The hoarding of groceries and other products, such as toilet paper, has become an unnecessary problem. And it’s up to all of us during the COVID-19 pandemic to use common sense and unselfishness. The nation’s irrational rush to overbuy supplies, both necessary and ludicrously unnecessary, ...
The warnings have been there all along, but they keep getting sterner and more specific: Practice social distancing to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus throughout the U.S. But the warnings have not been taken seriously, and there is not enough consistency in what steps are ...
In March 16’s “Ten Commandments may be religious, but they set a standard of good conduct for all people,” Kerry Hubartt erroneously assumes that the Ten Commandments should be the foundation of American civics, and prejudicially asserts that church-state separation advocates should doubt ...
The Ten Commandments have been belittled, besmirched and even banned from public property in the United States as religious and therefore needing to be separated from perceived endorsement by the state. But the truth is, the laws written in tablets of stone by the finger of God on Mount ...
Indiana’s attorney general made an official statement last week that state agencies are not allowed to use an "X" gender designation on identification documents for residents who don't identify as male or female. We wrote in September that we supported Republican Attorney General Curtis ...
This is most likely the last guest column I will ever write for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. This comes after nearly three and a half decades of putting my insights and opinions on paper and submitting them to the News-Sentinel. For most of that time it was still the afternoon newspaper ...
Get ready for the new normal. The coronavirus outbreak has become a pandemic, and the world is reacting with steps we never imagined. Where and when it stops, nobody knows. Life is required to change for awhile, even here in Allen County, in a necessary attempt to stem the tide of a ...
Contrary to some critics, Vice President Mike Pence is leading an aggressive attack against the COVID-19 virus that has infiltrated the U.S. Reported illnesses of the coronavirus in Indiana have ranged from mild symptoms, including fever, cough and shortness of breath, to severe illness and ...
We believe Do it Best Corp.’s creation of a foundation to distribute grants to organizations that align with its goals and generate the biggest impact to make their communities great places to live, work and play significantly reinforces the company’s commitment to Fort Wayne and Allen ...
An Associated Press story last week began with the following words: “Imagine an NCAA Tournament with no fans in the arenas.” That seemingly ridiculous possibility has been posited as a result of the coronavirus that has afflicted more than 92,000 people and killed 3,300 worldwide, mostly ...
As Indiana pushes to improve the access to health care for pregnant women and new mothers one of the areas they should make a priority is tobacco cessation. Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of infant mortality. To provide free tobacco cessation to pregnant women and mothers of small ...
May will be an important month for Fort Wayne Community Schools. For one thing, the May 5 primary election will include a referendum on “Repair FWCS,” a plan to renovate the district’s schools by beginning the third phase of the project. And while that result will impact a number of ...
While Indiana lawmakers were eager to pass legislation that would supposedly help control the high costs of health care for Hoosiers, we are glad to see that common sense prevailed this week before a bad idea got made into law. Legislators were considering a proposal that would cut how much ...
I watched the entire 1954 Indiana high school basketball boys state championship game on my iPad last week, thanks to an enhanced version of the grainy original film made 66 years ago. What’s more, the remastered video included audio play-by-play throughout. I had seen parts of the game ...
Indiana drivers will need to change their ways in July when a law is expected to take effect cracking down on cell phone use while driving. The Indiana Senate last week joined the House in approving House Bill 1070 that prohibits drivers from having a phone in hand while driving their ...
Allen County residents concerned about the continuing worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak may want to think twice before buying a facemask. While the facemask industry is booming due to concerns about the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it “does not ...
Beware the ides of March, as Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar. Caesar didn’t listen, and it cost him his life. For Indiana drivers, the old expression could mean beware of your condition when you are behind the wheel of your car this coming month, because if you’re not sober, you might ...
My wife and I spend as much time as we can with our grandchildren — some more than others in order to help out where most needed in child care and transportation. Whenever we are “in charge” of those precious lives, we are constantly aware of the influences they face each day, ...
Since arriving on the West Lafayette campus as Purdue University’s president in January 2013, former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has instituted a tuition freeze. And, according to a Lafayette Journal and Courier report last week, tuition will stay frozen through the 2021-22 school ...
The Statue of Liberty is a monument to what immigrants mean to the United States. Our country has been a refuge, a new hope, an opportunity for people from all over the world since before we even declared our independence as a nation. And immigrants have continued to make a positive impact on ...