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D-2 Opinion Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court Stephen D. Haug charged with child solicitation, a level 4 felony. John D. Woodall charged with op- erating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more with a passenger less than 18 years of age, a level 6 felony. Markes G. Straw II charged with count I residential entry, a level 6 felo- ny, and count II domestic battery. Jason M. Jones charged with count I operating a vehicle as an habitual traf- fic violator, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of methamphetamine. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Jose Angel Gonzales-Chavez charged with operating a motor vehi- cle without ever receiving a license. Dalton James Howard charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic bev- erage. Jason P. Chilton charged with pos- session of marijuana. Natasha B. Kopp charged with count I possession of marijuana and count I possession of paraphernalia. Hannah Nicole Fleck charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic bev- erage. Joyce Marie Thacker charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic bev- erage. Barbara J. Sharp charged with two counts of check deception. Jarred Richard Newport charged with invasion of privacy. Russell H. Nelson charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and count II leav- ing the scene of an accident. Sydney J. Hollaway charged with passing school bus when arm signal device is extended. Adam J. White charged with public intoxication. Brandon K. Miller charged with shooting from or across a public high- way. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Ally Financial Inc. sues Carl L. Pease and Daneisha D. Carter on complaint. Midland Funding sues Dawn Arnold on complaint. Michael W. Hart sues Pike County Prosecutor and Indiana Bureau of Mo- tor Vehicles on complaint. Navieve Financial Corporation sues Susan R. Bailey and Richard E. Bailey on complaint. Kyla Sue Sutt sues Charles Allen Sutt for dissolution of marriage. Kaitlyn Rayos sues Cenobio Rayos II for dissolution of marriage. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Kerry Adler charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Ian Allen charged with seatbelt vio- lation. Stacia Buechlein charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Ivy Cornelius charged with seatbelt violation. Luke Cox charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Jonas Hamilton charged with seat- belt violation. Scott Hendrixson charged with seat- belt violation. Trevor Henke charged with seatbelt violation. Kyle Kingrey charged with seatbelt violation. Robert Lee charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Derek McCandless charged with speeding, 60 mph in a 45 zone. Jaylon Owens charged with seatbelt violation. Christopher Spradlin charged with seatbelt violation. Adam Trockman charged with seat- belt violation. Joshua Ward charged with seatbelt violation. Donald Watson charged with speed- ing, 54 mph in a 35 zone. Sean Guerrero charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Kameron Harris charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Kendra Harvey charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Jordon Thomas-Robinson charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Elijah Bradley charged with littering. sis" — the kind of thing that Japan (which is about 20 years ahead of us) is go- ing through. It's getting harder and harder to avoid it, but it can be done. Pro- vided, of course, members of Congress are willing to put their political differenc- es and pet projects aside to work with President Trump to return accountability to Washington. Another reason to tame out-of-control spending is because of how it feeds the size of government. As Ms. Boccia writes: "Smart cuts can 'drain the swamp' by weaning spe- cial interests from feed- ing unfairly from the fed- eral trough. They can also streamline the bloated fed- eral bureaucracy and em- power the private sector — as well as states and locali- ties — to absorb functions the federal government has improperly usurped." That's a key concept, though: "smart cuts." Con- gress has tried across- the-board cuts before, but that's a mistake. Some de- partments are infected with far more wasteful spending than others. And some have absorbed too many cuts al- ready — most notably, de- fense. Our military has been trying to protect us on the cheap for several years now, leading to a readiness crisis that has left our mili- tary stretched thin in many parts of the world. It will take time and effort to root out wasteful spend- ing and restore the feder- al government to its prop- er size. But when you con- sider the result — not on- ly an averted crisis, but a stronger, freer, more vibrant economy — the only ques- tion for our elected repre- sentatives is: Why are you taking so long to get start- ed? Ed Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). Continued from page 1 DEBT fact that her missionary par- ents had been executed by Japanese soldiers as spies in the Philippines. Here bit- terness was overcome by the Power of Christ. This act of kindness by a woman whose parents were killed could not be squared in Fuchida's mind. He had lived the soldier's code of Bushido, which taught that it was a "responsibility for an offended party to seek revenge and restore honor." To Fuchida, the murderer of one's parents becomes a sworn enemy for life. He could not understand why Covell would treat an enemy with love and forgiveness. Many months later Fu- chida as he was passing through a train station in To- kyo he was handed a pam- phlet "I Was a Prisoner of Japan." The tract was about the life of Jacob DeShazer, a member of the 1942 Doolit- tle Raid who was captured by the Japanese and en- dured 40 months of torture and brutality while a POW. Within the pages Fuchida read of DeShazer's story and his "awakening to God." Like Covell, he was an em- bittered man, but through the power of Christ he as able to forgive. Fuchida became curious of this Christian faith and became a Christian in 1949. Fuchida created the Captain Fuchida Evangelistical As- sociation in Seattle, Wash- ington and spent the rest of his life as an evangelist for Christ. This story has faded with time, but the power of Christ has not! General Douglas McAr- thur's closing words at the surrender of Japan are worth repeating "It is my earnest hope and indeed the hope and indeed the hope of all mankind that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past—a world founded upon faith and understand- ing—a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cher- ished wish—for freedom, tolerance and justice…Let us pray that peace be now re- stored to the world and that God will preserve it always." Noble words that men have dismissed-but the Pow- er of Christ remains. Think about it! Continued from page 1 HOPE Continued from page 1 MONUMENTS wished on their ancestors, what he fought for, was part of his character. It was no mere friendly disagreement. Why should A frican-Ameri- cans have to tolerate a stat- ue of their nemesis Robert E. Lee in municipal spaces? Because of the Compromise of 1877. Eleven years after Appo- mattox, the 1876 presiden- tial election resulted in a standoff in the electoral col- lege. In return for conced- ing the election to the Re- publicans, Democrats de- manded that federal forces be withdrawn from Louisi- ana and two other states. They promised to observe the ex-slaves' newly mint- ed Constitutional rights, but as soon as the soldiers left, Democratic intimida- tion, legal wrangling and outright terrorism prevent- ed A frican-Americans from voting, and the Republican governments fell. Jim Crow discrimination and segrega- tion laws quickly followed, as Democrats regained con- trol of the state legislature and municipal governments. This is what New Orleans' Robert E. Lee monument, erected in 1884, celebrates. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said the Confederate statues were a part of post-Reconstruc- tion terrorism "as much as burning a cross on some- one's lawn" intended to send a message "about who was still in charge in this city." Referring to the romantic Southern "Cult of the Lost Cause," Landrieu notes the monuments celebrate "a fic- tional, sanitized Confeder- acy; ignoring the death, ig- noring the enslavement and the terror that it actually stood for." May they come down, and stay down. Are you standing against this evil? Letters to the Editor net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year. Pursuit of the Cure by Star Parker Liberal fight against freedom turns violent Intolerance, at times exploding in- to violence, is spreading throughout our society. And it's coming from the political left. It's happening on college campus- es. Most recently, students walked out on Vice President Mike Pence's com- mencement address at Notre Dame University. Secretary of Education Betsy De- Vos was interrupted by boos and jeers at her commencement address at his- torically black Bethune-Cookman Uni- versity. Conservative scholar Charles Mur- ray was met with violent protests and physically assaulted at Middlebury College. Another conservative schol- ar, Heather MacDonald, was violently shut down in a presentation she was giving at Claremont McKenna College. These are just a couple examples. Now it's spreading off college cam- puses with reports of violence and threats toward Republican members of congress, and their families, as they hold town halls in their districts. A column in The Hill newspaper bears the headline, "Republicans fear- ing for their safety as anger, threats mount." What's happening? A recent commentary in Forbes Magazine from a London School of Business professor calls this "The Post-Truth World." He describes a prevailing feeling of helplessness as individuals inhabit a world in which knowledge is, in gen- eral, exploding but each individual knows, relatively, less and less. And he points to a world in which business and politics are becoming increasing- ly interdependent. New York University psychologist Jonathan Haidt attributes what's hap- pening to a culture in which young peo- ple are not forced to deal with op- posing viewpoints. This, says Haidt, is amplified by so- cial media, which serves to reinforce existing biases. But all this doesn't explain why the intoler- ance and violence is coming mainly from the political left. A new survey from the Pew Re- search Center sheds light on this. Sixty-six percent of Republicans compared to 29 percent of Democrats say that a person is rich "because they worked harder than most people" rath- er than because of having personal ad- vantages in life. This 37 percent differ- ence in attitudes of Republicans and Democrats about why some people are rich is 12 points larger today than where it stood just three years ago in 2014. Seventy-one percent of Democrats compared to 32 percent of Republi- cans say someone is poor because of "circumstances beyond a person's con- trol," rather than because of "lack of effort." This 37 percent difference be- tween Republicans and Democrats in attitudes regarding why someone is poor is 19 points larger than where it stood three years ago in 2014. The nation is becoming increasing- ly polarized on the very fundamental question regarding the extent to which individuals have control over their own life. Across the nation's whole popula- tion, 53 percent feel poverty is the re- sult of circumstances beyond an indi- vidual's control compared to 34 per- cent who see poverty as the result of lack of effort. What is the meaning of freedom in a country where more than half its citizens feel fate rather than choice governs their life? Not surprisingly, for the first time in 8 years, according to Pew, more Americans (48 percent) say they want bigger government than say they want smaller government (45 percent). Conservatives are exposed to the same cultural and technological forc- es as liberals. But it's not what comes from outside that determines human behavior. It's what comes from inside – the individual's attitudes and ap- proach to life. Liberal mentality, increasingly dom- inated by moral relativism, produces a culture of victimhood. The victim sees life exclusively in political terms, see- ing political power and government as the means to a better life, rather than freedom and personal responsibility. With Republicans now in power, try- ing to restore economic vitality and fiscal balance by limiting government and expanding personal freedom, the left sees this as a threat, not an oppor- tunity. We all should be deeply troubled that, in the "land of the free and home of the brave," some are turning to vio- lence to battle the prospect of becom- ing freer. Star Parker is an author and presi- dent of CURE, Center for Urban Renew- al and Education. Contact her at www. urbancure.org. I recommend readers of this paper to re-read Bart Stinson's piece in the May 3 edition, and my life-long friend Barry Pirkle's response in the May 10 edition. Now, I don't pretend to compare Bar- ry's list of sheepskin diplomata against mine. I'll forgo the several political is- sues raised by Mr. Stinson on the union/NAF TA topics, but Bart Stin- son was clearly referring to the indus- trialized abortion industry, where 60 million babies have been killed since Roe v. Wade. I noticed my friend Barry did not say the words abortion, or Roe v. Wade during his rebuttal. This is a family newspaper, so I won't detail the process of abortion here, but read words from any former Planned Parenthood employee, and they'll usu- ally describe in vivid terms the inva- sion of metal instruments into a moth- er's body, to rid it of the baby mass. Yes, you are reading me correctly, and Planned Parenthood is not the only provider of this service. In the Book of Acts, Saul of Tarsus(Paul) did not pick up a stone to hurl at Stephen, the first Christian martyr, but he held the coats of those who did. I feel people who support the abortion process, and "rights" are in- deed holding the coats for those who perform. These wave high the left hand of "rights" and healthcare, while approving and supporting the lower right hand under the table, holding the tools of death for the unprotected among us. I don't care which label you use be- hind your name, i.e. Republican, Demo- crat, Christian or Agnostic, if you wave a sign, or hold the coats of those who do, for the legal killing of our young, you are complicit in these deaths. Are you holding coats, or standing against this evil? Richard Burns Fort Pierce, Fla. Supporting Life To the editor: In your May 17 edition, in your opin- ion column by Walter E. Williams, he states: May Day celebrations were held with leftist radicals and unionists wor- shiping the ideals of communism. He is lumping me and millions like me in a group we have nothing to do with. I have never been to a May Day cel- ebration, I don't know anyone who has gone to this celebration of slavery. I have been a Union member for 40 years, and was asked upon application for Union membership, "Have you ever been a member of the communist par- ty? " A yes would have disqualified me from membership. Do not label me a communist or left- ist due to my Union membership, it is comparable to labeling members of the radical right as Nazis. In an ideal world there would be no need for unions, but sadly the corpo- rate motto has morphed into, "There is no right or wrong, only money." Thank you, Robert Heiden I'm not a communist due to my Union membership Want to share your news with others? The Press-Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. NEWS! 812-354-8500