Lawsuit to protect from tax penalty
Can the federal government directly tax state and local governments? The U.S. Supreme Court answered other questions in its recent ruling on the Affordable...
Intellectually dishonest to suggest gay rights threaten marriage, family units in America
The formation of families, or what we call marriage, has always been the central organizing element of economic activity, predating all modern forms of...
Survival guide for tolerable time at family reunions
Summer is in full swing, notwithstanding the June monsoon, and you know what that means: Time to gas up the Deluxe Truckster and head...
Driver’s license changes save lives
In the first 3½ years after it became a law, Indiana’s Graduated Driver’s License produced its intended effect — fewer teens injured and killed...
Drawing district lines political game in Indiana
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided an independent commission in Arizona may determine election district boundaries for congressional and legislative seats. This puts Arizona...
Seeking rainbows after financial storm
Into every person’s life a little rain must fall. For most of us, that rain isn’t always a welcome experience.
A car...
Some truth about Hoosier school budgets
There is almost no subject in public finance that is as easy to demagogue, distort and mislead as funding for schools. It is helpful...
Changes in state’s tax laws affect taxpayers little, but municipalities greatly
It started in 1973, when Gov. Otis Bowen pushed his property tax relief package through the Indiana General Assembly.
Counties could adopt the county adjusted...
Fireworks bring up old memories, time to create new ones
It seems Nashville, Tennessee, and New York are going to battle this year over who will have the nation’s best firework display.
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South Bend immigrant revolutionized American farming
Though his name is not nearly as familiar as John Deere’s, James Oliver of South Bend revolutionized agriculture with his invention of a new...