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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, May 30, 2018 C- 11 Court Report CRIMINAL Pike Circuit Court Nicholas A. Hemann charged with count I maintaining a common nui- sance - controlled substances, a level 6 felony, and count II operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated. Nathan M. Williams charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 6 felony, count II op- erating a vehicle as an habitual traf- fic violator and count III resisting law enforcement. Barbara A. Anglin charged with count I maintaining a common nui- sance - controlled substances, a lev- el 6 felony, and count II possession of marijuana. Travis C. McDaniel 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. Jeremy L. Pride charged with count I maintaining a common nuisance - controlled substances, a level 6 felo- ny, and count II possession of meth- amphetamine. Angela Weeks charged with ne- glect of a dependent, a level 6 felony. Eric M. Slunder charged with count I neglect of a dependent, a level 6 fel- ony, and count II failure to make re- port. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike Circuit Court Marcus Alexander, Sr. charged with driving while suspended. Christopher M. Grier charged with false informing. Tracy Jo Simmons charged with driving while suspended. CIVIL Pike Circuit Court Professional and Business Collec- tions sues Joseph Boger on complaint. Professional and Business Col- lections sues Daniel Grubb on com- plaint. JP Morgan Chase Bank sues Dale V. Stover and any unknown occupants on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike Circuit Court Amie Allred charged with seatbelt violation. Joshua Biggs charged with seatbelt violation. Codey Bond charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Cathleen Butler charged with seat- belt violation. Christopher Deeds charged with seatbelt violation. Austin Dixon charged with seatbelt violation. Joshua Emmons charged with op- erating with expired plates. Matthew Ernst charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Frank Fettinger charged with seat- belt violation. Tim Gregory charged with seatbelt violation. Jeffrey Hayden charged with speed- ing, 87 mph in a 70 zone. Stephanie Hendricks charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Jesse Houston charged with no val- id driver's license. Tianna Inmon charged with speed- ing, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Ebone Jones charged with speed- ing, 86 mph in a 70 zone. John Jones charged with seatbelt violation. Ryan Jones charged with speeding, 85 mph in a 70 zone. Christopher Manning charged with driving while suspended. Brad Miller charged with seatbelt violation. Jeffery Pickett charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. James Poteet charged with seatbelt violation. Brittany Query charged with speeding, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Jesse Randolph charged with seat- belt violation. Johnathan Randolph charged with seatbelt violation. Lawrence Reel II charged with seatbelt violation. Paul Rousey charged with speed- ing, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Evan Southerland charged with speeding, 86 mph in a 70 zone. Leslie Sturm charged with speed- ing, 49 mph in a 35 zone. Jared Taylor charged with speed- ing, 98 mph in a 70 zone. Tommy Thurman charged with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regu- lation Violation. Thomas Verkamp charged with in- spection/repair and maint. parts and accessories. Emma Volz charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. H. Wilson charged with seatbelt vi- olation. Connie Young charged with speed- ing, 69 mph in a 55 zone. Corey Andis charged with speed- ing, 81 mph in a 70 zone. Joni Adams charged with seatbelt violation. Torez Baham charged with seatbelt violation. Charles Burton charged with speeding, 113 mph in a 70 zone. Zackery Cannon charged with seat- belt violation. Steven Dyer charged with seatbelt violation. Daniel Fair charged with seatbelt violation. Natashia Furman charged with seatbelt violation. Sharla Gillard charged with speed- ing, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Jed Holmes charged with speeding, 84 mph in a 70 zone. Tony Huchel charged with seatbelt violation. Christian Jones charged with speeding, 71 mph in a 35 zone. Joshua Loper charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Angela Loveless charged with seat- belt violation. Brian Lowe charged with speeding, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Joseph Melhiser charged with seat- belt violation. Emmanuel Messer charged with seatbelt violation. James Monroe charged with speed- ing, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Judge Nelson charged with speed- ing, 83 mph in a 70 zone. Madison Rathsman charged with speeding, 88 mph in a 70 zone. Warren Turner, Jr. charged with operating a CMV without periodic inspection. Leanna Graham charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. Justin Hopf charged with unlawful possession of tobacco. Christopher McCormick charged with driving while suspended. Julie McDonald charged with speeding, 91 mph in a 70 zone. Jay Powell charged with speeding, 75 mph in a 55 zone. Cecilia Rhoden charged with speeding, 65 mph in a 55 zone. T. Ayr Sheriff charged with count I speeding, 90 mph in a 70 zone, and count II learner's permit violation. ly. That, along with the de- creased fuel expenditures, will help make border pro- tection economically sus- tainable. But it will also im- prove mission accomplish- ment. Perhaps it will leave room in the budget for night- vision goggles, enhanced hearing technology, and improved surveillance and communications technol - ogy to properly deploy the agents. The wall doesn't have to be a blight on the Southwest U.S. communities. Vulich spoke of his computer model of "a wall with solar panels, with murals painted on it, [that] would just blow their minds." This sounds like President Trump's vision of a "big, beautiful wall." In some areas, the wall might be so far from U.S. transmission lines that it's sensible to sell the solar- generated electricity to Mexico. I have written that I think the wall should be fi- nanced by a tax on foreign remissions (via Western Union, Moneygram or bank transfers) to Mexico and Central American sources of illegal immigration. But the sale of surplus electrici- ty generated by solar capac- ity at the border wall could be an additional way for the president to keep his cam- paign promise that Mex- ico will pay for the wall. It would give the Mexican gov- ernment an incentive to pro- tect the wall from vandalism and destruction, and border- area Mexico residents might eventually come to see the wall as an asset rather than an affront. BORDER Continued from page 10 CAPITALISM Continued from page 10 socialism by answering the following questions: In which areas of our lives do we find the greatest satisfaction, and in which do we find the greatest dissatisfaction? It turns out that we seldom find people upset with and in conflict with computer and cloth- ing stores, supermarkets, and hard- ware stores. We do see people highly dissatisfied with and often in conflict with boards of education, motor vehi- cles departments, police and city san- itation services. What are the differences? For one, the motivation for the provision of ser- vices of computer and clothing stores, supermarkets, and hardware stores is profit. Also, if you're dissatisfied with their services, you can instanta- neously fire them by taking your busi- ness elsewhere. It's a different matter with public education, motor vehicles departments, police and city sanita- tion services. They are not motivat- ed by profit at all. Plus, if you're dis- satisfied with their service, it is cost- ly and in many cases even impossible to fire them. A much larger and totally ignored question has to do with the brutali- ty of socialism. In the 20th century, the one-party socialist states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany under the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the Peo- ple's Republic of China were respon- sible for the murder of 118 million cit- izens, mostly their own. The tallies were: USSR 62 million, Nazi Germany 21 million and PRC 35 million (http:// tinyurl.com/zafgs5p). No such record of brutality can be found in countries that tend toward free market capital- ism. Here's an experiment for you. List countries according to whether they are closer to the free market capital- ist or to the socialist/communist end of the economic spectrum. Then rank the countries according to per capita gross domestic product. Finally, rank the countries according to Freedom House's "Freedom in the World" re- port. You will find that people who live in countries closer to the free market capitalist end of the econom- ic spectrum not only have far greater wealth than people who live in coun- tries toward the socialistic/commu- nist end but also enjoy far greater hu- man rights protections. As Dr. Thomas Sowell says, "so- cialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disap- pointment, if not a disaster." Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 10 Continued from page 10 Bared your face in the star- light, curious the scene, cool blew the moderate night-wind, Long there and then in vigil I stood, dimly around me the battle-field spread- ing, Vigil wondrous and vig- il sweet there in the fra- grant silent night, But not a tear fell, not even a long-drawn sigh, long, long I gazed, Then on the earth partial- ly reclining sat by your side leaning my chin in my hands, Passing sweet hours, im- mortal and mystic hours with you dearest com- rade—not a tear, not a word, Vigil of silence, love and death, vigil for you my son and my soldier, As onward silently stars aloft, eastward new ones upward stole, Vigil final for you brave boy, (I could not save you, swift was your death, I faithfully loved you and cared for you living, I think we shall surely meet again,) Till at latest lingering of the night, indeed just as the dawn appear'd, My comrade I wrapt in his blanket, envelop'd well his form, Folded the blanket well, tucking it carefully over head and carefully un- der feet, And there and then and bathed by the rising sun, my son in his grave, in his rude-dug grave I de- posited, Ending my vigil strange with that, vigil of night and battle-field dim, Vigil for boy of responding kisses, (never again on earth responding,) Vigil for comrade swiftly slain, vigil I never forget, how as day brighten'd, I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in his blanket, And buried him where he fell. ing the profile of the impor- tance prison reform and for recruiting the broad base of support. The First Step Act estab- lishes new tools for prison management to conduct on- going risk assessments of each prisoner, evaluating the likelihood of the pris- oner recommitting a crime. The profiling also establish- es a basis for programs and job training to assist in re- habilitation of these individ- uals. Prisoners productively participating in these pro- grams, and showing prog- ress in behavior and atti- tudes, are rewarded with increased phone time, vis- its and transfers to facilities closer to their homes and families. Those achieving a low- risk profile of recidivism may be eligible for at-home confinement or for be- ing transferred to halfway houses for the final period of their sentences. A group of 121 former federal law enforcement of- ficials have signed a letter urging the passage of the First Step Act. The list of signatories in- cludes one former U.S. attor- ney general and five former U.S. deputy attorney gener- als. And, in the aforemen- tioned spirit of bipartisan- ship, the list includes Bush Administration Attorney General Michael Mukas- ey and Mary Jo White, ap- pointed by Barack Obama as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion and the first and only woman to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Despite the impressive core support for this bill, there is opposition on the left and the right. Several high-profile Black Caucus Democrats, includ- ing Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker and Rep- resentatives John Lewis and Sheila Jackson Lee, signed a letter in opposition. Also the NA ACP opposes the bill. Complaints include that the risk assessment system is "untested" and that the bill only focuses on prison reform and not sentencing reform. But the assessment sys- tem is not "untested." A good number of states have enact- ed similar measures with great success. Texas passed similar reforms in 2007, re- sulting in $ 3 billion in sav- ings and producing the low- est crime rate in the state in almost 50 years. There is broad consen- sus that sentencing reform is also needed. But reform dealing with recidivism is not dependent on this. So why make the politics much more complicated and the probability of passage much lower? Thoughtful reform to deal with recidivism is both hu- mane and economically sen- sible. President Trump said he'll sign it if Congress pass- es it. They should. Star Parker is an author and president of CURE, Cen- ter for Urban Renewal and Education. Contact her at www.urbancure.org. MEMORIAM REFORM Continued from 10 MEMORIAL DAY three-day weekend. So the change moved Memorial Day from the tradi- tional May 30 to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the feder- al level in 1971. On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly low- ered to half staff position, where it re- mains until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. The half staff position remembers the more than one million men and wom- en who gave their lives to the service of our country. At noon, their memo- ry is raised by the living who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and continue to fight for liberty and justice for all. ****** The Origin of Poppies. In 1915 fol- lowing the Second Battle of Ypres, Lieutenant Colonel John McRae, a physician with the Canadian Expe- ditionary Force, wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields." It's opening lines re- fer to the fields of poppies that grew among the soldiers graves in Flan- ders, Belgium. In 1918 inspired by the poem, Y WCA worker Moina Mi- chael attended a Y WCA Overseas War Secretaries' conference wearing a silk poppy pinned to her coat and distribut- ed two dozen more to others present. In 1920, the National American Le- gion adopted it as their official symbol of remembrance. On a side note, one of the longest traditions is the running of the Indi- anapolis 500, an auto race which has been held in conjunction with Memo- rial Day since 1911. Originally, it was held on Memorial Day itself, and since 1974 runs on the Sunday preceding Memorial Day Holiday. ****** So on every Memorial Day, let us all remember and honor the members of the Armed Services who gave their lives to preserve our precious democ- racy, heritage and our beloved Nation. We should honor them by praying for the repose of their souls , and may they eternally rest in peace in the lov- ing embrace of our Creator. I'm sure there are different sentiments and beliefs on how to do this, but we all share a common thread of love and re- spect for those who have served. Let us remember John 15:13- Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (In our current language, man would be in- clusive of men and women). Have a blessed week! Trump disruptions lead to a new NATO funding Heritage Viewpoint by Edwin J. Feulner In a recent column, I spoke of the two current forms of populism and how they're challenging the "Liber- al International Order," the govern- ing philosophy that has guided the U.S. use of power in the service of freedom for ourselves and our allies since World War II. The question is, where does President Trump's form of populism fit into what might be called the new version of the Liber- al International Order? In 1987, Donald Trump wrote "The Art of the Deal." When he in- vited me to serve on his Presiden- tial Transition Team, I reread my co- py of his book more carefully than I had the first time, and I found some very interesting points in there. "If you are going to think any way, you might as well think big," Mr. Trump, the legendary dealmak- er, wrote. Well, running for presi- dent is certainly a big thought. Another Trump dictum that im- pressed me was his view that when you think big, go into negotiations (or even discussions) and become a disrupter. In other words, come up with new ideas that are so far out- side the boundaries of what is con- sidered possible that you effective- ly change not only the debate, but the whole framework for consider- ing the debate. As I have said many times before, political change occurs at the mar- gin. What Mr. Trump does is ex- pand that field of debate so that the margin moves significantly beyond the way it is conventionally thought of, either in Washington among the traditional thinkers and politicians, or around the world by both our friends and our adversaries. Consider a specific example of an international encounter where Mr. Trump is thinking anew. During the presidential campaign, then-candi- date Donald Trump had this to say about NATO: "NATO is costing us a fortune and yes, we're protect- ing Europe with NATO, but we're spending a lot of money. I think the distribution of costs has to be changed. I think NATO as a con- cept is good, but it is not as good as it was when it first evolved." He later added, "I think NATO may be obsolete." His bottom line: Members are not meeting their spending com- mitments. They have to pay up. Mr. Trump said that many times, and every time he did, the political establishment of both parties went crazy. They said it was an outrage that he would talk that way. Well, at least most of the politi- cal establishment felt that way. At that time, former Defense Secre- tary Donald Rumsfeld — who also served at one time as the Ameri- can Ambassador to NATO — said to me, "Ed, I don't understand it. When I was Ambassador to NA- TO and then when I was Defense secretary, I would go around giv- ing dinner speeches saying that Europe had to spend more on NA- TO, and all I did was put everyone to sleep. Trump says the exact same thing, and everyone dumps on him." Fast-forward to today, and we have a new report from NATO pointing out that in 2017, NATO members increased their military spending by a net 5 percent. It fur- ther noted that in 2014, only three countries in NATO plus the Unit- ed States were meeting the 2 per- cent of GDP goal. By the end of this year, there will be eight countries, plus the U.S. That didn't happen because of "business as usual" at NATO. That happened because President Trump thought big — and well out- side the box. This shouldn't surprise anyone, though. When you change the framework of the debate and talk about the end of NATO instead of marginal changes to its funding, you can actually change the be- havior of people who have a signif- icant stake in the outcome of the negotiations. It can be messy, and it can cer- tainly upset people. But that, on a much bigger stage, is the art of the deal. Ed Feulner is founder of the Heri- tage Foundation (heritage.org).