Editorial: Mask optional policy at BCSC a good sign
The decision this week by Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. to drop its mask requirement and make wearing face masks at school optional was a good one. It comes as the omicron variant surge phase of the pandemic is finally, mercifully, easing.
David Shribman: The curious co-endorsement at the Capitol
America’s political parties are in transition. What they are evolving into, and whether the changes now underway are provisional or permanent, is uncertain.
Jack Colwell: History’s view of Pence rising as Trump’s falls
History will be kinder to Mike Pence than to Donald Trump.
Letter: Urge for growth has led to world overpopulation
From: Ralph Jewell
Editorial: People are calling out Legislature’s censorship
Hundreds of people turned out at the Bartholomew County Public Library last week for a protest of a sort. They sat and read. Some brought signs. No police were needed.
Lee Hamilton: China commands our attention
The 2022 Winter Olympics the just concluded in Beijing again focused the world’s attention on China. The games provided China an opportunity to impress a worldwide audience and to distract attention from criticism over human rights violations and other issues.
Letter: Rep. Pence’s Capitol letter hypocritical and self-serving
From: Doug Showalter
Brittany Talissa King: Black American is an ethnicity, a triumph story
As Black History Month is commemorated, the question, “Why Should We Celebrate Black History Month?” seems less and less rhetorical as our cultural conversations become more divided.
Editorial: State of the City speech sunny yet serious
Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop’s 2022 State of the City address was virtual again, as the pandemic remains with us, at least for the time being. You could sense that Lienhoop, like the rest of us, wishes it was otherwise. He respectfully recognized the moment.
Bud Herron: Sex education, the old-fashioned way
When I was a pupil at Hope Elementary School, sex education was taught by a boy in my second-grade class.
