Opinion

I will pick on my own ethnic background to offer the following example. If 95% of violent crime in this country — murders, gun violence, sexual assaults, trafficking of minors, school bullying, hate crimes and road rage — were committed by Swedish-Americans, wouldn’t we demand to know what’s terribly wrong with Americans of Swedish ancestry? Wouldn’t we investigate every factor we could think of, from genetics, to how Swedish-Americans raise their children, to diet, to anti-social tendencies in order to address and treat this disturbing trend?

I want you to be the first to know I intend to run for some high political office in the near future.

As we wrap up the 2023 legislative session, I want to take an opportunity to give credit to legislators for a few of the best bills passed this year. They may not have gotten the headlines but they deserve the praise.

Creating alliances and exercising diplomacy are key elements of foreign policy, and both are essential for America to play a constructive role in making the world more peaceful and prosperous. Recent developments remind us that these policy tools can be highly successful and deserve our support.

Johnson County Public Library offers more than just books and movies.

I didn’t have my phone. I could picture it lying on the table plugged into the charger where I was going to retrieve it before I left to go out into The World. But I didn’t do that. I should have sung, “Wallet, Glasses, Keys and Phone,” before I walked out the door, but I didn’t do that either. Dang.

We are now three full years past the worst month of the COVID recession, so it is helpful to assess how Indiana’s employment has rebounded. To examine some of the details on industry growth and educational attainment, I must rely on data that extends through last summer. For total employment and manufacturing jobs, I have more recent data. So, excuse me for jumping back and forth on these numbers.

The 2023 legislative session of the Indiana General Assembly has ended.

I have known Mayor Mark Myers for over 35 years and have worked with and for him for over 20 years. My observations are based on my firsthand knowledge, not speculation or rumors.

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