MICHIGAN CITY — The political prosecution of Donald J. Trump will begin live on network TV in prime time next Tuesday when he faces Vice President Kamala Harris in their first presidential …
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9/7/24
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Ah, September. This year’s pumpkin-spice-eve month is more than a chance to put huge half-skeletons on your front lawn and start planning your costumes for the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon. …
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9/6/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Covering the 1996 presidential campaign of Indiana U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar was to find him in a Drake University classroom a few days before the Iowa caucuses talking with …
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8/31/24
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James Pogue penned an intriguing column last week entitled “The Senator Warning Democrats of a Crisis Underneath their Nose.” In it, Pogue wrangles with the prognostications of Senator …
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8/30/24
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8/28/24
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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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8/27/24
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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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8/21/24
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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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8/17/24
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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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