Local Opinion

State economic sluggishness follows well-established trend

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Indiana will be safe for another year. We will retain our regressive social agenda as the General Assembly stays busy passing meaningless, divisive legislation....

Safety paramount in stormy weather

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Daily Journal Although severe weather can strike at any time of the year, spring tends to be Indiana’s wildest season weatherwise. ...

Letter: Veterans losing big in current legislative ‘game’

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To the editor: Team Soccer Stadium scored a major victory in the second half of the Indiana General Assembly Political Game. Their...

Coloring outside the lines proves highly therapeutic

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Granddaughter Adelaide is quite the artist. At a mere 3 years of age she has developed her own artistic style. Reminiscent of...

Cowardly conspirator Hoosier politician, Lincoln successor unscathed

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A century and a half ago, on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, who spent his boyhood in Indiana. ...

Focus: Protecting newborns

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(Bloomington) Herald-Times Since 2000, Indiana has had a “safe haven” law that allows an unharmed newborn of less than 30 days old...

Banana-tree reality bigger than gardener’s dreams

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I woke up last Sunday with a monstrous beast in my living room. It was our own doing, of course. The husband and I...

Dear readers: I apologize for humorous exaggeration

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When I show up to see my CPA at tax time, Clare clears her desk so I can spread out all my shoe boxes...

Weddings these days big, scary business

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It isn’t June, but weddings are making a lot of news these days. First, the story in the Washington Post said the...

Letter: Lawmakers must do more to prevent gun violence

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To the editor: People For Common Sense Gun Control are calling for action from Congress. We would like to see laws enacted...