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D-8 Opinion Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Press-Dispatch missiles, as well as our sea- based Aegis system. Aegis can target short- and inter- mediate-range ballistic mis- siles. But with the threat of longer-range destruction from Pyongyang and else- where growing, it's time to focus on how we can in- crease the amount of protec- tion we have. Increasing the number of interceptors in our GMD system certainly leads the list. As Ms. Dodge notes, 44 should be a minimum num- ber. But the current budget- ary plan doesn't allow for us to maintain those 44 into the 2020s. We obviously need to allocate the necessary funds for that – and sooner rather than later. But that's not enough. We also should invest in space- based interceptors (which are far better equipped to shoot down missiles in their initial "boost" phase, when they are moving more slow- ly) and in future missile-de- fense technologies. Some of these technologies were scaled back under President Obama, but the current sit- uation with North Korea strongly suggests it's time to change that. Of course, North Ko- rea isn't the only threat out there. Its saber-rattling rhet- oric often draws the most attention, but Iran also has a large arsenal of ballis- tic missiles, and its nucle- ar program is quite active. And Russia and China have plenty of ballistic missiles on hand. The need for a more robust U.S. missile defense becomes more pressing all the time. We've come a long way from the days of Mutually Assured Destruction. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty tied our hands for three de- cades. We've beefed up our missile defenses quite a bit since then, but much more needs to be done. There are plenty of places in the federal budget where we can cut. But security isn't one of them. It's time to make our missile-defense system more muscular. Ed Feulner is founder of the Heritage Foundation (heri- tage.org) Continued from page 7 DEFENSE So having said this, the approach to the problem consists of analyzing why a precious human being falls vic- tim to addiction. It is a meticulous and painstaking process and sometimes the cause or causes can be mind bewil- dering. Scientists and experts in this field of addiction and substance abuse work very hard to understand and fight this war. Add to the tragedy the greed of the suppliers who flood the world with addicting materials for the lust for money. Kind of strong words. Sorry, but it is what it is. • • • So how then do we reverse the curse or the course? We are blessed that at this point and time of our era we have made some good progress in the un- derstanding and remedy of this matter. We have achieved some good under- standing of the chemistry of the brain. We have understood the role of the so- cial and psychological aspects of the illness. We have achieved some suc- cess in the treatment of the disease, but unfortunately we have not com- pletely solved this dilemma. How I wish this disease would go away just like we have conquered smallpox and polio, and good success on treating various ailments. In my simple way of thinking, here's what I think might help. First, we must attack and "wage war" on the flood of drugs smuggled into our country. It is a relentless battle because of the greed for money by suppliers. You hear in the news and see on T V how creative sup- pliers are in sneaking in their evil prod- ucts. Sadly, the consumers of this poi- son sustain the supply and demand. Secondly, we hope the health care profession will have a change of strate- gy in controlling the misery of chronic pain. Believe me, the request for pain relieving medications is relentless and non-stop. Ask any health care professional. I remember a friend pharmacist and ma- ny other pharmacists I have spoken to about their overwhelming challenge to cope with issuing of pain medica- tions. I remember they tell me that 90 - 95% of their daily frustration is keeping track and accurate and safe dispens- ing of opioids. There is just a relentless cat and mouse game to keep this activity un- der control. It just wears out those in the frontline. True we have real pain experiences since human beings are afflicted with physical and emotional pain. But we must also learn how to manage this misery with non-addict- ing means. So winning the battle starts with a change of heart- of everyone. There has been a lot of focus on spending money for an antidote such as Narcan and while that is a great remedy to save lives in emergencies, resources should also be spent to educate the public on causes of addiction and focus on them. For lack of time and space, I'll share a few more thoughts on the next go around. • • • Gambling as an addiction...... Six retired Italian Floridians were playing poker in a condo clubhouse when Guido loses $500 on a single hand. He was upset, clutches his chest and drops dead. Showing respect for the fallen comrade, the other five con- tinue playing, but while standing up. At the end of the game, Giovanni looks around and asks, "So, who is gon- na tell his wife? " They cut the cards. Pasquale picks the low card and has to carry the news. They told him to be discreet, be gentle and don't make a bad situation worse. "Discreet? Amicos, I'm the most dis- crete person you will ever meet. Dis- cretion is my middle name. Leave it to me! " So Pasquale goes over to Guido's home and knocks on the door. The si- gnora wife answers the door and asks what he wants? Pasquale declares: "Your marito husband lost $500 in a poker game and is afraid to go home." The wife nonchalantly says, "Tell Guido to drop dead! " Pasquale with wide bewildered eyes said, " Signori- na, I go tell him! " Have a great week! Continued from page 7 OPIOID first to define it, and then im- prison most of the human race. Who would watch the inmates? Hate crimes and hate speech go together as the logic unfolds before us. But how do you outlaw a thought? George Orwell's book 1984 is a fictional ac - count of how a maniacal state had siezed the reins of power and indoctrinated ev- eryone. It is of interest that his book was to have been titled 1948, but his publish- ers urged him to change the date, so he just inverted the year. In real life, the commu- nist world developed reed- ucation camps for the way- ward thinkers if the author- ities felt you were not better off dead. The Soviets under Stalin developed a slave la- bor system to take care of their dissidents. For exam- ple, Russian writer Alexan- der Solzhenitsyn was ar- rested while fighting for the motherland in World War Two for "creating anti-Sovi- et propaganda;" his crime was making a few snide re- marks about the conduct of the war to a friend. Sol- zhenitsyn in his book The Gulag Archipelago admits if it weren't for the interven- tion of another internee, he would have died. Jesus Himself upbraided His detractors as they con- spired to marginalize or kill Him because He pointed out their hypocrisy and sinful- ness: The prophets foretold of the loathing that would be heaved upon Jesus when they wrote, "They hated Me without a cause." All of us need to take a step backwards before we drag one another off the cliff and into the abyss of hate. By the way, Jesus is still a change agent and antidote to hate! Think about it! Continued from page 7 BOYCOTT Continued from page 7 RACISM Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit court Mary J. Petry charged with count I dealing in methamphetamine, a lev- el 2 felony, and count II possession of methamphetamine. Aron M. Albrecht charged with count I escape, a level 5 felony, count II resisting law enforcement and count III theft. Tabitha D. Ochs charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Misty D. Krieg charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, count II maintaining a common nuisance - controlled sub- stances, and count III possession of paraphernalia. Jeremy A. Purkiser charged with possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony. Jason D. Schisel charged with op- erating a vehicle as an habitual traf- fic violator, a level 6 felony. Brandon A. Maikranz charged with count I possession of metham- phetamine, a level 6 felony, count II maintaining a common nuisance - controlled substances, and count III possession of paraphernalia. Derek M. Brothers charged with count I child solicitation, a level 5 felony, and count II dissemination of matter harmful to others. Cody A. Reavis charged with count I neglect of a dependent, a level 6 fel- ony, count II neglect of a dependent, and count III possession of metham- phetamine. Brooklyn N. Cates AK A Brooklyn N. Re charged with count I neglect of a dependent, a level 6 felony, count II neglect of a dependent, and count III possession of methamphetamine. Jeremy R. Drew charged with count I obstruction of justice, a lev- el 6 felony, and count II habitual of- fender. In re: search warrant. In re: search warrant. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Mark Sturgeon sues Deric Steward on complaint. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Kayla S. Kell charged with count I visiting a common nuisance - con- trolled substances and count II pos- session of paraphernalia. Aaron E. Mason charged with vis- iting a common nuisance - controlled substances and count II possession of paraphernalia. Angel S. Herrera charged with op- erating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. Aaron M. Boyer charged with driv- ing while suspended. Tabatha J. Fritz charged with pos- session of paraphernalia. Samantha M. Morales charged with possession of paraphernalia. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court Portfolio Recovery Associates sues Tyler Snyder on complaint. Allison D. Mose sues Ross A. Mose for dissolution of marriage. Alice K. Gardner sues Tony L. Gardner for dissolution of marriage. Karen Ann Stanton sues Keith Al- len Stanton for dissolution of mar- riage. Chelsea Potts sues Jarod Potts for dissolution of marriage. Ashley Goodwin sues Kennith Goodwin for dissolution of marriage. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Felixia Banks charged with speed- ing, 79 mph on a 70 zone. Christian Corgan charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Dean Domogala charged with un- safe lane movement. Daniel Gironza, Jr. charged with speeding, 84 mph on a 70 zone. William Herd charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Kaela Hodges charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Shogo Inoue charged with speed- ing, 89 mph in a 70 zone. Carlo Jennings charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Michael Kertesz charged with speeding, 79 mph in a 70 zone. William James Kiogima charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Nicole Kitson charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. George Kosturos charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Alex Mayer charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jordan Montgomery charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 50 zone. Ernest Stapor charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Adam Wallskog charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Emily Weiss charged with speed- ing, 79 mph in a 70 zone. Kelsey Atkins charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Bernard Beier charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Corey Cox charged with seatbelt violation. John Dillon charged with seatbelt violation. Crit Downing charged with seat- belt violation. Christopher Hatt charged with seatbelt violation. Vaughn Heldt charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Jeremy Henderson charged with speeding in school zone, 52 mph in a 25 zone. Olmando Joseph charged with speeding, 78 mph in a 55 zone. Bart Meyer charged with speed- ing, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Amarish Pandey charged with speeding, 99 mph in a 70 zone. Francis Piersma, Jr. charged with speeding 78 mph in a 55 zone. Kirsten Powell charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Michael Rowe charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 40 zone. Jacob Saucerman charged with count I operating a motor vehicle with a false plate and count II oper- ating a motor vehicle without finan- cial responsibility. Michael Schapker charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. John Thurston charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Jeff Titzer charged with speeding in school zone, 34 mph in a 25 zone. William Vaughn charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Luke Vinnedge charged with seat- belt violation. Madeline White charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. James C. Like charged with oper- ating a motor vehicle without finan- cial responsibility. Justin Freyberger charged with failure to register an off-road vehicle. Nathan Welch charged with failure to register an off-road vehicle. Adam Capehart charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Kaleb Claridge charged with speeding, 54 mph in a 45 zone. Lorraine Deffendoll charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Janine Eck charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Adia Eldridge charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Zachary Furbee charged with speeding, 93 mph in a 70 zone. Robert Jones charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Brandon Roudebush charged with seatbelt violation. Scott Stenfenagel charged with speeding, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Cristy Wenzel charged with no op- erator's license in possession. Gabriel Williamson charged with speeding, 93 mph in a 70 zone. Valerie Wood charged with speed- ing, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Christopher Brooks charged with speeding, 83 mph in a 70 zone. Angela Hayden charged with speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Lewis Linder charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Cory Mills charged with speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Matthew Owen charged with speeding, 80 mph in a 70 zone. Sierra Stidam charged with count I operating a vehicle without finan- cial responsibility and count II fail- ure to register. President Trump because he is hateful and divisive, not a "real" Republican. These are matters of opinion, and Dan- forth is entitled to his. But what is indisputable is that Trump has been the stron- gest pro-life U.S. president since Roe v. Wade. I've said I would vote for Teddy Kennedy himself if he were a reliable pro-life vote on the Senate floor. Trump's pro-life fidelity has earned my loyalty. I was as dismayed by the locker room potty-mouth, as impa- tient with the childish social media feuding as anybody. But lives are on the line— defenseless and innocent un- born lives—and I am both grateful and relieved that this flawed president has compassion for the unborn, and a sense of urgency. Danforth, anointed by CNN as a "highly respected" Republican and identified by softball NPR interviewers as an "ordained Episcopal priest," voted the Clintons' Abortion Clinic Access Bill out of conference commit- tee in 1994, and voted "yea" on the Senate floor. It estab- lished federal fines and im- prisonment for nonviolent rescuers who blocked phys- ical access to abortion facil- ities, and empowered the abortion industry to seek punitive damages against rescuers. Danforth says Trump has corrupted the Republican Party. Any corrupter since 1994 has stood on the gigan- tic shoulders of John Dan- forth and ilk. Continued from page 7 TIME solutely right, but he goes astray when he argues that investigating discrimination against whites raises a dif- ferent set of questions. He says, "Generically, whites have not been the subject of historic discrimination." Dershowitz's vision fails to see people as humans, be- cause what human is deserv- ing of racial discrimination? Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Letter to the Editor Media does not want our president to succeed Continued from page 7 BLINDSIDED hard as it is to witness as parents, our children have to fall down and make mis- takes sometimes so they can learn from them. Next time we're at the play area, I bet Flannery will be a lit- tle more cautious. If she has a bully, she'll learn how to overcome difficulties and still succeed. When a boy breaks her heart, she'll learn the value of healthy relationships, and she'll learn that her worth isn't tied up in what other people think of her. They're tough lessons, but I had to go through them, Alden had to go through them, and Flannery will go through them, too. Flannery isn't just my daughter. She's her own person, who has to live her own life, have her own ex- periences, and even make her own mistakes. It's a hard pill to swallow as a parent, but the sooner I can accept it, the better off I (and Flannery) will be. ALDEN'S STUFF OF THE WEEK Book: If you like a touch of the surreal in your life, you might enjoy Evan Dahm's Rice Boy series, readable for free at http:// www.rice-boy.com/see. Entertainment: We've been watching a lot of Martha Stewart's Cooking School lately. Talk to me, Martha. Haiku: In Kyoto, hearing the cuckoo, I long for Kyoto. -Basho net edition PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's the paper. Just digital. Day after day the drum beat goes on as the left wing media tries to do everything they possibly can to bring down the presidency of Donald Trump. So called news experts make no bones about their dislike for our president and they put their negative spin on ev- ery news report in order to cast a black cloud over this Presidency. The media has banded together with Hollywood, the Democratic Party, Trump Haters and other organizations that cannot get over the fact that Don- ald Trump surprised them last Novem- ber and pulled off an upset win over their favorite candidate Hillary Clin- ton. We see this over and over again as syndicated columnist even in our local newspapers find anything they can to complain about and sometimes just rehash the same narrative "Rus- sia, Russia and more Russia." In the recent incident in Charlottesville VA, even though the President condemned the far right it was not enough for the media because he chastised both sides for the violence. It does not make any difference what this President says or does, the liberal media finds major fault with it and in their slanted newscasts they go on and on about how he has failed as our pres- ident. The media complains about how the president berates the media but do they ever stop and think about what the media is doing to the President. The media keeps gouging the Presi- dent day after day so why should they expect him to say nice things about them? Many voters have been upset with the media over the years because they do not report the news without in- jecting their personal point of view in- to the story. I know President Trump may not be as diplomatic as we would like but he has a job to do and he is de- termined to get it done. I know I have mentioned this be- fore in previous articles but the pro-life gains have been greater under Presi- dent Trump than any Republican Pres- ident. This President has done more to stem the tide of abortion by his ap- pointments and cutting funding for abortion in this country and overseas than any President that I can recall. At this point we must turn to prayer and pray for our President and for all our leaders in government and for our Nation. We must pray for those who op- pose our President so they will have a change of heart and learn to respect the Office of the President and respect those in position of authority whether it be our President, leaders in govern- ment or the policeman on the street. We pray for more harmony among all concerned. I know it will not be easy but the with the power of prayer we can do wonders, let us try. Louis Kavanaugh Jr. Montgomery, In. 47553