Take the wave
My family recently spent a week and change in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Not to worry, though. We social distanced like champs and have returned...
John Lewis, arc-bender, a good teacher
John Lewis left us with one last lesson.The late civil rights icon and Democratic congressman from Georgia taught so many during his 80 years...
The Ignominy of Ancestry
I may be hypersensitive to the plight of 79-year-old Charlotte Martin, who lost her position last week with a county political party. The Indianapolis...
Indiana: What’s in a name?
“Indiana” has to go, so we’ll need to come up with a new name for the state.That’s not an outrageous statement. It can be...
Indiana’s federal courts need more judges
Across the country, Americans are being denied the opportunity to have their day in court due to an overload of cases and a shortage...
China gullibility apparent with governor, IU trustees
Solipsism, the late Charles Krauthammer liked to say, is the belief that the whole world operates pretty much like suburban Boston, his euphemism for...
To understand wild price swings, think of it as a ‘Spock’ market
Stock market volatility was epic during the first half of 2020, six months that shook the world.U.S. stocks hit a new all-time high "way...
Shall not perish from the earth
Years ago, on a hot summer day, I took a run among America’s ghosts.It was 30 years ago in Vicksburg, Mississippi. I was traveling,...
The Saloon Feuds of Owen Township: Prohibitionists Strike Back (1905-1910)
The wearisome task of raising fresh signatures to combat every new application, sometimes surfacing monthly, across Indiana led to the enactment of the 1905...
Leo Morris: From ‘radical chic’ to ‘woke’ (copy)
It has been a spring packed with surreal moments, but one in particular stands out for me.About a week after protests started in downtown...