Opinion

The countdown to this vacation had been coming for weeks.

I suspect that everyone who loves sacred scriptures, no matter what scriptures that person considers sacred, has experienced something similar to what I experienced 30 years ago.

Indiana county treasurers soon will mail property tax bills to owners of homes, rental housing, farmland and businesses. Most will see big increases in the assessed value of their property. This will mean big increases in tax payments.

I must hang around with the wrong people. Every time I think I have made up my mind on an issue, someone challenges that conclusion. Even worse is when the challenge is to my premises.

To the Editor:

Johnson County Public Library’s vision for Johnson County is a community of empowered learners and engaged citizens.

Occasionally someone searching through old archives of The Vatican Library or The British Museum will stumble upon a manuscript or object d’art that was assumed to have been lost over time. These discoveries are widely celebrated as missing puzzle pieces that provide a greater understanding of history.

This spring marks my 25th anniversary in teaching graduate classes. During that semester, a professor fell ill, and I was made an ‘instructor’ during my last semester of graduate school. The graduate class was an MBA course in one of my specialties—anti-trust and government regulation—so, for me, teaching the material was pretty straightforward. Still, I was uneasy that I might be missing something in the classroom and as a novice professor.

Once again, there was a shooting.

Poor Hoosiers practically have to beg for help from state government when they are in need — from child care assistance to free lunch for students or cash assistance for families.