Opinion

To the Editor:

To the editor:

I grew up in the country, and having cable was not an option. When I was around 13 years old, we got a satellite dish, and my television world opened up.

I used to pay attention to the humor of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, but I don’t so much anymore. I guess my tastes in their sorts of observational comedy have changed, or maybe it’s their humor that has done the changing. Still, I respect their talents, and so was happy to read they grew up in the Al Jaffe world of Mad humor. Me too.

Economists have been seriously studying migration for a couple of centuries; for me it’s been a couple of decades. Over that time, we’ve learned a few useful things that should help elected leaders think about why places grow or shrink.

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Wherever I give a talk, someone always asks a variation of this question.

With so many tense and emotional topics moving at the Statehouse, I want to focus this week on something we can all agree on: Indiana’s alcohol laws are ridiculous, and lawmakers are about to double down on one of the worst ones.

I have been lecturing my adult son recently on how much time he spends playing video games. I don’t think he was listening, so next time I’ll wait until he takes his headset off.

A soccer player is blooming right before our eyes.