Opinion
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READERS FORUM: Jan. 5, 2013
• Justice will be served
• ‘Cliff’ results paint sad view
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RONN MOTT: Mr. Jefferson
This is something of a high-water mark for these articles of opinion I write for the Tribune-Star. This is article No. 100.
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RONN MOTT: The cookie box
My wife has been baking gingerbread cookies for her family for more than 40 years. She personalizes the boys and girls.
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EDITORIAL: A Senate seat in good hands
For the first time in 36 years, someone other than Richard Lugar is holding the former senior senator’s seat in the United States Senate.
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READERS’ FORUM: Jan. 4, 2013
• Don’t forget the part about a ‘well-regulated’ militia
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RONN MOTT: A look backwards
Christmas has come and gone and I’m writing this before the New Year. It may dawn with the fools in Congress saving us from the economic “cliff.” I would like it to happen but I’m not very hopeful.
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EDITORIAL: Beyond the ‘fiscal cliff’
A tattered curtain has finally fallen on the theater of the absurd that played out the past few days in the U.S. Congress. It was a frustrating spectacle to watch. And despite New Year’s Day’s late-night action to avoid the government’s going over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” it should be clear to all that Congress accomplished only part of its job.
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Government rules trump state company’s beliefs
When the officers of Grote Industries sat down to discuss a possible legal challenge to the contraceptive mandate in the national health care law, the vote was immediate and unanimous. “We decided that it was definitely against our beliefs,” says chairman and CEO William Grote III.
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READERS’ FORUM: Jan. 3, 2013
• Time to face our moral negligence
• Will city pay the bill for shoveling?
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READERS’ FORUM: Jan. 2, 2013
• Oath to people, not to Norquist
• Reps should resist new anti-gun laws
• Examples not to be followed
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EDITORIAL: A checklist for good citizenship
A year ago today, on New Year’s Day 2012, we offered a litany of thoughts for the coming year with the emphasis on becoming a better citizen. The editorial received so much positive response that we decided to republish it, with a couple of minor adjustments, on New Year’s Day 2013.
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LIZ CIANCONE: Movie memories don’t include many of the lengthy variety
There has been lots of reporting lately about how long movies are becoming.
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READERS’ FORUM: Jan. 1, 2013
• Distorted view of biz success
• Help us catch a wreath thief
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 31, 2012
• A sad day if GOP caves in
• Problem is with culture, not guns
• Thieves dim the joy of Christmas
• Thankful for the generous spirit
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EDITORIAL: ‘Year of the River’ brings focus to our Wabash bond
New Year’s Day always brings a sense of expectation, reflection and anxiety.
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 30, 2012
• IEDC getting the job done
• New gun laws won’t solve our problems
• Irresponsible gun opinion
• A duty to serve all the people
• Dealing with the tragedy
• Off-duty EMT to the rescue
• Prized opinion on education
• Raise speed limits on some streets
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FLASHPOINT: Milestone year for Rose-Hulman
The Rose-Hulman campus traditionally quiets down this time of year, yet for me I sense a renewed energy from the phenomenal year just closing.
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THOMAS L. STEIGER: Skewed perceptions have us fearing wrong things
Regular readers of my essays probably know that sociologists are often more interested in people’s responses to tragedies like the Newtown, Conn., school massacre than trying to explain the event itself.
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RONN MOTT: Tying up a few loose ends
According to the Mayan prophecy, somewhat misinterpreted, the world did not end on Dec. 21.
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 29, 2012
• Phony issues cloud elections
• Working hard for communities
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RONN MOTT: NRA off target
Wayne LaPierre, the vice president and executive director of the National Rifle Association, is causing even more agony among Americans because he leads an organization that refuses to get real about gun control.
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 28, 2012
Thanks for help in trashed area
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 27, 2012
• Protecting marriage gets the business
• Volunteers give much to museum
• Smoking ban not ridiculous idea
• Voters get what they deserve
• Voters get what they deserve
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RONN MOTT: Christmas, true or false
Christmas with its gaiety, songs, carols, visits with family and friends, is indeed a wonderful time of the year.
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 26, 2012
• Charity critical in uncertain times
• Thoughts on forgiveness
• Great statement
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EDITORIAL: Seeking holiday spirit in the Christmas story
Let us reflect today on what Christmas is really about — a religious celebration that means so much to so many in our country and around the world.
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LIZ CIANCONE: Resist that big ‘let down’ on the day after Christmas
Today is the big day. That makes tomorrow a sort of let down — rather like “What have you done for me lately?”
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EDITORIAL: Celebrating the children this Christmas
Lest we forget amid the hustle and bustle of a frantic holiday season, children are an integral part of this religious holiday. It is, after all, the birth of a child we celebrate.
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READERS’ FORUM: Dec. 24, 2012
• Cory post office on target list
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EDITORIAL: State same-sex marriage ban should be rejected
The American people have been shifting in their views of same-sex marriage for some time now, and the evolution of public opinion is clearly moving toward more tolerance, even acceptance.
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READERS FORUM: Jan. 5, 2013