Local Opinion

Morton Marcus: Reinvigorating Indiana

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My homily last week may have disturbed some loyal Hoosiers. Here was a foreigner, one who did not attend an Indiana high school, challenging a...

ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: Time to upgrade Anderson Falls’ security

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This editorial was originally published June 23 in The (Columbus) Republic.  Sprawled across 44 acres of Hoosier forest and featuring a cascading waterfall, Anderson Falls...

David Carlson: Bridging the gulf between us

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“Physician, heal thyself.” “Teacher, teach thyself.” These two phrases came to mind last week after I finished preparing a talk that I’ve been invited to give...

Dick Wolfsie: Tech wreck

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Many technological advances in the world have stumped me over the past couple of decades. In each of the next few weeks, I will revisit...

Immigrants chase the American Dream ‘In the Heights’

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Years before “Hamilton” debuted, it was a musical titled “In the Heights” that introduced the world to its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was his...

Kelly Hawes: ‘Academic concept’ makes people mad

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Fox News star Tucker Carlson calls it a cult. Will Cain, co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend, calls it “modern-day Jim Crow.” Newt Gingerich says...

ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: Biden risks sinking his own plan

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This editorial was originally published Sunday in The Dallas Morning News. Americans have broadly agreed for years that the nation’s transportation infrastructure is in desperate...

Celebrating good times sandwiched between hard times

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Although family humor writers primarily write lighthearted stories, surely readers know that our family experiences the same difficulties, setbacks and sorrows as everyone else. We...

Leo Morris: Crime: An outrage or a mere problem?

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One day last week, an 82-year-old woman named Wilma Ball was stabbed to death in her home at Lake James. According to a sheriff’s...

ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: ISU takes cautious approach on COVID-19 vaccinations

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This editorial was originally published June 25 in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Fittingly, Indiana State University officials did their homework in preparing a COVID-19 vaccination...