Local Opinion

From: Curt Burbrink

The recent increase in COVID hospitalizations feels eerily familiar as we survey the peaks and valleys of the ongoing pandemic.

The one thing that philanthropists have in common is the desire to do good. As a philanthropic professional, I have always harbored the dream of doing something great. Kind of like the philanthropist who paid to paint lines along the right-hand side of roads to “prove” that those lines can save lives. Philanthropic dollars invested up front to prove the value of a great idea can beget more money to keep that idea persisting in the future.

Incoming Cummins Inc. CEO Jennifer Rumsey could not have scripted a better quarterly earnings debut last week.

For a delegation that easily logs more than a million highway miles every year, last week’s news of the death of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and staffers Zachery Potts and Emma Thomson was a staggering, drop-to-your-knees moment of shock and overwhelming grief.

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From: Marilyn Hayes

Imagine standing in an endless line for hours. It is hot and humid. You need to go on a very important journey — maybe to see family, go on a job interview or for a medical appointment. You may go for hours without a chance to eat, drink, go to the bathroom, or even sit down. Meanwhile, martinets and bureaucrats bark confusing, conflicting, and unintelligible orders at you.

Columbus is a trashy place to live.

An interesting thing happened in Kansas last week. Voters who went to the polls there trounced a ballot measure seeking to remove the right to abortion from the Sunflower State’s Constitution.