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By Joseph Ruzich, Special to the Tribune January 5, 2012 The fire chief of Westmont has been placed on paid administrative leave in the wake of his arrest on a DUI charge last week, authorities said. Frank Trout allegedly hit a parked car in the 3900 block of Adams Street …

As we are in the modern age of invention, it’s safe to assume that technology will continue to change the classroom experience. Do you want to utilize technology to improve your classroom today? Homewo allows teachers to create easy-to-use classroom websites to post homework assignments online, automatically inform parents and students of …

In his speech, Paul hit his marks, talking about withdrawing from Afghanistan, shrinking the size of the federal government, warning about the invasion of personal privacy on the Internet, and criticizing President Obama for signing the recent Defense Authorization Act, which, he said, could lead to the indefinite detention of …

By James Oliphant January 2, 2012, 1:25 p.m. Reporting from Des Moines While other candidates were speaking at coffeehouses and diners on the day before the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul was greeted by a crowd of 500 and scores of national media who packed a downtown hotel ballroom for a …

One of the most popular buzz phrases used in education the last decade or so is “technology.” Teachers are being pushed to use technology to enhance instruction, but how exactly does one do that? Furthermore, does technology always enhance instruction, or are there times when it detracts? A wise friend …

Scott Conroy This article originally appeared on RealClearPolitics. NEWTON, Iowa — As they waited for a bus dubbed the “Constitution Coach” to pick them up at the Des Moines airport and bring them to their makeshift lodgings late Tuesday, about two-dozen college-aged Ron Paul volunteers mingled in the cold night …

Mary Stegmeir, Dec 30, 2011 Categories: Caucus Insider LeMars, Ia. — Ron Paul used his first campaign appearance of the day here to fight back against the claim that his foreign policy views are “dangerous.” Fellow GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum leveled that criticism against the congressman this morning during …

Jim Garrison In the fine print of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, passed just before the holidays, it turns out that in addition to being now legally able to seize without charge and hold indefinitely without trial any U.S. citizen, the government and the military also have the authority …

Indiana legislators disagree, vote in favor By MICHAEL RESCHKE michael.reschke@newsandtribune.com As a resident of Southern Indiana and an American citizen, if you’re accused of a crime you have the right to a trial, right? Well, some believe a bill that has passed the U.S. House and Senate will allow the …

Posted by Letters editor Stand up for constitutional rights The concept of carte blanche is abhorrent to Americans and the U.S. Constitution. No one should have the power the fill in a name on a blank card and make a person disappear. Now, however, the core of our constitutional rights …

If Obama does one thing for the remainder of his presidency let it be a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act – a law recently passed by the Senate which would place domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military and which would open the door …

That said, the Bush administration, and now the Obama administration, have neither admitted nor denied the spying allegations — though Bush did admit that the government warrantlessly listened in on some Americans’ overseas phone calls, which he said was legal. But as to widespread internet and phone dragnet surveillance of …

The longtime chairman of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign in Iowa appeared Wednesday with the congresswoman, and then defected to rival Ron Paul a few hours later. After staying silent at Bachmann’s rally in Indianola — the explanation was “dental work” — State Sen. Kent Sorenson went on stage before …

December 28, 2011, 5:45 pm By NATE SILVER I’m not always a big fan of dissecting individual polls — mostly because there are liable to be a plethora of them in Iowa and New Hampshire over the next several days and their errors will tend to be mitigated as more …