Remembering the nation’s dead
Aubrey Woods | The Tribune
Monday is the annual observance of Memorial Day.
It is time set aside for the remembrance of the men and women...
Opioid crisis impacts lives, community coffers (copy)
Opioid addiction has a well-known human cost in the number of fatal overdoses. Jackson County had 16 last year.
This drug addiction, however, has another...
Completing work in one day good outcome for Legislature
(Bloomington) Herald-Times
Members of the Indiana General Assembly returned to Indianapolis on Monday, did their work and left town again without much drama.
Good for them....
Some pursue truth; others subvert truth
The Indiana University commencement address offered May 5 by Paul Tash championed the reasons members of the traditional news media should not be discounted,...
State’s abortion obsession wastes scarce dollars
A federal appeals court recently struck down Indiana's abortion ban, a 2016 law prohibiting a woman from terminating her pregnancy because of the gender,...
Motorists urged to practice caution at rail crossings
In case you've missed it — and we don't see how you could — in recent weeks, CSX Transportation and the Louisville & Indiana...
Delayed spring leads to planting season rush
Mother Nature tried to fool us with winter-like conditions for the first few weeks of spring.
All that did was compress the time farmers have...
Building a healthier state from the child up
As parents, caring adults and community leaders, we must create the conditions for healthy kids to thrive.
This means recognizing and addressing the dangers children...
Colleges need to clean up basketball act
(Bloomington) Herald-Times
“A toxic mix of perverse incentives to cheat.”
That’s what the Commission on College Basketball called the environment surrounding college basketball, a sport that...
Lessons to learn from Nashville shooting
(Fort Wayne) News-Sentinel
There are at least two important takeaways from the tragic shooting in Nashville, Tenn., recently when a nearly naked gunman stormed a...