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“I’ve known enough mothers to know they’re not all good, no matter what Hallmark says. I took my mother’s virtues for granted in the early years, though as time passed, I realized she was a keeper.”

Let’s hope the lecture is more civil than the comments in the event’s promotional Facebook post.

Tens of millions in state dollars due to come its way over the next two years, and a founder whose for-profit company charged millions of dollars in management fees and rent to the school.

“Don’t let these [civil rights] laws gather dust,” he warned the audience.

“If Walmart designed a tree, the Bradford pear is what it would look like.”

Did Cleveland Bynum kill five people? According to a dead man, no.

When I read about the opioid crisis, I wonder why my plight goes unreported.

A piece of Indiana hangs in the vice president’s residence in Washington, D.C., thanks to Mike and Karen Pence—and Indianapolis artist Douglas David. Over the summer, Karen Pence reached out to the Indiana Arts Commission, hankering for a painting of peonies, our state flower. The arts group referred her to David, known for his colorful […]

Alexa, does Indy have a shot? Alexa?

In her later years, my mother hung two dog portraits on her wall, of a Scottie and a Westie. Looking at these one-dimensional creatures was as close to having pets in her home as she could get. Actually, Wire Fox Terriers were her favorites—those cheeks!—but whenever we, her children, suggested she get an actual dog, […]

“I thought it was going to be Hillary Clinton versus Jeb Bush,” the author says. “It looked like it was going to be a boring election.”

“When my wife goes back inside for my writing table and the pendulum clock, I might have her grab my grandpa Hank’s fly fishing rod that hangs on my office wall. Plus, there’s my pocketknife collection. I sure would hate to lose those.”

“If you’d have told people 20 years ago that you could make a living in the science of manure management, they would have laughed at you,” says the Fair Oaks CEO. “Today, it’s a reality.”

I’ve been throwing around the term “path of totality.” So, what does it mean? This is NASA-speak for what’s about to happen: The moon completely blocks the face of the sun and darkness descends on everything in the eclipse’s path. Indiana’s outside it, though, meaning we’ll only experience a “partial eclipse” when the moon covers […]

“Let the teachers teach, let the principals oversee, let the superintendents be part-time, insist the parents do their jobs so the teachers can do theirs, and impeach any politician who piles on regulations while cutting funds.”