Don’t be a Grinch: Stay prepared for holidays
I have friends who live for this time of the year. With bated peppermint-flavored breath, they eagerly await the day they can spark a...
Daredevil of Pumpkinvine Pike pioneered state auto industry
The date was July 4, 1894. The location was Pumpkinvine Pike three miles east of Kokomo. Elwood Haynes had hauled his newfangled carriage —...
Don’t face the apocalypse without facial revitalizer
Prior to beginning our home renovations, I had never been in my wife's bathroom. It wasn't that I didn't want to pay an occasional...
Stumpery garden fuels excitement in opportunity to create
In the beginning ... of the stumpery.
I was cleaning out the corner back quadrant of our 5 acres when I saw...
Self-absorbed people bound to be polarized
The Wall Street Journal recently polled Republicans and Democratic voters on their ideological identifications. In 1990, the newspaper commissioned a more or less identical...
From death to the joy of life and a burgundy recliner
We have had a strange run with a funeral nearly every week since late September, a sad and mournful toll of accidents, age and...
Anonymity is costly to society
Recently I wrote a column on Indiana’s job growth during the past 20 years. In return, I was blessed with the following anonymous email:
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When the bough breaks, curiosity is aroused
Grandma Becky is sitting with Granddaughter Adelaide in a chair. Grandchild is operating on her default setting of constant chatter, so Grandma begins singing...
Congress’ problems deep-seated but fixable
A lot of ink is being spilled about the speakership drama in the U.S. House, the demands by members of the conservative Freedom Caucus,...
Meeting of religious leaders broadens horizons, minds
As is true of many people, I love encountering unfamiliar cultures when I travel. Yet, I will always remember my four days at the...