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Former Vice President and Columbus native Mike Pence made news last week for a statement that in a more rational time would not need to have been made.

It continues to amaze me that so many Americans seem to think the American Revolution was a mistake. Perhaps it shouldn’t.

There will be an opening on the United States Supreme Court soon, and President Joe Biden has vowed to nominate a black woman to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.

From: Greg Harter

It has been 168 years since Henry David Thoreau wrote that many “lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” It may be 2022, but so many people are still desperate. And no one is quiet about it.

The pandemic continues to offer insights into a variety of economic phenomena. One that is particularly interesting is the role of automation, innovation and productivity growth. I can think of few better examples than that of Chick-fil-A. I must report that researching this column required several site visits. I trust readers appreciate that personal sacrifice.

Over the past year, many people have approached me about running for high office at either the state or national level.

The Indiana Censors, er, Senate, has spoken. Led by the Republican supermajority, they have taken bold action to confront our state’s leading purveyor of materials harmful to children.

A presidential candidate promises to put a woman on the Supreme Court. Some idealists say it is identity politics at its worst. But pragmatists know it is a naked political strategy, meant to address weakness in a certain segment of the constituency.

When progressive Catholics list their heroes in the church hierarchy, most would include Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C.