New approach to fireworks laws needed
Thank you for printing the recent “Hoosier Opinions” regarding the current fireworks laws.
It is past time for our...
A painted turtle and Angelkeep paintings
Paintings adorned the interior walls of nearly every room at Angelkeep. Bluffton’s historical commercial artist and watercolorist, Harry Lindstrand, was well represented...
What is the value of Indiana wetlands?
Each morning that I can, I sit on my back deck and enjoy a cup of coffee, and take in the peacefulness...
Summer vacations for the ‘retired’
I spent my professional career in higher education administration, specifically in the enrollment and finance areas. What that meant was summer was...
Time to blow up Indiana’s fireworks law
Watching a great fireworks display — punctuated by bright colors and trailing sparks — is a delight. But Indiana’s wild west approach...
The House GOP Caucus revolt isn’t all bad
Now that it’s settled down to just a low simmer, the revolt by members of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S....
It wasn’t all just about the flood 20 years ago
Thumbing through 20-year-old copies of the News-Banner the past few weeks, researching the “Great Flood of 2003” for our series of articles,...
Are college costs getting too high?
State Rep. Ed DeLaney suggests he knows the problem facing Indiana’s institutions of higher learning.
“I understand math,” the...
Human capital is the source of prosperity
The economic view of growth is pretty simple. People and businesses are attracted to places based on three factors — local productivity,...
Angelkeep Journals: The amazing ‘water fishing spider’
Not in a million years would anyone at Angelkeep have guessed Angelpond held spiders that swam underwater without scuba gear, outmaneuvered and...