Is this a recession? Maybe it’s a ‘working recession’
Is this a recession? Real gross domestic product has dropped for two straight quarters. Real GDP is our measure of goods and...
Tracking the latest ‘Big Lie’
All this mindless partisan taunting across the political divide really is becoming tiresome, isn’t it?
Be careful assessing impact of new abortion law
Ball State economist Michael Hicks recently wrote an op-ed (The News-Banner, Friday, Aug. 19) expressing concern about...
Indiana facing 125 degree days
This past month, Indiana was bookended by two “thousand year” floods, coming in St. Louis and eastern...
Inflation reduction act won’t
In January 1925, President Calvin Coolidge, addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington. In his...
Abortion ban will be damaging to Indiana’s economy
If polls are true...
On winning the lottery … and who always wins in the end
I bought my first lottery ticket recently. It was a $20 scratch-off that paid me a $40...
Abortion, going forward … what can you live with?
Can the legislative process still work more or less as intended, with lawmakers balancing competing interests and...
Officer Shahnavaz’s death should unite, not divide
Anger is easy. Anger is natural. When life is taken violently, without a moment’s notice, anger is...
Trying to measure the effect of abortion bans on our economy
Indiana’s special legislative session has caused a number of folks to ask me about the economic impact...