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STEPHANIE SALTER: Brad Ellsworth ends the week back inside pro-lifers’ circle
Think antiabortion rights politics is simple? Take a look at the week Rep. Brad Ellsworth had.
TRIBUNE-STAR EDITORIAL: Escalation of Afghan war is no decision to be made in haste
Partisan politics aside, it is understandable that many people in this nation are anxious for President Barack Obama to make a sweeping decision about U.S. engagement in Afghanistan.
MARK BENNETT: 2010’s economic forecast signals less uneasiness, modestly better times
In a pivotal scene in the film “Field of Dreams,” Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella feels unfairly excluded from the fun.
Readers' forum: Nov. 8, 2009
We must remain united behind our troops
I am only one of many folks in Terre Haute who share the despair being felt by the tragedy that has hit the Gene Griffin family.
FLASHPOINT: Independent voice needed to bridge gap between parties
A wise man once warned, “The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.”
— George Washington, Founding Father, USA
Readers' forum: Nov. 7, 2009
• Lawmakers should walk in our shoes
• Re-creation of radio show nice alternative
Flashpoint: Reality a bitter pill for free-marketers to swallow
The Indianapolis Colts could reach the goal of winning all their football games if it were not for the annoying interference of referees, rules and regulations, unnecessary markers and arbitrary boundaries, those unfair and confounding limits on the number of players the Colts may put on the field at any given time, etc.
In recent columns for the Tribune-Star, Arthur Foulkes, (Oct. 16), and Craig Ladwig, (Oct. 11), again make their case for free-market-and-nothing-but-free-market capitalism.
Readers' Forum: Nov. 6, 2009
• Support helped dance event raise $3,000 for charity
Readers' Forum: Nov. 5, 2009
• Red Cross appreciates beautification
• Obama must act on Afghanistan
STEPHANIE SALTER: A boy is gravely injured and his mother learns her capacity for love
Among the many truths Joan Ryan shares in her new book, “The Water Giver,” is this:
“You don’t need to go to a monastery in Tibet to learn about living in the moment. Just spend a month in an ICU.”
FLASHPOINT: It’s time to end Patriot Act abuses
We’ve got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses — but we have to act fast. The Senate Judiciary Committee had the opportunity to pass legislation to rein in a bill that has become a symbol of out-of-control government invasions of your privacy. They failed — approving a bill that does little to curtail the sweeping powers embedded in the Patriot Act.
Reader's Forum: Nov. 3, 2009
• Kiwanis Club Peanut Day a success one again
• Community can help put thieves out of business
• My, how things have changed without Bush
Readers' Forum: Nov. 2, 2009
• Swope director helps students discover art
• Goldman Sachs knows how to game the system
STEPHANIE SALTER: Another fundraiser, another $30,000; this town knows how
As I was walking out of Wednesday’s Power of the Purse luncheon for the United Way, a woman said to me, “You know, for a small city, Terre Haute really does some amazing things.”
MARK BENNETT: Fear of flu may have Americans tech-talking more than ever
Walkie-talkies were the iPhones of the 1960s. A kid with a walkie-talkie was a virtual Elroy Jetson.
FLASHPOINT: Misconceptions abound on teacher licensing proposal
Despite what they may have been told, current teachers who study Indiana’s proposed rules for educator preparation and licensing (REPA) will be very happy with the recommendations.
Readers' forum: Nov. 1, 2009
• Thanks to all who make Fowler trip exceptional
• Bigotry of sexism remains a large problem today
• Staff of city’s visitor’s bureau always helpful
• Effort aims to keep animals warm this winter
• Komen race raises $30K in cancer fight
• Name new park to honor vets
FLASHPOINT: Government created health care’s dysfunctional mess
This letter is in response to a letter you published as a “Flashpoint” piece in the Oct. 18 Tribune-Star.
Readers' forum: Oct. 31, 2009
People ill-informed about license changes for teachers
FLASHPOINT: Unfortunately, the truth is often twisted
What is the actual “unfortunate truth?” It is the relentless barrage of lies and twisted, self-serving, short-sighted propaganda we are subjected to by the energy sector, the private health insurance sector and the conservative talking-head sector.
Reader's Forum: Oct. 30, 2009
• Don't believe lies from those with an agenda
• It's time to take care of Americans
• Elephants are safe in circus
MARK BENNETT: A Bob Dylan Christmas album? It’s true, entertaining and positively unusual
I’m picturing holiday weather outside frosty windows, and a party inside. Friends grab handfuls of trail mix. Diet Cokes fizz in plastic cups. Wine gets sipped. Tree lights shine.
FLASHPOINT: Colts, IHSAA team up to promote community service
In my nine plus years as Commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, I often have spoken about one of the primary missions of academic-based athletics being to develop “good Americans rather than All-Americans.”
Readers' Forum: Oct. 29, 2009
• League of Women Voters isn’t ‘non-partisan’
• Health care issue must be solved soon
• Thankful for meal alternative
STEPHANIE SALTER: The back story of a neighbor who loved to sit in the sun
In the 10-plus years we spoke to one another over our tiny San Francisco back yards, all I really knew about Lenore was that she was an unfailingly cheerful, elderly woman who adored the sun and wore her long silver hair in a braid down her back.
Reader's Forum: Oct. 28, 2009
• Meadows students making a difference
• Health care reform about survival, not handouts
• Time to think about tort reform
Reader's Forum: Oct. 27, 2009
• Albom event good for ISU, community
• Health care reform not a quick fix
• Thank you for support for brother
Flashpoint: Hoosiers can tackle the cost of higher education
Our country is facing a crisis in education and in Indiana we are changing the way we think about what higher learning means to our future.
Readers' Forum: Oct. 26, 2009
• Mayor took care of problem pronto
• Know about crime in neighborhood

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