Column: Summer is here. You better enjoy it while it lasts.
And just like that, summer arrived. We've had a hard, wet spring that hardly seemed like spring at all. There was snow, a brief warm up, rain and then some...
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Column: Dwight Eisenhower was a great president. We would do well to remember why.
What if there was a president who ruled the nation for two full terms that were among the most prosperous years the nation, or the world for that matter, had...
Column: When Nazi quotes and racist symbols make their way into high school yearbooks
Good editors are worth their weight in gold. That's a major lesson to learn in the internet age when anyone, anywhere, can publish anything in an instant with the press...
Column: When giving advice to graduates, I turn to poetry
May is the month when graduation ceremonies are held at universities across the country. Students who spent the last four years, or maybe more, pursuing a degree will finally be...
Column: What’s in a name? A whole lot when you’re a royal.
My lord, Archie? That was my reaction when I heard the name of the newest royal from across the pond, the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I was...
Column: The Green New Deal is dreaming. High-speed rail is unlikely to replace air travel.
In what can only be considered a blow to the proposed Green New Deal, Amtrak is canceling the Hoosier State train from Chicago to Indianapolis at the end of June...
Column: Removing an Oak Park school’s 1937 mural doesn’t change history — that’s a lesson worth learning
One of the most frightening works of fiction I've ever come across is George Orwell's "1984." It scared me so much, that for a time I actually feared the arrival...
Column: Above all else, Notre Dame Cathedral is a symbol of faith
When I first saw the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in flames on Monday two thoughts flashed through my mind. This is somehow a metaphor for the state of the...
Column: I had measles as a kid. Why would you take that risk?
I had the measles. It wasn't pleasant. I don't recommend it to anyone. I didn't contract the infection because my mother was a so-called anti-vaxxer. There wasn't a vaccine for...
Column: The government wants your money. They could at least get creative about it.
Do you want to pay more taxes? I know, it’s a crazy question. No one wants to pay more taxes. Everyone would rather buy a new TV set or take...