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http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa Leo Morris, Editorial Page Editor of The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne, Indiana Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aww, the poor babies: One night in Adams Morgan, the sons and daughters of lawyers and corporate executives padded into a friend's rowhouse for a kind of group therapy session about their families' wealth. They are young people who have inherited or stand to inherit big money, and they are spending their ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9256 When we were young and the world was more moral, our games were more wholesome and entertaining. If we wanted to break the ice with members of the opposie sex, a simple straighforward game of strip poker was sufficient. We weren't absolutely depraved, like these irresponsible young people today:  Allegations stemming ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9254 Those mean, stingy county officials just wouldn't go along, and the mayor is sad, so unbearably sad: "The dream of a joint solution to Fort Wayne’s and Allen County’s space needs through co-location just died,” a somber Mayor Tom Henry said in a hastily arranged news conference Thursday afternoon. But who killed ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9252 Got your "God in the Hoosier news" update here. A teenager in Terre Haute expressed dismay at what she perceived as an "intolerant" sign at a church: Saagarika Coleman submitted a letter to the editor of the Tribune-Star (see page A8) stating that she was “hit with a wave of shock. ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9250 As noted earlier here, former Gov. Joe Kernan is returning to Vietnam for the first time since his release from a POW camp there. Guess old warriors can't help the urge to revisit the battlegrounds of their youth: It's been 40 years since John Eckenrode was suspended from the University of ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9247 It's getting to the point where we should probably begin every story about what they're doing in Washington with the disclaimer, "No this isn't a joke. We're not kidding. They really are considering this." Senate Democrats crafting a job creation bill are considering a proposal to give money to workers who ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9245 The Indiana Supreme Court's invalidation of part of Zachary's law seems pretty straightforward. The state constitution bans ex post facto laws in pretty plain language, and the portion of the law requiring even sex offenders convicted prior to the registration law to register is, by intent and effect, retroactive. But ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9243 Omigod! Kellogg Co. says there will be a nationwide shortage of its popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of interruptions in production at two of the four plants that make them. It's funny how your mind works. I haven't had an Eggo in years, but the minute I heard about ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9241 This week's evidence that End Times are near: Someone needs to alert Bill Joy -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) scientists, using an ultra-powerful supercomputer, have just replicated the cerebral cortex of your average house cat. At the SC09 supercomputing conference in Portland, Ore., this week, Big Blue announced that it has made "significant progress" ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9239 We have an out-of-towner at Meijer's today. Well, yeah, Gov. Sarah Palin, too, but I mean this woman: Debbie Coning of Portage, Mich., hasn't slept a wink. She arrived at the Meijer store at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon to claim the first spot in line. She had driven all the ... http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=9237