http://www.news-tribune.net en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023920.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023920.html She sees her life as a living testimony for the kids of the Greater Clark County Schools who have obstacles to overcome. She was raised in project housing in Charlestown. There was no father in her life. Her mother struggled to provide no more than the bare necessities. The extras were to be earned by hard work and sacrifice from job hours that were squeezed in between a full high school schedule that included participation in three sports. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:35:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023622.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023622.html Back in 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, predicting that Independence Day “will be celebrated by succeeding generations ... with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other from this time forward forever more.” Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023249.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186023249.html If you were to ask the average person whether they would like to be famous, odds are that the answer would be yes. Who wouldn’t want to be known throughout the world? Who wouldn’t want to be an object of curiosity to millions? Who wouldn’t want to have the best seats in the best restaurants and never have to stand in line? What’s wrong with being surrounded by an entourage that caters to your every whim? Sounds great, doesn’t it? Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:18:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186021428.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_186021428.html We’re often told that the United States compares poorly to other countries in terms of infant mortality — especially since we’re a developed country that devotes so many resources to health care. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:35:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_185012901.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_185012901.html Last December, I was on a panel with Democrat state Rep. Greg Porter and Republican Sen. Jim Merritt and made this prediction: The Indiana we see today and the one we find next spring will be very different places. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_185003129.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_185003129.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_184110002.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_184110002.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183234529.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183234529.html The Associated Press recently reported that the LaPorte police found a 4-foot alligator swimming in Northern Indiana’s Pine Lake. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183233644.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183233644.html — County government not doing their job— Reader corrects Baylor’s history mistakes— Students ask for community’s help— Reader has questions about Web forums— Reader enjoyed participating in forums Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_236172918.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_236172918.html — Ammo Plant— Faith columns— Picky eater— Rainbow Drive— Thanks to Tribune Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183012239.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183012239.html Ever since a police sergeant used the phrase “drunker than snot” to describe Dennie Oxley Jr., I’ve felt sick. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183011535.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_183011535.html Admittedly, my tastes in film are narrow. They derive from wearisome experience, because out of every 10,000 cinematic excuses to squander two hours of my life, all but a dozen invariably are absolute wastes of time. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181220613.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181220613.html As you are reading this column, hopefully I will be recovering in the hospital from cervical spine surgery. This surgery requires the neurosurgeon to operate on the spine by entering from the front of the neck while narrowly bypassing the voice box, spinal column and carotid artery. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181190218.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181190218.html — Mayor should be upset no charges were filed against Wilder— Reader disgusted by media’s focus on Wilder — Reader: Wilder comes across hypocritical in trash can fiasco Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:21:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181182115.html http://www.news-tribune.net/opinion/local_story_181182115.html I quit coffee last week. It was a long time coming and my nerves are still trying to recover from the exclusion of my routine morning and afternoon jumpstart. The usual ritual was to shotgun a cup as soon as my feet hit my kitchen floor. Then I would stop at a coffee shop on the way into work for a large cup of Columbian, Kenyan, or whatever flavor from the south of the equator.