Monday, July 7, 2025

Is it déjà vu or just a full brain?

Most of you have undoubtedly experienced déjà vu, that eerie sense that something you have never encountered...

The inquisition: Do you want your receipt?

Yes, receipts do seem to breed like rabbits in my poor overstuffed-with-credit-cards-and-gift-cards-and-loyalty-cards-and-hastily-scribbled-notes wallet. But...

In the Constitution, Congress comes first. In real life, not so much.

There’s a reason the founders started with Congress when they created the blueprint for our representative democracy: It’s the institution closest to...

The miracle of bugs

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Proverbs 6:6

The Republican Civil War

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

Hoosier consumers need right to repair

Farmers in Indiana and all across the country scored a hard-won victory this year. As outlined in a CNHI...

What kind of democracy are we when politicians have to fear violence?

Now that the dust has settled on the House speakership fight, both Washington and the media have been eager to move on...

Indiana hospitals to state legislature: Drop dead

Late last year, Indiana’s Senate pro tempore and speaker of the House wrote an open letter to...

Latest legislative economic disclosures prompt concerns

Earlier this session, a senator sat on a bench and casually asked me — while waving the yellow statement of economic interest...

Approach Indiana tax cut with caution

Indiana is bursting at the seams with cash, so the General Assembly’s first instinct is to give it away.