Editorial: Eviction alternatives aid tenants and landlords
Initiatives aimed at reducing evictions in Indiana are presenting tenants and landlords new opportunities to work together so that renters aren’t put out on the street. Property owners also can benefit from new programs that aim to stabilize housing and reduce evictions, which are costly for renters and landlords.
Krull: The economic changes have just begun
A new pizza place opened near my home in Indianapolis.
A banner draped across the front of the business says the place is hiring. The...
BUD HERRON: CASAs learn life lessons from a little perspective
By Bud Herron
For The Republic
“What is your third favorite spider?”
When a person you just met opens the conversation with that question — or inquires,...
Letter: Vaccine skeptic overlooks COVID’s clear toll
From: Lee Shipman
Columbus
Jim Grove of Commiskey asked for an answer in his Letter to the Editor ("Why punish those who refuse COVID vaccine?", Oct....
Executive privilege is killing checks and balances
By Michael Leppert
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attack has issued some subpoenas. Investigations of any significance usually include subpoenas. Whether...
Letter: Ambassador Donnelly? Yes for Italy, no for Vatican
Rev. Mark J. Powell
Whiteland
On Friday, Oct. 8, President Joe Biden nominated a member of my own party, Democratic former Sen. Joe Donnelly as Ambassador...
America: Melting pot or boiling cauldron?
By Mark Franke
I learned during what many today consider the benighted 1950s about the melting pot concept. This was taught in what we called...
Raising questions about public money
From: Thomas Heller
Columbus
You learn the most interesting things on Facebook.
Just last week, in a meme I learned that the really, really rich don’t ‘earn’...
Education and the great divide
By Leo Morris
If a group of parents request that certain material be removed from the classroom, that is not censorship or “book banning.” Is...
