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SEAT: Inspiration from a weekend in Dallas

As the only son of two immigrant parents from a relatively small town in northwestern Indiana, I never thought my life’s journey would bring a president within eyesight. And, yet, there he was, the 43rd president of the United States.

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HOOSIER BEACONS: Lew Wallace proves power of pen

The son of a Hoosier governor, Wallace trained as a lawyer, rose to prominence as a general in the Union army during the Civil War, received an appointment as governor of the New Mexico Territory, and later served as U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire. But he is best known as the author of “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.”

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Kennedy distorted bill restricting abortion

Very simply, those of us who know that the baby inside the womb is a living human being—nurtured in the most warm, loving environment it will ever know—believe that that this most precious, innocent life deserves the basic protection from its government.

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