Monday, December 23, 2024

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...