'State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton' I remember my dad's reaction when President-elect Obama announced in 2008 that he was appointing his rival Hill- ary Clinton as Secretary of State. Dad stared off at the horizon, rubbed his chin, slowly began to nod and finally smiled. "This guy's smart," he said. And I had to agree that, whatever my opinion of Obama's policies, the guy was playing chess when everybody else was playing checkers. By giving Sen. Clinton a meaty ap- pointment, he would absorb her ener- gies and remove her from partisan poli- tics for the duration. If she had remained in the Senate, she could have criticized him and undermined his administration, and perhaps mobilized her supporters to challenge him to a rematch in 2012. Mitt Romney's doom was probably sealed the day Sen. Clinton agreed to resign from the Senate and join the cab- inet of her nemesis. HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton is a book by Jonathan Al- len and Amie Parnes, mostly about Mrs. Clinton's term as Secretary of State, bookended by periods just before and just after her time there. It also follows her husband, Bill's, political activity dur- ing that time. Pike County Public Library has it in audio book form, on 13 compact discs over approximately 16 hours. It's pleas- antly narrated by Broadway actress Kim- berly Farr. This is pain-free, low-commit- ment education. Just pop it in your ve- hicle's CD player and listen while you drive. Allen was White House bureau chief for the Politico website, and Parnes was White House correspondent for The Hill newspaper in Washington. The authors are pros. Yet this is a fawning, largely un- critical treatment of their subject. As far as these authors are concerned, Mrs. Clinton and her department have been en- tirely transparent about Beng- hazi, and Republican legisla- tors have acted in bad faith. They accept the word of Mrs. Clinton's appointees that State Department culpability for the stubborn negligence of security at Benghazi rests 2-3 levels below her. Although the authors mention the Clintons' philanthropy (Clinton Global Initiative) at several points, they never address the accusations of quid pro quo contributions by foreigners who hoped for favorable decisions at the State De- partment. They refer 2-3 times, without elabora- tion, to Clinton's "deep Wesleyan faith" as her motivation for public service. This caught me by surprise because, in the decades I've been following news cover- age of her, I only remember her mention- ing her religion once. She didn't say exactly what it was, but referred to it as "(her) faith tradition." The context was interfaith, and she made no extraordinary claims for her partic- ular faith tradition. That didn't strike me as Wesleyan. And one wonders what George Whitefield or either of the Wes- ley brothers would have recognized in her views on abortion of human children, and on homosexual marriage. But this CD audio book is not a waste of time. There's some fascinating "in- side baseball," drawn from over 200 in- terviews, about the difficulties and even- tual success of integrating Team Clin- ton with Team Obama at the State De- partment. There's some good re- porting on ex-President Bill Clinton's steady, methodical vengeance against disloyal former Hillary supporters who went over to Obama in 2008. Even as the friend- ship between the Clin- tons and Obamas blos- somed during Hillary's term at the State Depart- ment, the ex-President took scalp after scalp from President Obama's unprotect- ed supporters. Loyalty is the basic theme of the book. The Clintons reciprocated loyalty, and they systematically reciprocated disloy- alty. The book opens with two Clinton cam- paign staffers laboring after the election to assemble a large and complex data- base; an "enemies list" of people whom the Clintons felt had betrayed them in the 2008 contest with Barack Obama. Very few Obama supporters escaped with their political careers once Bill Clin- ton had them in the cross-hairs, and Pres. Obama rarely defended his sup- porters against the ex-president. If you're a political junkie like me, you'll find HRC fascinating. It's not hard- nosed investigative journalism. Some of it, arguably, is Hillary Clinton propa- ganda. But there's a lot of skillful report- ing on the nuts and bolts of the White House and State Department between 2009 and 2013, and some very good re- porting on Bill Clinton's determined re- venge against Democrats who let Hill- ary down. over every single crossing. • • • So there it is, art for the people! Our little Midwest- ern Gothic story is under- way. Will Frederick ever find a better job? Is Old Man Du- bois a mystical buffalo whis- perer? And isn't there a law against parking trains on railroad crossings? Stay tuned to find out!