Opinion

One of the things on my bucket list is to be fluent in another language. In the past I’ve taken lessons in French, Spanish and Hebrew and I wasn’t very successful, assuming I wanted to do more than say “Hello,” “Goodbye” or most importantly, “Where’s the bathroom?”

This was the battle of the irresistible force vs. the immovable object.

It’s difficult being an LGBTQIA+ person right now, but it is perhaps the most difficult being a trans person. I am a trans man who has been out for more than a year, and it was bittersweet to celebrate this anniversary. I am the happiest that I’ve ever been now that I’m out and don’t have to pretend to be someone I’m not just to please other people, but it was, and still is, a rocky road.

I woke up last Sunday morning to two sports stories that seemed oddly related. The first concerned the women’s soccer team being defeated by Sweden. The second concerned Simone Biles’ return to competitive gymnastics and her winning a meet in Illinois. She might be preparing for another Olympics, but with a different outlook this time.

I have been thinking about starting a company.

In April 2022, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced $189 million for 154 Next Level broadband expansion projects, this coming atop a $100 million program in 2019. But on a helicopter flight coming back from Evansville in late June, there was yet another high-five moment. The governor had received word from U.S. Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo that Indiana would be receiving $868 million to extend high-speed internet to the proverbial “last mile.”

We often hear that words have power, and that may be no truer than when the word “Bingo!” is yelled out in a crowd.

In my line of work, it is helpful to look back from time to time and assess one’s mistakes. So, I spent a couple hours perusing my old columns to see what I might wish to rewrite considering what I now know. It is important to be forthright about analytical errors so that we can draw lessons from them. Three issues really stuck out to me.

People so often misread Mike Pence.

Ohio is in the midst of a ballot initiative melee that can only be described as pulling the rug out from under its citizens.