Saturday, July 5, 2025

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.