Opinion

Claudia Sheinbaum made history this month when she became the first woman elected president of Mexico. What will it take for a woman to become president of the United States?

Several readers objected to my recent column about economic illiteracy colliding with feelings about today’s booming economy. I was tempted to quote a pithy bumper sticker about the relevance of feelings, but this is a family publication.

Secretary of State Diego Morales’ recent mailing on the topic of election interference was not just wasteful (according to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, the office blew $35,000 in federal grant money to mail information readily available online to 600 people). It was yet another example of Indiana elected officials taking our state in the wrong direction on voting issues.

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, wants a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Following Micah Beckwith’s surprising lieutenant governor nomination and Jim Bopp’s startling assessment of how it impacts the governor’s race, I have seen a lot of shade thrown about establishment Republicans and RINO’s.

Pastor Roy is away on vacation, and some of our congregation are filling in.

Stepping outside felt like walking into a blast furnace.

On dozens of billboards across Indiana, Right to Life urges folks to “love them both” when it comes to a mother and a fetus. During his recent Republican gubernatorial campaign, former attorney general Curtis Hill frequently recounted how he brought more than 2,000 aborted fetuses discovered in Illinois home for a proper burial.

Before I spoke at a church last weekend, an elderly man on a walker approached me for a short conversation. Learning that I would be talking about interviews that I had conducted for a book, this 96-year-old shared some of his stories — beginning with his experiences in the Great Depression.

For years the medical and public health communities have awaited the long-overdue federal Controlled Substances Act reclassification of marijuana to characterize it more accurately.