Indiana lawmakers need to do more listening in 2023
My New Years wish is pretty simple: I would like lawmakers to listen to what Hoosiers want. all Hoosiers, not just the...
When a daughter comes to visit, a father is delighted
Some of you know this and some of you don’t, so I’ll try to bring everyone fully up to speed at the...
My cat is trying to kill me
It was around 4 or 5 a.m. I had just fed the cats their wet food because it’s important for cats so...
Do you have one of those paranormal pillows?
Folks, “last one in is a rotten egg” applies to more than swimming pools.
If you share sleeping quarters...
Mother’s Day without Mom doesn’t get easier, does it?
I understand that Mother’s Day carries more of an emotional wallop than Father’s Day does. I get...
Navigating the culture wars: Who has the playbook?
I’ve been struggling with this — betting you have, too. So I found it heartening to read this sentence in a commentary...
It wasn’t all just about the flood 20 years ago
Thumbing through 20-year-old copies of the News-Banner the past few weeks, researching the “Great Flood of 2003” for our series of articles,...
A threat to law and order from an unlikely culprit
It is highly likely that you have not been following the story about a small weekly newspaper in Marion, Kansas — as...
Why do even popular bills get hung up in Congress?
It’s not hard to imagine that as Congress edged closer and closer to shutting down the US government at the end of...
My excitement for Parlor City Christmas
When I was younger, many of my friends would go mall-hopping. Myself being born in between the end of the millennial generation...