Local Opinion

Last May, we brought the world to Indiana by hosting our first Global Economic Summit.

Those who have tried to define conservatism’s affinity for tradition have searched everywhere from the seminal writings of Edmund Burke (the future is built upon the past) to the musings of William F. Buckley Jr., who urged us to “stand athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’”

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

I don’t know about you, but I’m not inclined to make many predictions about the outcome of the midterm elections this year.

It is heartwarming to hear the number of people, children included, who will go up to an elderly person wearing a military cap of some kind and say, “Thank you for your service.”

The Wall Street Journal

“It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man,” is my favorite quote from my all-time favorite western. “Unforgiven” is the Oscar-winning, 1992 Clint Eastwood movie about William Munny, a has-been killer who learns of a $1,000 bounty in Big Whiskey, Wyoming ,that brings him out of retirement.

When it comes to strained relationships, keeping the door open and the welcome mat out is typically the right choice.

Bespoke Investment Group reported as of the end of September, “The Fed’s crusade against inflation resulted in a record destruction of wealth in dollar terms and an extremely large drawdown in percentage terms.”

I know what I’m about to write might create some discord this week, but allow me to plead my case. Things may not always be what they seem.