Women’s lengthy journey is far from being over
This is Women’s History Month, and as we celebrate the accomplishments of women, we need to think...
Indiana’s ailing public health system spending
Two years ago, the pandemic made what was clear even more obvious.
Indiana doesn’t...
Getting on the job versus getting the diploma
I did not go to college because I wanted to.
I went first of...
Tracking the latest ‘Big Lie’
All this mindless partisan taunting across the political divide really is becoming tiresome, isn’t it?
Watch out: They’re rethinking high school in Indiana Legislature
No sentence should strike more fear into the hearts of Hoosier parents than this one, variations of which have appeared in numerous...
Are you reading enough comic strips?
I’m heartbroken that cartoonist Scott Adams recently self-destructed — but hold the presses! This big, beautiful world still has plenty of comic...
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...
Summer vacations for the ‘retired’
I spent my professional career in higher education administration, specifically in the enrollment and finance areas. What that meant was summer was...
Congress needs to represent us. But it also needs to act
Back in January, you might have noticed a story from Oklahoma about James Lankford, that state’s senior US senator. Lankford, a Republican,...
‘Adjunct’ teachers bill sidesteps primary issues
Legislation that would enable public school districts to use “adjunct” teachers is a Band-Aid approach to addressing...