Mundane happenings bring home flood of memories
Editor’s note: Surprise, columnist Janet Hommel Mangas! Her youngest daughter, Phoebe, whom she wrote about missing last week (“Always-made bed not same as mother,...
What’s going on in the U.S. economy?
Students are back on campus at Purdue University, and it's back to the classroom for me, too. So I need to get my head...
Migration numbers show gains, losses for Indiana
Frequently I get e-mails saying if I don’t like what’s happening in Indiana, I should move, preferably to Illinois. So I was delighted last...
Clearance shopping a fine art
I can smell it a mile away. I know how to search high and low for my prey.
Every store and each...
Good economics requires humility
What is the key to prosperity for the state of Indiana and its counties and towns?
Economist Adam Smith argued all that...
Sometimes you have to say it with a song
I’ve been George’s sidekick for nearly seven years. We have ridden the entire range of church music together from the high mountains of Mozart...
NRA training helps Guard meet executive order
The Indiana National Guard exists to serve state and nation. The Chattanooga, Tennessee, attacks in July have proven that service members are now exposed...
Capitol gathering place for Hoosiers
The most poignant moments in Indiana history have taken place under its dome and on its front steps.
Suffragettes lobbied for the...
Caught by pitch from roving cable salesman
"There's someone at the door,” said my wife, which is never a statement of fact, but rather a request for me to go see...
LIONS, TIGERS AND MORE
would like to introduce you to Kizmin, Savannah, King and especially Bubbles, and you can believe me when I say they are cool cats.
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