Opinion

America’s large public debt seems poised to become an electoral issue again as we gear up for the 2024 election cycle.

It’s a good thing Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, and other gun devotees in the Indiana General Assembly aren’t in charge of fire safety at state schools.

Property taxes are going up and so is the debate at the Statehouse. But is there really a problem to fix?

At first glance, it seemed like a pretty good deal. Enjoy a complimentary $25. gift card from one of the local supermarkets. All it required was answering a few questions online. I figured it was a marketing scam. I wasn’t born yesterday. In fact, as you’ll see, I was born 100 years ago.

Let me tell a story.

I grew up in a time when most people in my town were members of one local church or another. I recall this with no intention of romanticizing an era when participation in religious life was so assumed that asking for one’s religious affiliation could be found on job applications.

Several books and opinion columns I’ve read in the past months have sounded the death knell of the two-party system in America. Or at least encouraged those bells to toll.

I am not the world’s greatest housekeeper, so if you enter my home, you are likely to detect a musty, stale odor or two.

The advanced practice registered nurses, commonly known as nurse practitioners, are again at the legislature seeking independent practice. Currently an APRN with prescription authority must have a collaborative relationship with a physician that includes chart review.

Yes, it is true! Johnson County Public Library has its very own mascot. It’s not just any mascot, but Bibli the Bookworm — short for Bibliography.