Whither now the Republican Party?

Mark Franke “Whither thou goest, I will go.”  — Ruth 1:16 KJV At risk of...

Pre-K’s broken promise

“Children learning, parents earning!” That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s summation of the case for the “comprehensive...

Some surprising lessons from COVID-19 learning loss

Last month, my colleague Dagney Faulk and I published a study on COVID-19-related learning loss in Indiana...

The Republican Civil War

That hissing sound heard all over Washington, D.C., recently was the air escaping from the MAGA 2024...

Biden’s latest anti-freedom nominee

With all the attention directed to President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to replace...

Everyone’s doing what they can with the people on hand

Our publisher, Doug Brown, puts notes of (occasionally attempted) humor inside the back door of Your Favorite Newspaper. The one that’s been...

The Russian invasion threat is personal for Indiana’s Rep. Spartz

For Noblesville’s U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the poised Russian invasion of her native Ukraine is, well, personal.

Raskin — Biden’s latest anti-freedom nominee

With all the attention directed to President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer...

Free speech, school rules and tax assessments

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand...

Show teachers respect, not stifle them with H.B. 1134

Teachers just never seem to catch a break. Even though most of them go above and beyond to provide our children the...