Opinion

National Newspaper Week is here, officially recognized from Oct. 2-8. Here at the Daily Journal, we welcome the opportunity to share important stories about our community and the broader world, and we take seriously our responsibility to report fairly, accurately and impartially.

We are now 18 months into inflation that is above the 2.0 to 2.5% level that the Federal Reserve targets as a normal rate of inflation. To slow that inflation rate, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate five times, from 3.25 to 6.25%. This has the effect of increasing the cost of borrowing, thus reducing consumer demand. It also increases the risk of a recession. It is too early to predict a recession, and economists, including this columnist, have a poor track record of predicting recessions. However, it is not too soon to think through what we might expect with a recession and what unexpected risks might accompany a downturn.

Some things just aren’t a surprise.

The underlying fight on abortion is about privacy, and specifically whether a woman can make private medical decisions that the government shouldn’t be part of.

Hi! This is Dick Wolfsie’s newest cell phone. The old phone talked to you many years ago, but since I have taken over the job, I wanted to update everyone on how things are going. Now that Dick is retired, I figured things would be easy compared to previous years when he was running around the city, interviewing people and making follow-up calls about his TV segments. Boy, was I wrong.

The Johnson County Public Library would like to thank the following businesses for contributing to the success of the Culture Fair on September 10th at the Clark Pleasant Branch: Long River of Franklin, Great Wall, Mi Abuelito’s 3, Enedina’s fiesta bar and grill, and Swagat Indian Cuisine. The food was delicious and the community had a wonderful opportunity to learn about the different cultures here in Johnson County!

There are some books that can be read quickly. There are other books that should come with a note stamped on the cover: “Best read slowly.”

When I was a newbie reporter at the Wabash Plain Dealer, I started hearing about a young woman named Brenda Webb, just a few years out of high school and beginning to make a name for herself as a country singer.

President Joe Biden is flat-out wrong if he thinks the pandemic is over. Although the trendlines are pointing downward, the United States still registers around 360 deaths per day from the coronavirus along with a seven-day average of 55,000 new infections, with 13,700 people currently hospitalized. Those numbers are a far cry from the earlier days of the pandemic, but that hardly means the threat is gone.

I spent my whole life in cities and suburbs where there is so much light pollution that you’re lucky to see Orion’s Belt. I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I thought I knew what the night sky looked like.