Opinion

Our state cheerleaders, quite naturally, are proclaiming Indiana is hot. They mean we’re attractive to firms wanting to locate facilities for future production. We can not verify their statements. All we can do is look at the evidence at hand.

Mary Ellen and I watch “Jeopardy,” and the other evening we discussed how Ken Jennings chats with the contestants, giving each one an open-ended question to prompt a funny or interesting personal story. Mary Ellen feared that if she ever got on the show, she’d have trouble coming up with five entertaining anecdotes, assuming she won every night for a week. Together, we crafted some fun ones. Her responses here are all 100% true.

The Polar Express has left the station, and there’s no slowing down this train.

Who can predict the future?

I almost never do this, but I gave into the temptation to fact check a post on social media. A friend had shared a message about the insurrection.

Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows how excited I was to get my blue check mark back in Dec. 2021. I had tried for years, but Twitter had a pretty stringent procedure. Even though I had thousands of followers, aired on a weekly television show and had been an honest and fair journalist for years, it was a no go.

Last May, we brought the world to Indiana by hosting our first-ever Global Economic Summit. We accomplished our mission, with more than 800 attendees from two dozen countries around the world. We showcased how Indiana is leading the way in the economy of the future by investing in innovation and entrepreneurship and building out new energy sources that will help feed, fuel and construct the 21st century, worldwide.

At public libraries, patrons are empowered to freely learn and broaden their horizons. They are one of the last institutions that everyone in the community from the cradle through retirement can enjoy.

It is early November, and I find myself swept along by the annual rush and whirl of the holiday season. For the most part, the festivities are pleasant and enjoyable though I admit I sometimes get a kind of whiplash from the rapid flow of events. Maybe it is because so many holidays, celebrations and special times are involved.

A reader recently suggested I write about the speed with which government policy can affect the economy. I’ve only lightly touched on this topic before, but it is both timely and interesting, and rich with theory and empirics.