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Most Americans alive 20 years ago remember where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. They remember the airplane hijackings, the attacks, and the collapse of the Twin Towers. They remember the nearly 3,000 …
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8/30/21
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INDIANAPOLIS — On paper, Republican U.S. Sen. Todd Young looks to be in the catbird seat as he seeks a second term next year. He sits on a war chest approaching $5 million. He’s …
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8/30/21
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For the 95 years between the 15th Amendment and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, it seemed reasonable and right to many Americans to enact “poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic …
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8/27/21
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On CBS-TV’s Sunday Morning this week, a former Army sergeant who left parts of both arms and legs in Afghanistan came on and tried to say something positive in the face of our ugly retreat from …
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8/25/21
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NASHVILLE, Ind. -— I never met Marine Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary, but anyone traveling on State Road 46 heading into this town crosses a bridge named in his honor.
On Feb. 18, 2010, while on …
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8/23/21
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Mandates, morals and laws are three distinct categories, each with its own context, foundation, scope and effectiveness.
Mandates are much in the news because many officials and institutions issue …
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8/23/21
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Great news: Google has turned us into armchair experts on everything. In just a few minutes, we can know better than experts who have committed their entire careers to complicated scientific …
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8/23/21
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Historical markers. It’s easy to pass them by without stopping to read the words that unassumingly anchor our city to its story. On the corner of Wabash and Grant avenues, where the colonnade …
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8/20/21
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INDIANAPOLIS — Hundreds of Hoosiers showed up at nine hearings scheduled by General Assembly Republican majorities this past week on the once-in-a-decade topic of redistricting.
The final …
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8/16/21
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My Lab puppy, Thurber, makes me laugh out loud every day.
The writing life requires you to sit still for long periods of time, but those days are long gone.
As I write this column — …
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8/16/21
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In 1968, Midwesterner Wendell Berry turned his thoughts to the problem that had ushered in the Civil Rights movement: “It is not, I think, a question of when and how the white people will …
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8/13/21
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Three points to ponder if for some reason you have put “diversity” on your list of things to agonize over today.
1. At our weekly bridge game, my friend the Navy veteran was kidding me …
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8/11/21
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I haven’t weighed in on the whole “cancel culture” business for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is it’s so stupid.
First, they came for Aunt Jemima. Then Dr. …
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8/11/21
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INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Azar, the former Eli Lilly executive and Health and Human Services secretary, played a crucial role in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine after President Trump …
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8/9/21
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On Aug. 18, 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. Not all women, though, because the history of voting rights is not equal to voting access. Nevertheless, it …
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8/6/21
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Here we go again. COVID on the rise, more than 615,000 American deaths into the pandemic — with 14,000 of them Hoosiers — and Montgomery County’s schools are choosing to throw any …
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Today’s column offers a serious exploration of a way to solve the crime problem once and for all. So, if you’re reading this in your car, put the phone down so you don’t miss the …
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8/4/21
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INDIANAPOLIS — One thing that stood out after the Capitol and D.C. Metro police testimony Tuesday before the fledgling House Jan. 6 Select Committee was how close this …
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8/2/21
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Maybe it’s just a professional preoccupation, but I’ve always been intrigued by why voters cast their ballots as they do. I’ve never made a formal study of it, but have talked with …
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8/2/21
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the future. Mostly, in part, because mine seems to be approaching quicker than I would like for it to.
In exactly 31 days upon the date of writing this, …
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8/2/21
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