Morton Marcus: Revisiting Hoosier regions
On May 3, Gov. Eric Holcomb launched READI (the Regional Economic Acceleration + Development Initiative).
It’s a $500,000 program for Indiana regions to attract and...
Quiet thoughts while mowing
The sense of accomplishment after it’s done. Being able to see the results of your labor. The smell of fresh-cut grass. Being outside in...
Dick Wolfsie: Water on my brain
Have you ever listened to a Ted Talk, with informational short speeches on fascinating topics like “Why do we have hair in random places?”...
David Carlson: Passion is contagious
As the Summer Olympics approach, I have memories of previous Olympics returning to mind.
A recent charity appeal in the mail brought back one of...
Lee Hamilton: Whatever you think of it, we’re global
No matter how hard we try, we really can’t avoid one another. We live in a world where what takes place somewhere else on...
Leo Morris: The Zen of civic maintenance
When I was in my late 20s – at an age when I knew Utopia was just around the corner if only we could...
Michael Hicks: Looking back at a century of Father’s Days
It’s Father’s Day weekend, which caused me to think a bit about a century of change in the life of a typical American dad....
When justice is served at the kitchen table
We held a trial at the kitchen table before church on Sunday. Seven grands had spent the weekend — five girls and two boys.
There...
Morton Marcus: Thinking about Fathers and Families
In 2019, Indiana had 140,000 households headed by women without a spouse, living with their children under age 18, according to the Census Bureau.
Some...
Dick Wolfsie: Shell shocked
Several evenings a week, the neighbors in our cul-de-sac gather with their dogs in the driveway across the street from us. There is Max,...