David Letterman

Toast to the town.

Nobody expects “perfection” from Ball State. But what I expect—and what I imagine you may also expect—is a willingness to reject not only bigotry, but also deep-seated, intransigent stupidity.

“They’re afraid of competition. They don’t want a charter school cannibalizing their student base.”

Welcome back, Dave!

Netflix makes our wildest stream come true: David Letterman’s back!

“Dave has always been a critic’s darling. As an interview subject, though, he had a reputation for being a little prickly.”

“Look hard enough and you can see the influence of Letterman everywhere. The internet has become the home of stupid pet tricks and prankish stunts, and the baffling absurdist comedy of Late Night is now mainstream.”

“I have always identified my most Hoosier characteristic as being authentic. Just being myself.”

The steam of locomotives now swirls in the sleepy streets of Atlanta with the arrival of a classic holiday-time depot, Mr. Muffin’s Trains.

Letterman told Tom Brokaw he grew the beard because he was tired of shaving every day for forty years.

Is it just us, or do all roads lead to Indiana’s—and the world’s—most famous racetrack? From Hawaii to Nazareth, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway leaves its tracks.

Starting now, Hoosiers will mark two centuries of Indiana history with a yearlong party. But what, exactly, are we commemorating?

Grow your ode to the bearded state! As Fishers shop Vardagen reminded us with “The Bearded State” tee, we’ve compiled our Indiana Beard Hall of Fame.

“We [thought] Mom was taking a nap. At 7 [or] 8 o’clock we can’t find Mom… She’d gone out to the backyard and fallen asleep. My hand to God there was a deer licking the salt off the rim of her glass.”