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Ryan Trares: Hanging onto summer for dear life

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The morning air is getting crisper. Goldenrod and asters are blooming in the garden. The sun is rising later and later in the morning, and those long summer evenings have been truncated.

Dick Wolfsie: Remembering Barney

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Recently, 4,000 beagles were released from a research facility because the dogs were being mistreated. Several organizations are trying to find homes for these adorable creatures. That story was especially sad for me to read, as this month is the 20th anniversary of losing my first beagle. Barney was a rescue, too.

Hearts and Darts

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Hearts

David Carlson: Chalk artists and Pink Floyd

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I have long been fascinated by the “creative process” of artists. Perhaps my first encounter with a real artist came in the church of my youth. Once every two or three years, my church would invite a “chalk artist” to perform in a Sunday evening service. These artists would set up their large easels in front of the congregation before slowly drawing a scene from the Bible.

Mark Franke: The government we deserve

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“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”

Richard Feldman: COVID still with us, vaccines need work

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For most Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic is behind them; they’ve moved on. Done. It’s obvious from the small percentage of people still masking. Even public health officials, understanding the realities of pandemic fatigue, now attempt to balance best public health recommendations with the public’s willingness to comply with mitigation measures. Politically, the days of mitigation mandates are gone.

Bud Herron: Cracker Barrel has people choosing sides

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Cracker Barrel — that icon of good, old-fashioned buttery biscuits with a side of cholesterol — has come out of the culture-war closet and announced it is sausage pro-choice.

GPL Column: Take a making journey

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Do you remember the thrill of earning badges when you were younger? Trying to fill up a sticker sheet given by your teacher. Trying to earn the next badge in scouts. Or, my personal favorite, trying to fill up your Book It! pin for some free pizza!

Norman Knight: Quiet ride on the Pumpkinvine

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We park the car near the eastern terminus of the Pumpkinvine Trail, which is just past the four-way stop in the center of Shipshewana. We lift our bikes from the rack, check our water supply and strap on our helmets. Then Becky and I start pedaling west. Shipshewana is a small town, and within minutes the two of us are rolling through the bucolic countryside.

Michael Hicks: SB1 deeply damaging to Indiana’s economy

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If polls are true, Indiana’s new abortion law is so restrictive that it has the support of no more than 16% of Americans in any broad demographic group. When asked, only 11% of the 18-to-29-year-old crowd supports laws as restrictive as ours. The state-level polls are older and less reliable, but the best I’ve seen suggests that close to two-thirds of Hoosiers support broader abortion access than was granted in SB1.