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Gentle reader, we have several items we hope to mention in this column, although, as the Roman writer opined: Ars longa, vita breva, tempus tugit, roughly translated, art is long, life is short, and time is fleeting, so it is sometimes with a column, so we don’t have time or space to cover all we would like to.

Few of our readers are as long in the tooth as the old curmudgeon, thus they will not share his recollection of events and conditions over the past seven decades, so it is not amiss for him to point out a few things he has observed on the political scene in that time period.

For instance, our Republican friends have always had a pretty universal theme, that all loyal members are expected to voice constantly and consistently.

Gentle reader: As so often happens when we come to organize the items we wish to communicate about with you, this week’s topics seem all to center around one or more of our Republican friends. 

In fact, in each of the subjects which I hope to write about, if enough room is available, one or more Republicans plays a major role.

By GENE POLICINSKI

First Amendment Center

Few topics in modern life have produced as much rancorous and visible public debate as abortion.

One hot point of contention today is simply how close that debate may take place to the clinics that perform them.