I miss my clothesline

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Washing is one thing but how do you dry the clothes.In cities we see pulley lines across from one building to the next. The...

A bonfire of the insanities: paying the price

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Our modest size city in northeast Indiana performed relatively well during the week of rioting. The police and the mayor (a Democrat) did their...

Have we hit the ‘American carnage’ inflection point?

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Just minutes after President Trump chided American governors for not “dominating” violent protesters in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd in...

Spanish influenza in Jackson County: Wave 3 (January-April 1919)

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Wave 2 of the Spanish Influenza in Jackson County ran from mid-November 1918 to early January 1919. School closings, shuttered churches and other measures during...

The soul of civil disobedience

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I volunteer for Big Brothers-Big Sisters in its "Real Men Read" program. I read to second graders at a nearby public school.The first book...

Protecting parents and grandparents in a pandemic

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For months now, Andrew Cuomo — governor of New York, the hardest-hit state in this COVID-19 pandemic — has been the voice of cold...

Spanish influenza in Jackson County: Wave 2 (November 1918 to January 1919)

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After a devastating first wave of Spanish influenza in Jackson County that began in October 1918, county officials came under significant public pressure to...

Keeping Hoosiers safe during the primary election

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Every election cycle, Indiana election officials take great care to ensure your vote is safe and secure. This year is no different, but the...

COVID-19: Our Little Bighorn?

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There is, to put it mildly, a huge spread (in the predictions) — the difference between a death toll on par with the number...

Contrasting the Holcomb and Trump ‘shows’

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In times of crisis, people look to their leaders for guidance and reassurance. As the COVID-19 pandemic has been stealthy and mysterious while inflicting...