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...
Advice for young people heading into the labor market
Many of my columns have focused on labor market advice to young people heading to college. Still, here in Indiana, a bit...
A Hoosier economist’s take on inflation and you
Consumer price index Inflation ran at 2.1 percent per year from 1997 to 2019. Then came the pandemic recession and recovery. Inflation...
Will we let the children lead us?
I started my career teaching special education in the 90s. I taught what was then called, self-contained special education. These classes were...
On this 80th anniversary of D-Day …
June 6 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ D-Day invasion of France during World War II. As many years as...