Free-market approach required for successful football playoffs
Which system do you prefer: college basketball’s March Madness or college football’s bowls-playoff? Your answer may indicate your view of the beneficial role of...
Picking perfect Christmas tree not easy
The magic of the holidays is definitely here.
While driving home in the darkness, it is easy to spot the homes outlined...
Life lessons through an old computer
I am a bit embarrassed. In de-cluttering for Christmas guests, I just realized I have a 20-year old-computer that I’ve been dusting around.
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Replaying cat-scratch fever, runaway beagle blues
I need two columns this year to express gratitude to all those who provided material for my weekly 2014 columns. So for this week,...
There’s lesson to be learned when oil prices drop
The sharp drop in crude oil prices has caught many economists by surprise, myself included.
Just two weeks ago I was heralding...
Big thank-you for keeping collective eye on the pie
Permit me a personal moment. A few days ago was the 24th anniversary of this weekly newspaper column. It began with prompting from my...
Nothing like pink eye invading the holiday spirit
Considering that red and green are the traditional colors of the winter holiday season, I suppose I could have regarded my bloodshot left eye...
Create unique gifts for holidays
“‘Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free, ’tis a gift to come down where we ought to be.”
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Proposal for release of hostages held by ISIL
The position of the United States government on the issue of negotiating with terrorists such as Islamic State group of Iraq and the Levant...
Wabash professor helped build state school system
Indiana’s 1816 Constitution called for a statewide system of free public schools, but it didn’t happen until the 1850s — after education reformers demanded...