Why we oooh and aaah on the 4th of July   

It’s been way too long since I lit a sparkler as the sun goes down on the...

What does it take to be important in America?

Maybe it’s the perspective a long life brings, but I find myself eyeing with some skepticism the...

Talk of school consolidations return at the state level

It’s hard to separate the sentimentality tied to your high school years from a fact-based discussion about school consolidation. But it needs...

School bills again make Indiana laughingstock

Orwellian legislation that would seek to limit what can be taught in Indiana schools is terrible for...

Don’t be fooled by savvy scammers

We’ve all received them - those phone calls from numbers you don’t recognize. There’s a good chance you may have even answered...

Raskin — Biden’s latest anti-freedom nominee

With all the attention directed to President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer...

The treasure of our Constitution

I don’t usually give Congress credit for passing useful legislation. Bills that run to a thousand pages...

The transparency failure is bad; the excuses are worse

The failure of nearly all members of the St. Joseph County Council to turn over emails and...

Open Door Law applies to county public agencies

Employees of Madison County government, notably those in planning departments, should start taking Anderson resident Sean Smith...

Some Hoosier connections to a valiant Ukraine

By the time this is published, Kyiv may have fallen. But Ukraine’s comedian turned President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...