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RONN MOTT: Perplexed
The President of the NRA has been making the rounds on various television stations and other programs, and they keep talking about the Second Amendment, that is, the right to bear arms.
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RONN MOTT: Patti Page
Patti Page died the other day. A name that many of us remember from the recordings she made, television shows she was on, and the odd movie she appeared in. She was one of many ladies who filled the record shops and the airwaves with her songs in the late 1940’s and 50’s.
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LIZ CIANCONE: For now, justice is served in Bball Hall
News this past week brought justice of a sort. The folks who decide these things have declined to pick anyone to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
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MARK BENNETT: Sculptor from North Carolina to capture image of Indiana’s first black state legislator
Well-meaning parents try to instill strong character in their kids.
“Don’t be afraid to stand up for your beliefs,” moms and dads will insist, “even if you stand alone.” -
RONN MOTT: Football
After a 2-14 season last year, the Indianapolis Colts got into the playoffs this year. And with all the drama with the illness of their coach, even losing in the playoffs was seen to be a victory. I certainly have to agree with that.
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RONN MOTT: Cliff parachute
I was ready for the “fiscal cliff.” I had my parachute neatly packed by mental process. I called my parachute “indifference.” There was really no reason to care greatly because there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.
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LIZ CIANCONE: Well, what would you do with only 1 sock?
Let me ask you something.
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MAX JONES: There are simple ways to get your letter published
As an old year turns into a new year, I am inclined to look back and assess the newspaper’s performance on behalf of readers the past 12 months. When I do, the volume and quality of reader letters we publish always amazes me.
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MARK BENNETT: Heart ailments, avoidable health issues affect high numbers of Vigo residents
Many folks in Vigo County will analyze digits on their bathroom scales this month. After all, January and fitness resolutions are traditional partners.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RONN MOTT: Don’t get caught by a phone scam
I was coming out of Baesler’s parking lot and had driven about a block when my phone rang.
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RONN MOTT: A Christmas Walk
A walk around Collett Park in the dim light of the evening could certainly help to get anyone in a Christmas mood.
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RONN MOTT: What fools we be
It will be a time, Christmas included, that will never be forgotten in Newtown, Connecticut.
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LIZ CIANCONE: No thanks to getting mags delivered via the Internet
I am a creature of habit. I like to know what I’m doing and I need to know how to do it. That’s why I am annoyed when corporate America seems determined to drag me, kicking and screaming into the age of Internet.
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MARK BENNETT: For some people in the Wabash Valley, happy holidays require a little help
Picture yourself as a kid, not yet 5 years old, growing up in a small house in Terre Haute.
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LIZ CIANCONE: Everyone has a favorite holiday
I suppose everyone has a favorite holiday. My guess is that, for most of us, that holiday is Christmas. It's a holiday with a miracle no matter how old we get.
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RONN MOTT: A most enjoyable Christmas ride
A Christmas ride along familiar roads is very good this time of year. So far, no ice, no blinding snow, and the temperatures have not been bad. I always enjoy looking at all the houses and the different ways they light themselves for Christmas.
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RONN MOTT: ‘A feeling of hope’
In college athletics, they don’t give a medal for hope, but they should have given one to Tom Crean when he took over a totally dissipated Indiana University basketball program.
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MARK BENNETT: Beware Ignorance and Want and reap the benefits of early education
Pretend that Charles Dickens is about to become Indiana’s next governor.
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RONN MOTT: “Peace on Earth”
And then the Angel said, “Peace on Earth, good will to men.”
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MARK BENNETT: In spirit of season, calculate your fiscal cliff impact, then argue
Envision “chestnuts roasting on an open fire.”
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