Friday, December 20, 2024

Congress has a lot to accomplish in a short time. Don’t expect much.

Congress went back into session after its summer recess on Sept. 9 with a full plate of...

Potatoes of yesterday, today, and the future

Bluffton Free Street Fair vendors offer a variety of items boiled in liquid fat. Meat. Pastries. Cheese....

Maybe Congress isn’t as bad as it seems

If you’ve followed media coverage of Congress over the past few years, it’s been hard to escape two impressions: Not much gets...

Swift’s life choices are fodder for attack. Don’t buy it.

I am not a Swiftie. I can’t name a single song by Taylor Swift besides “Shake it off.” But a recent Newsweek...

Skeptics and cynics and much ado about something

“People talk about the divide in this country as though we were standing on opposite sides of a chasm. When the reality...

What is an Indiana Republican now?

Following Micah Beckwith’s surprising lieutenant governor nomination and Jim Bopp’s startling assessment of how it impacts the governor’s race, I have seen...

What is driving perceptions about the economy?

Do Americans view the condition of the economy through a partisan political lens rather than judging it based on facts?

Father’s Day: A 1974 plumbing disaster

In 1974, when I was 11, I flushed an apple core down the toilet. You see, my father had...

Long-term care for seniors must be a top priority

Indiana is overhauling delivery of its senior Medicaid services this summer in a move that, hopefully, will make care more efficient and...