Opinion

If you haven’t heard it before, I’d suggest giving “To Beat the Devil” by Kris Kristofferson a listen.

Our little daredevil just keeps getting braver and braver.

The guys were on their own earlier this month in the Trares household.

Intensified community focus on affordable housing issues was evident Thursday evening at a Columbus Town Hall organized by Hoosier Action and held in the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary at Seventh and Franklin streets.

A flurry of orange and black fluttered inside the plastic container.

Politicians used to “encourage” favorable votes from citizens by tapping kegs of whiskey at the polling sites. The stakes are higher these days as our representatives in Washington, D.C., think much bigger both in dollars and constituents. The other difference is that those kegs of whiskey came out of the candidates’ pockets while their successors have the federal treasury on call.

The morning air is getting crisper. Goldenrod and asters are blooming in the garden. The sun is rising later and later in the morning, and those long summer evenings have been truncated.

Things were a little slow-going at first. But eventually, the energy kicked in.

SACRAMENTO, California — Indiana followed me across the country.

I’m sure many readers have noticed that TV meteorologists often sound apologetic when they forecast approaching bad weather. If there have been days and days of rain, weeks with insufficient rain, or bad weather expected for an upcoming holiday, meteorologists often adopt that “I’m so sorry” tone in their voices when they tell us that unpleasant weather is on its way.