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CHICAGO — Until last November, Indiana was home to just one Black female mayor, Gary’s Karen Freeman-Wilson, who served two terms before she was defeated in 2019.
Last November, the …
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8/28/24
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This pre-election summer has been more eventful than usual, including a mid-July change to the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris — …
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8/23/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Listening to four “living” governors at the Indiana State Fair Foundation’s Harvest Dinner brought to mind the only true farmer to serve in the state’s …
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8/17/24
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Some years back, a comedian told a joke about a friend saying, “I believe in the pope.
“Don’t you kind of have to?” The comedian had responded. “He’s not a …
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8/16/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Back in the days when I was a Chicago White Sox fan, I remember walking through Comiskey Park before the opening pitch and hearing shouts of “Coach! Coach! Coach!”
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8/14/24
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A friend says that weeds are simply flowers out of place. Rude, obscene, and curse words are often words out of place.
I said “hell” during a sermon one Sunday, perhaps referring to …
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8/14/24
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Headlines are often clickbait, often written by an editor, rather than an article’s author, meant to tease readers. They can signal the angle or bias of a story, but not aways. Here’s a …
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8/9/24
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CINCINNATI — On the face of it, Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump continues to say bizarre things at his rallies, but his intent is right there for all to see.
Trump said at …
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8/7/24
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The recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump was shocking. The former president and Republican presidential candidate was struck in the ear when a gunman fired shots at a rally in Pennsylvania. One …
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8/7/24
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“So, what’s the plan now?” came the text from one sibling to the others. It landed somewhere around 5 p.m. Sunday, July 21. It took a few minutes for the first reply. “You …
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8/2/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — A Shakespearean tragedy is characterized by death and disaster, involving characters of high societal status: Prince Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Lord Macbeth.
Macbeth …
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7/31/24
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In his July 26 guest column, Father Alexis Miller draws a huge red herring across the road to the 2024 Presidential Election when he advances yet another conspiracy to explain the understandable …
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7/31/24
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America is deeply polarized but no longer along the usual lines. It is not a divide between Republican and Democrat or liberal or conservative or rich and poor but rather a divide between the ruling …
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7/26/24
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School teaches us a lot of cleverness — that is, knowledge about the world — but it doesn’t always teach us wisdom, asserts Ecosophia, the LWV Green Films’ documentary …
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7/26/24
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Angry nostalgia is an apt description of much of contemporary experience. Many descriptions of past events and trends are accompanied by gestures of rage and anger. Praise or blame depending upon …
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7/24/24
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Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in July 1990, and ever since, people with [SG1] ability differences have been celebrating Disability Pride in July. The month-long celebration …
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7/19/24
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The United States faced fundamental decisions about foreign policy after World War II. Germany and Japan had been defeated, but the Soviet Union had emerged as a new threat. Mao Zedong’s forces …
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7/19/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — It’s been nine years since Donald Trump arrived on the American presidential scene, prompting me to finish a number of columns by simply saying, “Anything can …
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7/19/24
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WEST LAFAYETTE — It was a wintry night in January 2017, just two weeks into the Donald Trump presidency, and the conversation centered on the populist uprising unfolding before our eyes.
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7/13/24
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is marking its 75th anniversary this month. The observance, part of a NATO summit hosted by the United States in Washington, D.C., will be a big deal, and it …
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7/13/24
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