Opinion

It’s a catchy phrase, “axe the tax,” and the idea of eliminating the state income tax is a simple thing for voters to understand. But that annual $8 billion in tax revenue provides services that can’t be swept under the rug for cuts to be named later.

The claims made on behalf of nine foster children in a lawsuit filed against the Indiana Department of Child Services and Gov. Eric Holcomb in Federal District Court on Aug. 16 are as heartbreaking as they are regrettably familiar.

I love all kinds of juice. But don’t confuse me with the guy on TV several years ago who at 85 years old was hawking some juicer contraption. He said that because he drinks fresh squeezed juice every day, he fathered triplets. This would not be a motivating factor for me to drink juice when I become an octogenarian. In fact, I’m going to lay off the juice when I turn 78. I’m not taking any chances. And even though Mary Ellen will be 74 at that point, I’m taking the V-8 away from her also.

My wife didn’t stand a chance.

With the elimination of the Monday paper, there are a few changes to note for the opinion page. Some content readers are used to seeing on the page will be published on different days, and some will move to a different section of the newspaper.

The Washington Post

I am rapidly losing all my nouns.

A year from now, our country will be neck-deep in another presidential race. The months between now and then will go by fast, and before candidates distract us by turning the election into a personality contest, we should use these months to identify the issues that candidates should be required to address.

Indianapolis Business Journal

Less than 24 hours before Donald J. Trump was to be “proudly” arrested, booked, finger printed and have his mug shot taken at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta (in primetime!), eight of the Republicans gathered for the Fox News debate in Milwaukee on Aug. 23.