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Angelkeep Journals: Thousands of antennae — zero TV viewing
Today’s first day of summer arrives with antennae pointing tens of thousands of directions. Not one single TV or radio station can...
What is driving perceptions about the economy?
Do Americans view the condition of the economy through a partisan political lens rather than judging it based on facts?
A Father’s Day fuel-pump fiasco in Alaska
It was August 2004, and my two friends and I were camping in a gas station parking lot in the town of...
Saturday Sub: Some taxing lessons as the plot thickens. Again.
Although the property tax issue has not been consciously put aside for the year, neither have I been actively pursuing it. But...
Father’s Day: A 1974 plumbing disaster
In 1974, when I was 11, I flushed an apple core down the toilet.
You see, my father had...
Angelkeep Journals: There goes the neighborhood
New neighbors built their small home within a stone’s throw of Angelkeep’s patio. The pair were somewhat transient, not seen in or...
Long-term care for seniors must be a top priority
Indiana is overhauling delivery of its senior Medicaid services this summer in a move that, hopefully, will make care more efficient and...
Advice for young people heading into the labor market
Many of my columns have focused on labor market advice to young people heading to college. Still, here in Indiana, a bit...
A Hoosier economist’s take on inflation and you
Consumer price index Inflation ran at 2.1 percent per year from 1997 to 2019. Then came the pandemic recession and recovery. Inflation...