Local Opinion

Our nation would be in a better place right now if everyone had to spend a little bit of their lives working in sales.

Medical treatment is a complex science.

Recent events in Russia have been surprising, even shocking. When the private army employed by Russia’s Wagner Group left Ukraine and moved toward Moscow last month, it caught everyone by surprise.

When Indiana Sen. Todd Young visited Columbus recently to take part in a roundtable with local Realtors, he heard what he likely heard on stops around the state to promote his affordable housing legislation in Washington.

In 2020, the Census Bureau found 16.9% of the US population was age 65 years or older. Indiana was just a few tenths of a percentage points below that historically high figure. Ten years earlier, in 2010, the figure for the U.S. was 13.1%.

Toby Stigdon of Columbus last year paddled his way through a 74-mile kayak trip that raised nearly $28,000 for cancer charities. Turns out he was just getting warmed up.

The headlines keep coming in – rents have increased in Indiana, but wages haven’t kept up, even compared with our Midwest peers. And despite their promises, Indiana’s policymakers will never simply build their way out of Indiana’s affordable housing crisis, nor can they attract enough new jobs from other states to make up for the increasing proportion of low-wage, low-quality jobs that don’t pay the rent.

From: Cary Hutchins

The Columbus Star Quilters recently celebrated their 40th birthday with a recognition of women who were responsible for the founding of the group.

My parents were both strong-willed people.