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Opinion

  • Don't confuse mistakes with...

    Once again the war in Iraq is misrepresented as being based upon lies (News editorial, Oct. 22).

    Children have to be taught at a young age the difference between a lie and a mistake. The difference is doing something deliberately or doing something inadvertently.

    Why is it when Democrats signed the bill to give the president the authority to take any step necessary to get Saddam Hussein to follow the United Nations resolution they can later say they made a mistake but that the administration lied?

  • Morning puckers, but no kisses

    Breakfast has been a mouth-puckering experience the last few days at my house. Alas, there's been no one to kiss. The puckering comes from the persimmon jam I made with a combination of not-quite-ripe-fruit and stubbornness has kept me from throwing the jam away. That same obstinateness will probably keep me puckering for days to come.

  • Schools should share medical...

    It's like any other day. Kids are running amok, you're trying to get dinner on the table and suddenly your 11-year-old daughter starts complaining of dizziness and nausea. After trying to diagnose the problem yourself, you take her to the doctor. There you're asked if your daughter is taking any type of medication and you answer "no." But, are you sure?

  • Moving ISTEP should lead to later...

    Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Oct. 5 that Indianas statewide testing program for school children, known as ISTEP, will move from fall to spring.

    Said Daniels, The test will be in the spring, the results will be in hand months sooner, the cost to taxpayers will go down, and school will no longer start sooner than it should.

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