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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, April 4, 2018 B- 5 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. Letter to the Editor Unions and the 'Right to Work' the door, and sat upon it. And those Roman soldiers on watch shook with terror and became "as dead men." The soldiers fled the scene in panic. Did they go tell Pi- late? No! Instead they fled to the chief priests and told them what had hap- pened. Were the soldiers accused of lying? No! In- stead the religious author- ities hatched a plan to sup- press this incident. They bribed the soldiers to tell whoever asked, "His dis- ciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they took the mon- ey, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day." For the Roman watch to allow someone to break the seal and steal the body would have meant death to the soldiers. If no guard had been posted, no seal placed on the tomb, there would have been no eye- witness to the resurrec- tion. Who better to authen- ticate the Lord's resurrec- tion than a Roman guard? The sealing of the tomb and placing a watch would have the opposite effect; it would spread the good news of Jesus Christ. A fter the resurrection Jesus' appeared to the women, the disciples on the road to Emmaus, and the 11 apostles, but the best is yet to come. The Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus "…was seen by over 500 people at one time; of whom most are still alive, but some have since died." Twenty years after the resurrection and ascen- sion of Jesus there were still nearly 500 people who could give direct first-per- son eyewitness testimony to the resurrection of Je- sus Christ! It is interesting to note that Paul did not see the resurrected Jesus until after Christ's ascension; Then last of all, He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time (1Co 15:8). He places his testi- mony last. Is Paul truly the last dis- ciple to see Jesus or are there more? What about you? Can you give testi- mony to the resurrected Christ? "You ask me how I know He lives; He lives within my heart! " Think about it! Continued from page 4 POWER Continued from page 4 IGNORANT Continued from page 4 SMARTER? Continued from page 4 EGG HUNTS Continued from page 4 SDI Pursuit of the Cure by Star Parker Gun control movement is the polar opposite of civil rights movement Covering the pro-gun control March for Our Lives in Washington, CNN ran a headline that read, "They're march- ing through the same streets as Mar- tin Luther King Jr. did — hoping for similar change." The article then quoted a 16 -year-old as saying, "The civil rights movement was started by teenagers." How can we expect to properly deal with an issue as serious as guns and the Second Amendment when the me- dia peddle such ignorance? It should be sufficient to point out that Dr. King and Rosa Parks were not teenage activists. But more seriously, it is critical to understand that this current move- ment to limit the ability of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment right to own a firearm is at total philo- sophical odds with what the civil rights movement aimed to accomplish. The civil rights movement was about fixing what was broken in America re- garding the ideals of individual free- dom and dignity. When King spoke his famous words at the National Mall in August 1963, his appeal was to perfect the Ameri- can ideal. He called the "magnificent words of the Constitution and the Dec- laration of Independence" a "promisso- ry note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men ... would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." King's movement shone light on the fact that there was pain and suffering in the country because there were still Americans who were not free. That is what needed to be fixed. Today's movement against guns and the Second Amendment aims in the opposite di- rection. The claim of this movement is that we have pain and suffering in our nation because we are too free. The march- ers and others are telling us we can make a better nation by using the force of government to scale back our freedoms. In a USA Today column, Obama- era Secretary of Education Arne Dun- can and Dale Erquiaga, a former su- perintendent of public instruction for Nevada's schools, tell us: "Children should not have to pass through met- al detectors to go to school. Nor should teachers have to arm themselves to keep students safe." Why not? Is having children walk through met- al detectors to go to school too high a price to pay to avoid scaling back our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms? Is having armed guards and/or armed teachers too high a price to deal with the costs and demands of our free so- ciety, as opposed to dealing with these challenges by choosing to use govern- ment force to scale back our freedoms? Perhaps metal detectors and oth- er measures to make schools more secure and less vulnerable to attack would play an important role in our ed- ucational process to help our young people understand that freedom is not free. We have a young generation in our country today from whom we ask noth- ing for the privilege of living in free- dom. The idea that part of living free is taking person- al responsibility has become a concept alien to many of our young Americans. We might recall the fall of 1957, when President Dwight Eisenhower fed- eralized the Arkansas Na- tional Guard, which Arkan- sas Gov. Orval Faubus had used to block nine black children from entering Little Rock's Central High School to attend school. Eisenhower then sent in more federal troops to protect these black children and their right to attend this school. Eisenhower, who had served as su- preme commander of Allied troops in Europe during World War II, under- stood force and understood freedom. He said it would be "a sad day for this country ... if schoolchildren can safe- ly attend their classes only under the protection of armed guards." The nation watched aghast as feder- al paratroopers were deployed to Cen- tral High School. It was an excruciat- ingly difficult decision for Eisenhow- er, but in the end, he concluded that he had to do it "to preserve the insti- tutions of free government." Republicans might note Eisenhow- er's example and recall that in 1956, Republican Eisenhower received 39 percent of the black vote. Star Parker is an author and presi- dent of CURE, the Center for Urban Re- newal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Janet M. Paradis charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Isaac J. Goldman charged with count I maintaining a common nui- sance - controlled substances, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of a controlled substance. Joseph W. Robling charged with count I theft, a level 6 felony, and count II unauthorized entry of a motor ve- hicle. Klarissa Rene Wright charged with theft, a level 6 felony. Alexis Brock petitions for interstate probation transfer. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Autumn L. Roberts charged with count I public intoxication and count II false informing. Kelby J. Pepmeier charged with op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated. Mark A. Brugger charged with un- lawful taking of a deer or wild turkey. John Robert Bottorff charged with inhaling toxic vapors. Dennis G. Alford charged with count I possession of a controlled substance and count II operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance in the body. Kody Alexander Neu charged with operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more. Colt Ray Walker charged with driv- ing while suspended. Jeremy M. Hardy charged with driv- ing while suspended. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Personal Finance Company sues Mark Nowark and Julia Nowark on complaint. Personal Finance Company sues Heather R. Loveless on complaint. Louis and Glenna Russo sue Barry W. Parker, Candice D. Parker, Elijah Parker and Kelly Parker on complaint. Bayview Loan Serving sues Glenn Smith on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Kyle Branam charged with speed- ing, 59 mph in a 45 zone. Thomas Byrum charged with speed- ing, 60 mph in a 40 zone. Haylee Humphreys charged with speeding, 81 mph in a 55 zone. Richard Inman charged with speed- ing, 39 mph in a 25 zone. Brittany Knight charged with speed- ing, 59 mph in a 45 zone. Janessa Moore charged with count I driving while suspended and count II operating a motor vehicle with a fic- titious plate. Jarrett Myers charged with speed- ing, 67 mph in a 55 zone. Tina Shover charged with driving while suspended. Cynthia Wells charged with seatbelt violation. Kimberly Miller charged with know- ingly authorizing a violation of IC 9 - 18.1-14-11. To the Editor: Gentlemen, In response to Heritage Viewpoint of March 21. While I do not approve of harass- ment of any employee who has not joined a Union, I must point out that "Right to Work" is part of a continuing erosion bargaining ability of Unions. The beauty of "Right to Work" is Mr. Herr continues to receive bene- fits from Union representation with- out contributing to the support of the Union. He is wrong to think their is no value in a collective bargaining agreement, he would certainly receive less in the way of pay, pension and working con- ditions. If he was a thinking man he should see what a comparable job pays in our southern tier states and give the differ- ence back to his employer. While the south is a beautiful place, full of friend- ly people, I wouldn't want to make a liv- ing there. Don't worry, "Right to work" will bring lower wages, abolition of pen- sions, a reduction in health insurance and a lower living standard. Mr. Herr is correct, he does not have to join a Union, send his children to col- lege, or retire with dignity. Thank you, Robert Heiden of knowledge that's part and parcel of the vision of intellectual elites and pol- iticians. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. ally sincere was apparent- ly the only possibility they didn't consider. "I've had to tell the Sovi- et leaders a hundred times that the SDI was not a bar- gaining chip," Mr. Reagan wrote. "I've told them I'd share it with others will- ing to give up their nucle- ar missiles. We all know how to make the missiles. One day a madman could come along and make the missiles and blackmail all of us, but not if we have a defense against them." That last sentence, of course, shows how for- ward-thinking Mr. Reagan was. Because in 2018, the nature of the threats fac- ing the United States have indeed changed. We are dealing with many more adversaries than just the Soviet Union, and we know even less about them than we did about the Soviets. Fortunately, thanks to SDI and the programs that developed in its wake, we have at least a basic mis- sile defense in place today. But it's been hampered at times by its political foes, and so it remains not near- ly as well-developed as it could be. We have land-based mis- sile-defense interceptors, but we need to invest in space-based ones as well. We should also develop and deploy directed-ener- gy weapons, building on the research and develop- ment legacy of the SDI pro- gram. With ballistic mis- sile technologies prolifer- ating at a rapid rate, the task is more urgent than ever. "Our only purpose — one all people share — is to search for ways to re- duce the danger of nuclear war," Mr. Reagan told the nation on March 23, 1983. A more robust missile de- fense is one of the primary ways we can do that. Let's get back to work. Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation. Every year on Easter Sunday, our grandkids celebrate the Easter egg hunt in our backyard. It seems the adults had more fun placing these eggs in places that were a little hard to find, and the grandkids running all over the yard had as much fun trying to find and collect them. It certainly gives them a lot of excitement and laughter. I hope everybody had a good Easter celebra- tion. For our new Christian life begins with hope. • • • Since the past week was a time when our toddler grandkids were able to spend time with us, I broughtthem to our local library on a couple of occa- sions. It is something they always look forward to. There is a section near the front desk of the library which stocks books to be given away for free or a small do- nation. I found a book titled "How to Keep Your Kids from Driving You Cra- zy" by Paula Stone Bender, PhD. That caught my attention. So without hesi- tation, I grabbed the book and quickly checked several pages. So then I took the book home for my review. Rose and I have raised four kids and I think we did pretty good since we were able to keep our sanity and all of our kids are doing fine. This book was primarily addressed for the age group toddlers to preteens. We raised our kids during the eighties. I want- ed to know if the newer techniques of raising kids were different. I learned that in this era of raising kids, negotia- tions for a system of rewards and time outs or withholding of privileges and explanation of why they were being im- plemented was pretty much a focus of the author. It outlined reward checklists, good behavior chart, getting problem be- havior under control, use of warnings, discipline plans, raising expectations, communication techniques, keeping track of progress. No where did it men- tion corporal punishments. Many of my older friends mention about their disciplinary experiences with their parents or responsible elders which consisted of a variety of actions- like being stared at by their parents when they did wrong, stern warnings, some- times the use of spanking, or some form of physical restraints. How times have changed, maybe for the better? Now in this our mod- ern times, if a child is noted to have marks in their body noted by teach- ers or friends, authorities are then no- tified quickly and the law becomes in- volved. And it becomes a pretty big in- vestigation. So, have we made great progress then in the art of raising children? You be the judge. I'm not an author- ity on this matter. But I think I have a good sense on what's happening to our "modern culture." Good luck to all you young parents. One thing for sure, raise them precious kids in a good Christian environment, you'll never go wrong. neighbors became hostile to us under the influence of the Black locals, who had a chip on their collec- tive shoulder. There was some bad history in town. The schools had desegre- gated only a year before we moved there. Kentucky was, after all, part of the South. Who- ever won the Democratic nomination in the 1st Con- gressional District would coast to Washington DC unopposed in the gener- al election. The county newspaper of record car- ried some very snide, dis- missive commentary on the Civil Rights movement. On the bus ride home from town that Friday af- ternoon, the Black kids stayed hostile to us, their neighbors and teammates. There were provocations, there were fights, the bus driver had his hands full. We white kids were no saints, either. Nobody would have mistaken me for Mr. Rogers. I said the kind of mean stuff that the white kids in town said, and that their fathers and grandfathers had said. It was the only time in my life that I used the N-word against another human being. And they were my friends. A fter a parting skirmish at the bus stop, we sepa- rated into white and Black and went home to scheme the next showdown. We fumed and cursed, and vowed to put them in their place. They probably planned similar comeup- pance for us. But when Saturday rolled around, the grass was green and the ball- games beckoned. The sun would rise and set wheth- er we went outside and played ball or not. The arithmetic was unyielding: we couldn't get a game go- ing without both races. I don't remember who went to whose door to call us (or them) outside to play. But outdoor play reigned su- preme, and it transcended racial animosity that day, and from then on. We resumed our friend- ships as if nothing had hap- pened, and we never men- tioned that day again, so far as I know. I think the unspoken consensus was "wow, that sucked. Let's not do that anymore."