An ode to the Indiana State Fair (without the rhyming)
I know it’s the end of summer and kids are headed back to school. But if you have one more hurrah in...
Indiana is becoming an abortion restriction island
Indiana is turning into an abortion island. Girded by gerrymandered General Assembly maps, along with an anemic...
The honorable Mr. Pence
Mike Pence, after about seven years of campaigning with Donald Trump, serving with Trump, and showing as...
The Feds fail to see the (incandescent) light
Goodbye, incandescent light bulb.
You had a heck of a run before the government...
The system works – but it also needs attention
Back in mid-July, an eye-opening poll came out. It raises some serious questions about Americans’ underlying confidence in our democracy.
Hoosiers should have direct ballot power
Ohio is in the midst of a ballot initiative melee that can only be described as pulling the rug out from under...
The state’s ILEARN results should concern us all
The results of Indiana’s ILEARN standardized testing are slightly better than 2022, but they still show that Hoosier students in grades 3-8...
Are you clinging to your landline phone?
If I could somehow call my father in the Great Beyond, I’d confess that I’m turning into him.
I...
No more textbook fees but some districts will see losses
Parents are getting a big win as their kids go back to school this year: no more textbook fees. But as the...
A case study in how the U.S. House damages itself
If you even noticed the party-line vote in the U.S. House back in June to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, you may...