Columns

Why must we view life through prisms of race, class, ethnicity?

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Columbus is getting better at having honest conversations. It’s good to see the Economic Development Board make a candid assessment of the...

Hardworking Hoosiers prove tonic to end sour mood

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In this spring of our discontent with our state government, my columns became unusually negative. Many readers chastised me for that. They...

No one has all answers, but teach by example for sake of our children

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The mama quail leads her brood across my yard like a feathered drill team, a wee bit out of step. She clucks and fusses,...

Congress shirks duties, sits as spectator to ‘war decisions’

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A few weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, made a small splash in the press when he took Congress to task for failing...

County’s forgotten 500 winner deserves recognition

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Motorists know they’re about to enter Jonesville by the thin green sign on State Road 11 bearing the town’s name. As tourism goes, just...

Dennis McCarty column for 6-3-15 Opinion

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The Columbus Human Rights Commission asked city residents at its May 27 meeting to put into writing comments regarding whether it should expand protections...

Commission’s action turns state law on head

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The Economic Development Commission made a mistake May 26 in approving and recommending the creation of an Economic Development Target Area (EDTA) for a...

Robots may

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Critics of President Barack Obama’s plan to sign a Trans-Pacific agreement that would create the world’s biggest free trade zone are missing the point:...

Away but present in grandkids’ hearts

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The photo took my breath away: A little boy with a big grin, waving at the camera — hello or goodbye? — all dressed...

Blood of martyred cries out in Christ’s love against hate

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I looked at the pictures. I saw my Ethiopian brothers, and my Egyptian brothers before them in February, being marched single file along a...