Cummins looks forward with hydrogen engine plans
Bartholomew County’s biggest employer made some groundbreaking news with the recent announcement of a project with a U.K. nonprofit to develop two hydrogen-fueled engines...
Editorial: City council pay raises self-serving, tone-deaf
Columbus City Council members granted themselves a huge pay raise recently, increasing each member’s pay from $8,301 to $15,079. That seems like good work...
Waiting for more data on housing
The 2020 Census tells us Marion and Hamilton counties accounted for 40% of the state’s population growth of persons 18 years and older with...
More casualties of a refusal to learn
INDIANAPOLIS—There’s a reason three different presidents kicked the can down the road when it came to getting out of Afghanistan.
As the attack by ISIS...
Mark Franke: The sad end of the Boy Scouts (copy)
I recall, just barely, reading James Burnham’s “Suicide of the West” back in my undergraduate days.
While not being able to recall most of his...
Paying it forward for refugee families
A few weeks ago, my dad spent several days in the hospital with a kidney infection. Since my mom passed away 5 years ago,...
Editorial: Let’s show Afghan refugees Hoosier hospitality
An Afghan proverb says, “A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in times of distress and helplessness.” We now...
Musings on a purrr-fect outing with cats
By Bud Herron
Cats have never been much of an economic opportunity.
They tend to reproduce like, uhhh, cats. At 4 months old, the females are...
Afghanistan: Stepping away From nation-building
On CBS-TV’s Sunday Morning this week, a former Army sergeant who left parts of both arms and legs in Afghanistan came on and tried...
Absolute truths define a culture
I am blessed in having many intelligent friends, several of whom deserve the adjective brilliant. Most have doctorates in something and I don’t hesitate...
