Opinion

Indiana has a series of ailments, several of them serious.

It was like 2021 all over again in the Senate Tuesday.

I just read a piece in The New York Times that set me thinking. It was an easygoing discussion among some writers. One group argues January is the worst month of the year; the other group declares January to be the best month of the year. Like any good writing, It kindled little thought fires in my imagination.

Fresh new visions danced in our heads.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star

According to the campaign of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald J. Trump, the former commander-in-chief has divine providence.

A recent study conducted by a research center found that a growing number of clergypersons are leaving their vocation or are tempted to do so. Being the son of a minister, I was already aware of the toll that the position takes on people. I remember my father having to conduct a funeral before officiating at a wedding and then heading to a hospital to visit someone headed for surgery. Talk about experiencing an emotional rollercoaster.

The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette

Proposed legislation that could govern our daily life is on the horizon.

This month, my colleague Dagney Faulk and I released a study titled “School Corporation Size and Student Outcomes.” This is the newest of perhaps a dozen studies we’ve authored on the key issues of government size, cost and effectiveness. The largest of these was a book examining government consolidation in the U.S. through two centuries.