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Watch out for China because, listen, this nuclearized, troop-laden, threatening, ultra-aggressive military monster has just come up with another warning of evil intent. It is negotiating with Cuba about a joint military training and enhanced intelligence center 100 miles from Florida. The center would no doubt host vast numbers of China’s 2 million-plus active troops as combat readiness grows and U.S. military secrets become a reading pleasure.

Further muddying the waters, the Indiana Supreme Court last week issued a ruling lifting an injunction that had blocked a broad abortion ban that Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law a year ago.

Recently, I was asked what the differences are in economic policy for places that are growing and those in decline. There’s a fair amount of research on the issue, some of which I’ve authored. I’ll try to summarize and focus on the main differences and similarities.

In 2016, after years of work on behalf of cities and towns, a group of dedicated lawmakers led the charge to create the Community Crossings Matching Grant program, pass local option wheel tax authority, and institute new requirements for assessing and prioritizing transportation projects and funding.

Chicago Tribune

EVANSVILLE — In 1968, former Vice President Richard Nixon pulled off what no other modern candidate for the White House had done — he won the presidency without carrying his home state primary.

From: William Gerhard

An aging dam on the north side of Youth Camp Lake in western Bartholomew County was seeping enough that those responsible for it recently lowered the lake’s level by 15 feet as a precaution. That relieved some pressure, but it’s a short-term fix.

My cat, Scooby, claims to be a true American shorthair. Particularly around the Fourth of July, he emphasizes the “American” part of his lineage as proof of his patriotism. And he looks down his whiskers at the more common domestic shorthairs whose families cannot trace their clowders back to Europe and colonial times.

The great Chicago philosopher of the 1980s, Ferris Bueller, said: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”