Michael Leppert: No magic wand to cure predictable inflation
I vividly remember the early summer of 2020, when the enormity of the pandemic started to sink in. The plentiful restaurants in my neighborhood were trying to hold on by transforming into carryout-only kitchens. Staffing plummeted, as did staffing at many other businesses. I realized that when this mess was over, we were likely going to have far fewer restaurants, far higher prices at those restaurants, or possibly both.
Quick Takes: NexusPark plans look excitingNew look at NexusPark plans encouraging
A city’s vision for a transformational project often doesn’t come into clear focus until an architectural drawing provides a picture that’s worth a thousand words.
Mark Franke: Whither the Republican Party?
“Whither thou goest, I will go.” (Ruth 1:16, King James Version)
John Krull: Todd Huston and the high cost of education
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, just taught Hoosiers a valuable lesson. Well, “costly” might be a more accurate word than “valuable.”
Editorial: Affordable housing plans pose challenge, opportunity
Columbus is among many cities its size and larger with a shortage of quality affordable housing.
Letter: Can divided America again come together for common good?
From: Larry Shade
Editorial: Transparency key as city weighs sale of Otter Creek
Otter Creek Golf Course is a gem — about that there is little debate. For instance, the course gets 96.6 percent positive feedback from nearly 200 golfer reviews at golfnow.com.
Letter: Hundreds complete training aimed at ending child sex abuse
From: Raina Jones and Lisa Teague,
Letter: Local leaders oppose ‘unnecessary’ education bill
In Columbus and Bartholomew County, we have been engaged in community conversations about equity for three years. We are engaged in these conversations because equitable systems bring out the best in all people. But the current system results in tremendous inequity in our community. According to the US Census Bureau, in Bartholomew County:
- The neighborhood where a child is born may have a poverty rate that is 42% higher than the neighborhood next door.
- The median income in one neighborhood may be as much as $66,000 higher than another.
- A child born in one Bartholomew County neighborhood will die 17.3 years earlier, on average, than a child born in a different part of our community.
Editorial: Book bans backfire, but censors never learn
We’re still waiting to see what our state lawmakers this session ultimately will or won’t do in the way of banning books from public libraries and limiting what teachers can teach. But history tells us that when powerful people try to limit free people’s access to knowledge or censor what we see and read, it tends to end badly for them.
