Mark Franke: Trump as Andrew Jackson

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It is a matter of discipline with me to avoid listening to political speeches. They are hardly edifying and the current trend is a pronounced one toward less and less enlightenment each time a politician rises to his legs and starts talking. Last week’s State of the Union address by President Biden accelerated the velocity in that direction if the news reports, all with their own biased spins of course, are indicative.

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Regional champs

Michael Hicks: Are we in the early stages of a long economic boom?

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We are now 48 months since the start of the COVID downturn, which was the deepest economic shock since the Great Depression. We saw monthly unemployment hit 14.8%, with weekly estimates rising above 20%. By comparison, peak unemployment nationally during the Great Depression rose to just over 24% in the tough summer of 1933.

The corporatization of medicine not good for patients, doctors

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The corporatization of medicine. It can’t be good for patients. I know it’s not good for physicians.

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Democrats, Republicans could learn from Libertarians

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My Republican and Democratic friends could learn a lot from my Libertarian friends.

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Sectional sensations

Michael Hicks: Indiana needs more municipal flexibility

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Over the past half-century, a tad more than 90% of population growth in Indiana occurred in metropolitan counties. Half of all the growth in Indiana over the past 50 years occurred in the Indianapolis metro area. That trend is accelerating over the past decade.