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Brian Howey: Indiana Lawmakers are Out of Sync with Voters, but Does It Matter?
The filing process for Indiana's primary elections begins on Jan. 10 and ends Feb. 9...
Lee Hamilton: Unhappy with the State of Politics? We Have the Power to Change It
Americans are fed up with politics. That’s the obvious conclusion of a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, which found many of us have “unrelentingly negative” views of politics and elected officials...
Frame of Mind
“You know Michael Jackson and Porter and Hoagy and Pyle Scat Carothers and Mellencamp and Riley and Dean But do you recall One of the most forgotten Hoosiers of all?”...
Flight of Discovery – June 2, 2004: Confluences
This morning we launched at 9 a.m. from Henderson, Kentucky and headed down the Ohio River with Southern Illinois to our right...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and a Young Man from Hope, Ind.
My father, Alton Cory Reeves, was born June 06, 1896, and raised in Knightstown, Ind., the younger of four brothers, and a sister, having lost a younger sister when she was 10 years old.
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Brian Howey: The Beauty of Democracy: Concessions of Vanquished
Across the Hoosier prairies, hills and hollers, as the cornfields morphed into city limits and neighborhoods, something beautiful occurred Tuesday night...
Leftovers
The season of perpetual pie is upon us. In the past weeks a crust brown splattered the trees...
Brian Howey: Our Leaders Warn of the Coming Cataclysm
Our world is on fire. Our leaders are warning of a coming cataclysm...
Lee Hamilton: Australia is a Key U.S. Ally
Australia may not be the first nation to come to mind when we think about important U.S. allies. It’s on the far side of the globe, an area of the world we often neglect. Its largest city, Sydney, is a 22-hour flight from New York. Most Americans have never traveled …
"The Well House" Play: About Vietnam War & Love Now on YouTube
“The Well House” is one of the best books I have read. It was written by two friends, Mark Van Voorhis and Ed Kugler...
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Lee Hamilton: Loss of Local News is a Crisis for Democracy
A report from Northwestern University’s Medill School puts it bluntly: The loss of local journalism that we’re seeing in the United States is “a crisis for our democracy and our society.” I couldn’t agree more...
Brian Howey: A Senate lion. No try a House hyena
All seven of Indiana’s congressional Republicans voted last week for an insurrectionist to become Speaker of the House and second in the presidential line of succession. On Wednesday, they elected U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, who Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling “MAGA Mike”...
Packing the Car
In the ‘60’s my family spent an evening at the drive-in. I can’t remember the make and model of the car, but I can tell you that mom and dad had the front and four kids fit easily in a backseat that seemed as big as a twin bed...
Great Expectations: Sellersburg, Indiana - June 1, 2004
Last night I couldn’t sleep. My wife, Carol, says that I need to just let it happen, that we’ve spent nearly two years in preparation for this expedition...
Phantom Encounters
Eerie tales, true or not, do not require a late-night audiences or macabre scenes or popcorn. Salesmanship and an eager mind are the true catalysts for suspense...
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