Texas shooting: A failure of several levels
There are no adjectives that can accurately describe the gruesome act committed by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos at...
Thank you for being mannerly. ‘You’re welcome.’
“No problem.”
That is how I used to reply to people who thanked me...
To see the future, look to the past
People consider me old fashioned, even medieval, in my thinking and outlook. I plead guilty.
Citizen 0, Chicken Police 1
I intended to write something pithy about the just-concluded General Assembly session, since it was full of portentous news — a whopping...
Advice for young people heading into the labor market
Many of my columns have focused on labor market advice to young people heading to college. Still, here in Indiana, a bit...
Return of the ‘evil empire’
Regardless of what any American feels about what steps we should take in response to Russian President...
Zero tolerance for the word police
A white teacher in Chicago was fired recently for using the N-word in class.
‘Turtles All the Way Down’: Required viewing for Hoosiers
If one wants to be a homer in Indianapolis, there’s no better time of year for it than May. This year, the...
‘Forgiving’ student loans: Worst idea ever
My heartfelt congratulations to President Biden. He is proposing an idea so bad that it replaces the...
‘Snow Days’ — only a memory now
Because I am an old man, snow scares me. Sometimes, I think it is downright evil.