Thursday, January 16, 2025

Major League Baseball, if you can afford it

Now that the patriotic observances are past, it’s time to turn to another pillar of Americanism — baseball. Despite...

State politics increasingly fought in courtrooms

To cover government and politics these days you almost need a law degree. That’s because virtually every controversial issue ends up in...

Hoosier consumers need right to repair

Farmers in Indiana and all across the country scored a hard-won victory this year. As outlined in a CNHI...

Flooded with a variety of emotional memories

Whenever anyone mentions The Flood of 2003, my first thought is of one particular photo. When I...

Letters to the Editor: Time to get serious about a trail along Ind....

Back on Sept. 30, 2022, the News-Banner published an article on a new trail along Ind. 124. I wrote about this issue...

It’s a small, small world. After all.

Last Friday I spent the day at a funeral for my aunt, Dozzy Coburn, who was the former first lady of Butler,...

Angelkeep Journals: What ‘May’ you name a June bug in July?

Do you remember when you had to “spring forward” by an hour on all of your clocks a few months ago? It...

In the Constitution, Congress comes first. In real life, not so much.

There’s a reason the founders started with Congress when they created the blueprint for our representative democracy: It’s the institution closest to...

Gas tax increases are as predictable as fireworks in July

When fireworks and flags roll around, so do Indiana’s gas tax hikes. Yet another one-cent increase goes into effect...

‘Here’s the Thing’ reaches a milestone, and it’s terrific

I would like to pause a moment to praise the people whose “Here’s the Thing” essays are on Page 5 of the...