Angelkeep summer vacation or staycation?
Summer arrived yesterday. The memory of the struggles of March and April turning to warmth are long past, and the thought of leaving home...
Let us plunge toward our fast-unfolding future
In 1859, when Manhattan still had many farms, near the Battery on the island’s southern tip The Great American Tea Company was launched. It...
How the Northwest Ordinance shaped Indiana
“When I drew the (Northwest) Ordinance ... I had no idea the states would agree to the sixth article, prohibiting slavery.”
-- Nathan Dane...
Yes, hate speech is free speech
With the left feverishly attempting to squash unwelcome speech on college campuses, with the president of the United States musing about tightening libel laws,...
Confronting the opioid crisis
The Michigan House took an important step last week in the battle to rein in opioid abuse.
The House passed legislation that would: create an...
The jungle of political suspicion
Let it be said that for one lovely moment, House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi responded exactly as those in...
The problem with Indiana is Indianans?
Reading recent remarks on the state economy by the president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, you are right to be troubled, even take...
The demolition of a 1931 law would make building much cheaper
“You really ought to give Iowa a try.
Provided you are contrary.”
— “Iowa Stubborn,” from Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man”
“Contrary” does not quite capture Steve...
Teens’ summer jobs becoming thing of the past
I learned how to keep golf balls from bashing me in my shins.That was the most important skill a kid could learn at the...
The coming $100 million U.S. Senate race
The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Paul Helmke in 1998 ended up in the $4 million range. In 2010, Republican...