Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Here we go again. Property taxes are back in the news.

My phone rang last Friday morning. It was a neighbor. “Have you opened your...

Republicans aren’t disappearing — and may even be growing stronger

Reports of the death of the Republican Party continue to be premature.  You’ve heard...

What else needs a baseball pitch clock?

My brother, the former Babe Ruth Leaguer, remains deeply skeptical of Major League Baseball’s newly instituted pitch...

Angelkeep Journals: Look. Up in the sky. It’s Great Egret.

“Great Caesar’s ghost,” exclaimed the editor of that mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper who, disguised as Clark Kent, fought a...

More electrifying thoughts you ‘auto’ read

The internet has changed how American businesses operate, none so much as the news business, we tend to believe around here at...

Politics, slow and steady

Today, let’ s pay tribute to one of history’s little known but highly influential figures: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, a Roman statesman...

An extra bill and a half in state revenue

On April 19, 2023, in the Indiana Statehouse in the city of Indianapolis, one-point-five billion dollars appeared out of thin air. The...

Remembering some things ­ and forgetting some others

Our church has a men’s prayer breakfast on the last Saturday of each month. Last Saturday, I remembered to go.

My buddy Bryce graduated, and I want you to know him

By RYAN WALKER Bryce Lippe (left) poses in his cap and gown following the 9 a.m. Huntington University...

Nostalgic and modern puzzles to solve

We all have different ways of reacting to how the world is changing, which makes nostalgia a pretty popular diversion.