Who is replacing what? Demography is not destiny
Let you in on a little secret: Non-European, non-white voters are flooding the polls, boosting prospects for...
Yogi Berra would have something to say
“We just agree different.” Yogi Berra
Mark Franke
I had an unofficial undergraduate minor in...
Black conservatives convene for a ‘new birth of freedom’
In 1955, an unmarried pregnant University of Wisconsin graduate student left her home and traveled to San Francisco to a doctor who...
What about the next coup attempt?
In 1980, because I was an idealistic conservative eager to do my bit for democracy, I volunteered...
That black hole at the center of the Milky Way? Don’t worry; be happy
To begin, this is not the way it ends.
Not the way that you...
The Sport of Kings, et al
It’s probably sacrilegious for a Hoosier to admit this, but I find auto racing the dullest of...
Inflation is a policy and political problem
The Consumer Price Index was released this week, showing inflation at 8.3 percent, year over year. The...
In memory of ‘Decoration Day’
I don’t recall my parents ever using the term “Memorial Day,” except when referring to the Indianapolis 500-mile race.
A cautionary tale for gun owners
The tense and chaotic episode that unfolded at a Terre Haute shopping center last month was ripe...
Do you like what you’re hearing on TV?
“I can’t heeaarr you!” – Sgt. Vincent Carter on “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”
You may...