Local Opinion

“The public doesn’t want me to be the ‘president senator.’ They want me to be the president and let senators be senators,” President Biden said at his recent press conference. “If I made a mistake, I’m used to negotiating to get things done, and I’ve been, in the past, relatively successful at it in the United States Senate, even as vice president. But I think that role as president is — is a different role.”

From: Ronald Wilkinson

Whatever your politics, Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger made a strong case about elements of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan last week. He concisely explained how key parts of the stalled legislation could help Columbus-based Cummins, its workforce, the communities it serves, the economy — maybe even the planet.

From: Scott Keen

From: Nancy Ray

After a harrowing escape from their home nation last summer, some 7,200 Afghan allies of American forces passed through Camp Atterbury on their way to new homes in the United States.

From: Mark Duwe

This month I read “The Splendid and the Vile,” a recent book about the lives of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his family during “the blitz” — the ceaseless bombing of English civilians by Germany’s air corps during World War II.

Three recent Republic stories about local individuals’ charitable efforts are inspiring and worth celebrating.

I’ve written it before, so to my loyal following, I apologize for how familiar this mantra of mine may sound. However, given the recent passage in the Indiana House of what certainly would be a popular $1 billion tax cut, I felt the time was appropriate to dust this discussion off and move it back to the top of Hoosiers’ collective inbox.