Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Gun carry permits still worth having

A raft of new Indiana laws took effect July 1, few more controversial than one that lifts...

It’s the stuff that pings are made of that matters

You get these “pings” once in a while. During a conversation or while reading a news story...

Does your body hate you like mine hates me?

Trust me when I declare that I am not competing for sympathy against folks suffering from cancer,...

A most uncommon common butterfly

Someone called it common. Duh!  Hours of research proved it uncommon. Difficult to fully...

Virtue’s disappearance in our public character

In 1993, William Bennett published an impressive anthology of essays, fables, poems and other writings titled “The...

Letters to the Editor: Protecting the unborn

I am writing in response to Mark Miller’s article, “To boldly go where this man has not gone before” from the July...

Raise red flags to prevent violence

“Red flags missed” was the headline of a recent Associated Press story about the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.

I promise: I will not wait too long. I will not wait too long.

As a species, I believe humans have a default mode of “I’ll do it later.” Whatever “it”...

To boldly go where this man has not gone before

This week’s Saturday entry is way outside my comfort zone — perhaps even a different universe. For...

What happened at Roswell 75 years ago?

The front page of the July 8, 1947 “Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record” seized the American imagination...