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We have an endless obsession with stuff. Please, before someone accuses me of being self-righteous, I used the pronoun ‘we’ intentionally. I have a lot of stuff. The reality is that, like most people, I am obsessed with stuff. When we purchased out home 24 years ago, we had two kids at home …

We have been considering some of the church’s traditions regarding the death of a pope and the selection of a new one. Pope Francis (December 17, 1936 – April 21, 2025), the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, passed away from a stroke and heart failure not long ago.

“And you are about to see something that you ain’t never seen.”- Secretariat’s groom Eddie Sweat before the Kentucky Derby 1973

INDIANAPOLIS – The ink is barely dry on Gov. Mike Braun’s signature on the $44 billion budget bill, with speculation already growing that it might not last the entire biennium.

I’ve been reading Robert Shiller’s 2019 book, “Narrative Economics,” which details, in simple English, how stories, fact or fiction, have influenced economic affairs. The tale of brokers jumping from Wall Street windows in response to the 1929 stock market collapse, engendered a bleak situat…

It’s officially springtime; Easter just passed; the Derby is upon us. These are certainly indicators of spring and the time of renewal.

The United States continues to spend more and more on defense and get less and less every year. The ship building industry is crumbling and the Air Force has its smallest fleet since its inception in 1947.

A recent article from the American Psychological Association noted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in health care settings, with its potential use expected to expand across the industry. While AI adoption in health care is on the rise, many providers and patients…

Just one wrong step can change a life. It doesn’t take much—a bit of clutter on the floor, a misjudged step, or a slight slip in the bathtub. For older adults, a simple fall can lead to serious injury, loss of independence, and a cascade of life-changing consequences that impact not just ind…

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Since “Liberation Day” we’ve been hearing a lot about the soft and hard data. The soft data includes surveys, like consumer sentiment, confidence and manufacturing such as the ISM Index. Hard data include economic releases with real numbers, like unemployment claims, employment reports, cons…

For decades, we were told that manufacturing jobs were gone for good — that outsourcing was the future, and that American workers couldn’t compete. We were told to accept dependence on foreign supply chains, even those controlled by adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party. And while Was…

If Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith ever took a U.S. history class in either high school or college, the teacher should retroactively flunk him.

The month of May represents many exciting things for our Kentuckiana area.

According to the Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide, one in nine girls and one in 20 boys under the age of 18 report experiencing sexual abuse or assault.

When you write a column on ethical and religious matters sometimes there is a story that jumps out and the biggest news in terms of religion right now is the passing of Pope Francis.

Over the last several weeks, we have been considering some of the church’s traditions celebrated during the seasons of Lent and Easter. This past Easter an event occurred that touched one of the strongest traditions within the Catholic church.

“Nostalgia is like grammar; we find the present tense and the past perfect.” — Anonymous

INDIANAPOLIS – A century ago, our state had been taken over by the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. D.C. Stephenson had declared, “I am the law in Indiana,” and had bought off a governor, legislators, mayors, cops and many prosecutors as he erected what essentially was a shadow government.

The Clark County jail on East Court Avenue in Jeffersonville is now officially part of the ICE gulag. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency now has 48 undocumented women behind bars even though none has committed a crime nor have they been charged with a crime.

Where do the flacks working for the State and the IEDC get their training? They seem to have never learned how to disguise bad news behind good numbers and be truthful.

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the bishop of Rome in 2013, no one knew that his papacy would be blessedly out of pace with that of much of the world.

The flooding was bad enough, especially in Utica, but investments in critical infrastructure protected Southern Indiana from the rising waters of the Ohio River earlier this month in more than one way.

A few weeks ago, with much ballyhoo, the supposed remainder of the withheld and/or redacted files pertaining to the Kennedy assassination were released to a generally somewhat disinterested public.

The property tax savings approved by the Indiana Legislature through Senate Bill 1 will lead to tough decisions for municipal, county and school officials.

Since Easter is one of Christianity’s most important holidays, traditions and customs have developed within cultures and communities around the world.

For Christians Easter is the day when we believe that Jesus was raised from the dead early on Sunday morning after being crucified on Friday. Good Friday is a day of mourning whereas Easter Sunday is a day of celebration. For most pastors, Easter is one of the high holy days when people show…