The storied career of former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight had a not-so-happy ending when he was fired by IU President Myles Brand in 2000. His long absence from Bloomington and repeated scorning of the university since have been sad and disappointing. But is the self-imposed ...
When the Supreme Court ruled last month that partisan gerrymandering isn’t an issue for federal courts to police, it cleared the way for states to handle the issue. That’s as it should be. Gerrymandering is the creative drawing of districts to benefit the party in power. Republicans are a ...
It’s no secret that American workers face a major — and very real — retirement crisis. Wealth inequality and workplace changes have all but kicked-out two of the legs of the traditional retirement stool: pensions and private savings — both of which are at historic ...
While motorcycles are involved in less than 2 percent of all collisions in Indiana, they make up 16 percent of all traffic fatalities. There have been 51 motorcycle fatalities in the state this year, on a par with the 97 last year. And that was down from 136 in 2017. That’s why we think Ride ...
In American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice Can Heal Our Nation, my co‐author, Craig Osten and I, write that America is at a crossroads. Neighbor is pitted against neighbor. The growth of social media has inflamed the worst instincts in people. We write, “As a nation, ...
Friday’s launch of a pilot program that will put 71 sober living beds in three locations has been called Allen County’s most ambitious effort to fight substance abuse disorder. We have praised Allen County’s aggressive efforts in the past to fight drug addiction, especially the epidemic ...
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing of a spacecraft on the moon when Apollo 11 touched down and two astronauts set foot on the lunar surface, first Purdue University alumnus and Commander Neil Armstrong, followed by Buzz Aldrin. It’s one of those events, like the ...
While the Indiana Legislature’s commitment to public education was notable this year, the lack of a pay increase for teachers was disappointing. Indiana’s average pay is $50,218 a year, which is between $2,000-$10,000 less than teachers in neighboring states. Starting pay for teachers at ...
Allen County residents need to be alert to a nationwide outbreak of intestinal illnesses caused by a parasite that can infect people in swimming pools, splash pads, water playgrounds, hot tubs and spas. While Allen County is not seeing any significant increases in cases of the hard-to-kill ...
When a 9-year-old girl and her 6-year-old twin brothers were killed and a fourth student injured when struck by a pickup while crossing Indiana 25 near Rochester to board a bus for school in October, the tragedy focused Indiana’s attention on the lingering problem of drivers passing stopped ...
What would Betsy Ross say? Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has complained about special Nike shoes that came out last week with a symbol of the first stars and stripes flag the Philadelphia upholsterer is believed to have sewed in 1776, during the American Revolution. So the sportswear ...
Deer hunting is a popular activity for sportsmen and sportswomen in Indiana, and Allen County is one of the many counties throughout the state that produced the most deer for hunters last year. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has implemented a new system to facilitate the efforts ...
Allen County’s Commissioners voted last week to implement rules that would prohibit swingers clubs and other businesses involving live sex acts and to require licenses for new sexually oriented businesses. Some may scratch their heads at the move, since there are currently no such businesses ...
Thursday we celebrated America’s independence with cookouts, fireworks displays and a day off from work. But amid our celebrations with family and friends, it’s worthwhile to reflect upon the meaning of the day and the words of promise in the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted ...
Hundreds of new laws took effect in Indiana this week as a result of the General Assembly’s legislative session earlier this year. One we are especially pleased about requires all Indiana emergency dispatchers have a year to complete training in telephone CPR. House Enrolled Act 1342 took ...
Twenty years can slip by in the blink of an eye. You don’t have to tell that to Fort Wayne’s South Side High School Class of 1999. Beginning on Friday, June 21st, and over the course of the weekend that followed, the adults who left behind their days with Fort Wayne Community Schools two ...
I have a print of a watercolor painting by my Uncle Paul Hubartt hanging in my home that he gave me years ago of an old stone church near Blooming Grove, Ind. The significance of the old structure is that it was built on the site of a log church where my great-great-great grandfather, ...
Do we Hoosiers consider ourselves to be patriotic? The definition of patriotism is to love or be devoted to one’s country. So what do we feel about WalletHub’s 2019 survey released last Monday that ranks Indiana near the bottom of the list of U.S. states at No. 44? The personal finance ...
Helping, rather than bullying Hoosiers to comply with their tax obligations is a top priority for Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner Adam Krupp. And we think that is something worth commending because it is translating into good news for Indiana taxpayers. One way is through ...
Another state agency is responding favorably to a need in Fort Wayne that we brought up in a June 20 editorial. Recent violent incidents on public streets and in public places flew in the face of Mayor Henry’s April news conference in which he praised a significant decrease in crime in the ...