Local Opinion

Letter: Was resignation necessary over Missouri incident?

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To the editor: When I review the emotionally driven turmoil and administrative carnage at the University of Missouri, I can’t escape a...

Boat, RV ordinance in Greenwood effective

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In the two years since new rules were approved on where boats, RVs and trailers can be parked in Greenwood neighborhoods, more than 100...

Are you as smart as a fourth-grader?

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Next month Indiana will launch a full-year celebration of its bicentennial. Perhaps the most informed residents about this state's 200th birthday will be 10-year-old...

Debt ceiling an outdated political pawn

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You can understand why President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle sought to cast their end-of-October budget deal in...

City right to take cautious approach

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Indianapolis-based developer Gershman Partners is planning a mammoth retail project in Greenwood that it says would cost $90 million and include 700,000 square feet...

Kidney stones, E.R. run lead to wardrobe resolution

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I am training for the next 30 days. I have resolved to wear a dress and high heels every day for at least a...

ISTEP robbing kids of valuable learning

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It is time for Indiana lawmakers to scrap ISTEP. The test is nothing but trouble, and it is taking valuable time away from classroom...

Pence, lawmakers must back up promises

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(Bloomington) Herald-Times Last year, Gov. Mike Pence and the members of the Indiana General Assembly should have learned a hard lesson. ...

Forcing taxpayers to support charity wrong

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Kwang Jin Kim was born to a middle-class family in North Korea. In his book “Under the Same Sky” he gives a firsthand account...

LEFT BREATHLESS

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This year, my friend Travis and I decided to forego backpacking. The thought of carrying 40-pound packs up and down miles in the Smokey...