Hendricks County Flyer, Avon, IN--Opinion http://www.flyergroup.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151638.html Choose your words, and your friends, wisely http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151638.html There are a lot of words to sum up the year 2009. I would find it difficult to pick just one. Thank heaven the good folks that produce the Oxford American Dictionary take it upon themselves each year to pick a word to sum it all up for us. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151447.html Letter to the Editor http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151447.html When the U.S. Senate resumes work in January, most Americans know it will debate major issues related to health care reform and cap-and-trade energy policy. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151308.html Sarah Palin’s roguish charm http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151308.html Harry Truman gave them hell. Sarah Palin gives them agita. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151059.html The United Nations is outraged again http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_324151059.html It won’t do, at least not in polite society, to propose wiping a country off the map. That mantra has been left to Iran’s raving leader. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_321125844.html Smart phone, maybe; smart operator, maybe not http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_321125844.html The price was right and the deal was solid, so I recently joined the 21st Century and bought a Smart Phone. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_321125545.html ‘Hey, Barack, it’s your heart’ http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_321125545.html “Hey, Barack. It’s me, your heart. It might be all the White House pickup basketball games or the imminent prospect of nationalizing American health insurance, but I’m feeling better than ever. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_317160014.html Here’s some food for thought http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_317160014.html It’s the month of November and it’s all about the food! Oh sure, there’s the whole thankfulness thing, but be honest. While you are waiting for dinner and Great Aunt Mildred is saying a blessing that stretches into a monologue that would make the Pope check his watch, you are scooting the potatoes closer to your plate and thinking about attacking the turkey. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103914.html Letters to the editor http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103914.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103816.html Staying true to form http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103816.html I am an inveterate filler-out of forms. Form filler-outer. Outfiller of forms.I fill out a lot of forms, is what I’m trying to say. Magazine forms, coupons, order forms, you name it. Give me a pen and I’ll get right to work. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103714.html Barack Obama’s mandate gap http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103714.html On Nov. 3, the fairy tale died. The election results in Virginia and New Jersey dismantled the self-satisfied, just-so story that Democrats have been telling themselves about last year’s election.   Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103602.html Why Obama won’t go to Berlin http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103602.html In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (11). It’s an itinerary befitting a “citizen of the world.” Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103459.html On Afghanistan, never mind? http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103459.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103349.html Letters to the editor, Nov. 10, 2009 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315103349.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315102955.html A growing sense of unease http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315102955.html In the friendly confines of the Oval Office, congratulations are about to be exchanged. On those dithering heights, victory is about to be proclaimed. A great change is about to take place in Americans’ health care and how to pay for it, and the administration sounds triumphant. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315102223.html The whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth http://www.flyergroup.com/opinion/local_story_315102223.html I’ve heard it said that “the dentist will see you now” are the scariest words in the human language. I can take that one step further.