Saturday, July 12, 2025

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...

Hey Congress, stop messing with my clocks

With the “fall back” clock change coming soon, one thing makes me especially grumpy and confused.

Indiana property tax bills are increasing a lot in 2023

Indiana county treasurers soon will mail property tax bills to owners of homes, rental housing, farmland, and businesses. Most will see big...

2022 food trends: Love them or hate them?

As I write this year-end essay about 2022 trends in food and dining, I must confess that I’m playing catch-up.

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...

Hard-right turn for Lt. Gov. Crouch

The Suzanne Crouch I have covered for more than a decade has never really been about politics — she has been about...

Emergency powers debate is short-sighted and repetitive

It was like 2021 all over again in the Senate Tuesday. Senators made the same arguments about the emergency...

Maybe Congress isn’t as bad as it seems

If you’ve followed media coverage of Congress over the past few years, it’s been hard to escape two impressions: Not much gets...

Calling out Indiana’s venture capital hospitals

Indiana has long had not-for-profit statutes that permit firms to operate free of taxes. The legislative language on the purpose of a...

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...