Lost pursuit of normalcy amid COVID is a bitter pill
By Bud Herron
I find comfort in being able to name my illnesses.
When I am sitting on my doctor’s examination table in my underwear, I...
Words work wonders on jobs picture
By Morton Marcus
Arthur Ampersand, associate assistant deputy director at the state’s economic development bureau (EDB), announced Indiana is winning the civil war for good...
What’s happening in labor markets
By Michael Hicks
The monthly state-level employment summary for September reported Indiana lost 4,200 jobs in August, while the nation as a whole saw a...
Facebook fails could prompt basic accountability
Facebook is having a frowny-face emoticon week.
The unprecedented outage of Facebook, Instagram and the company's other social media sites came hours after a former...
The Public’s Right to Be Heard
by Leo Morris
At the conclusion of a recent Allen County Commission meeting, the commission president became annoyed with a woman who refused to shut...
Two examples of how grownups lead
By John Krull
Two American leaders — one from each political party — just offered a reminder of how mature adults behave.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney,...
READI grant proposals merit state funding
Dream big, they say.
Bartholomew, Jackson and Jennings counties and Edinburgh have done just that with a $49.5 million wish list submitted to the state...
Massive debt just one of country’s problems
From: Don Strietelmeier
Hope
What could be worse than a $28 trillion debt, plus another proposed $3.5 trillion, which the president says has a cost of...
Vaccine refusal reveals costs of stressing patient autonomy
By Cory Franklin
Guest columnist
Twenty years ago, when I was working in the intensive care unit, I saved a young man’s life. He was 19,...
Local higher education shows promise, challenges
Last week’s news regarding the future of local higher education in Columbus was a study in contrasts.
The good news: Ivy Tech’s new $32 million...
