Saturday, April 5, 2025

Trying to measure the effect of abortion bans on our economy

Indiana’s special legislative session has caused a number of folks to ask me about the economic impact...

I’m bad at golf. Will 10,000 hours fix that? I don’t know.

I had a golf club in my hands this past week, and I was as bad as...

Can anything be done to stabilize residential property tax bills?

Here we go. It’s budget time. Local government officials will be making decisions the...

Gov. Eric Holcomb doesn’t seem to care about enormous policy debate on abortion

Indiana is in the throes of one of the most important policy debates the state has ever seen -do women control their...

Who’s been laying in my nest?

Angelkeep Journals’ headline today steals a bit of dialogue, with variations, from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

America, what will it be?

As a firm believer in the country’s foundations of individual liberty and natural rights, I certainly think...

What’s happening at your newspaper

Our former editor, Jessica Bricker, would occasionally write her column about what was happening at The News-Banner....

One trip to Barcelona will likely result in a second

As we walked through the narrow cobblestone streets of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, we marveled at all that...

NIMBY Is alive and well

Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) demands recognition as a universal truth with claims both on natural...

I’ve been workin’ on the railroad (story)

Railroads played a key role in history, once being the sole and indispensable means of long-distance transportation....