World Down Syndrome Day on Thursday made me thankful for where I live and for the lives of my two Down syndrome grandchildren, Joy and Ezekiel. The occasion was first officially observed in 2012 to raise awareness of Down syndrome. March 21 (3-21) represents the three copies of the 21st ...
You may not think redistricting reform is a big deal, but changing our current system would make your vote more likely to be meaningful in our state elections. Even so, reform has been difficult to initiate, and whether the latest proposal (Senate Bill 105) makes it through the current ...
Another report on the increase in obesity has thrown yet another red flag for an epidemic health problem that America, Indiana and Allen County need to solve. And the solution may come in recognizing that obesity may be connected to the same kind of brain chemistry caused by drug addiction, ...
Patrick Smith was a roaster at Old Crown coffee on North Anthony Boulevard when I first knew of him. My youngest daughter was a barista there in 2003 during her college years when he was hired. My youngest son, who, like his sister, started college at IPFW, also worked with him there in 2006, ...
Vice President Mike Pence, known through three decades in politics as a “cordial conservative,” seems now to be a pariah for Democrats. While the former Indiana governor and congressman is widely known as a genuine “nice guy,” it has become a no-no to say so — if you are a ...
Accusations of sexual misconduct by American clergymen in the Catholic Church as well as the Southern Baptist Convention ignited outrage across the country last year that the victimization of vulnerable children and adults has too often been concealed or mishandled. The Diocese of Fort ...
Say what you will about winter, most people I have talked to in the last couple of weeks have had enough. I realize many love winter weather, and I normally tolerate it pretty well. But I have definitely developed a bad attitude recently about this year’s seemingly endless cold, ice, snow ...
It’s a good day to laud a couple of local achievements that enhance Allen County’s reputation as a great place to live. East Allen County Schools gets a thumbs-up for two of its schools being included among the 10 national finalists in the Middle School Kindness Challenge. Fort Wayne gets ...
If you believe everything you read in the media throughout Indiana, you may think our General Assembly is led by a Republican majority of racist, homophobic legislators. The topic is a hate crimes bill making its way through the Indiana Legislature in an effort from Democrats and others caught ...
What does it mean to wear a MAGA cap? There was a red sea of “Make America Great Again” baseball caps being worn at the Trump Rally in November, when the president packed the Memorial Coliseum to support Republican candidates in the Indiana election. In fact, I purchased one of the caps ...
Blue lights around town may have surprised you Monday as you drove past some of Fort Wayne’s landmarks on your way to work in the morning or on your way home in the evening. They were meant to celebrate the opening of an NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the fact that its championship ...
Is the art of persuasion dead? It often seems that those who disagree on an issue will simply ignore any facts, logic, reason or conscience in any argument to maintain their stance regardless of truth. That must surely have been Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse’s reaction after his ...
The lives of pre-born and newborn babies are in the legislative spotlight, both in Indiana and throughout the nation. In Indiana, the issue before the State Legislature is House Bill 1211, which provides that a person may not knowingly or intentionally perform a dismemberment abortion unless a ...
Some critics and a Journal Gazette editorial bemoan the death of an amendment to a charter school bill that would have prohibited voucher schools from “discriminating” on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. The targets of their criticism are the 63 members of ...
The Indiana Legislature this week moved on two bills we’ve written about here, one we don’t support and one we do. Both took preliminary steps toward becoming law. The Senate Public Policy Committee voted 9-1 Monday to advance Senate Bill 12, called a hate crimes bill, which would allow ...
It was 25 years ago Feb. 28 when I attended Leo High School’s final regular-season boys basketball game at Southern Wells in my capacity as sports editor of The News-Sentinel. I went to the game for two reasons — my senior son Nathan was a member of the Leo team, and I was covering the ...
Well now, let’s do a quick review of the last few weeks of the accomplishments and claims made by our liberal friends. Let’s begin with that crazy freshman New York congresswoman and part-time social media dancer, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who proclaimed that “The world is going to end ...
A branch of the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library scheduled a Drag Queen Story Hour program for Feb. 23, which has sparked a firestorm of criticism in the community, and calls for the removal of three library board appointees from the local school board. Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) ...
New revelations have once again shamed our churches due to sexual abuse by members of the clergy and the failure of leadership to deal with the crimes properly. On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News released the first of a three-part series from their investigation ...
Should Hoosiers be concerned that the legalization of medical marijuana in our state will be considered by legislators during the current session of the General Assembly in Indianapolis? Medical marijuana was legalized in Michigan in 2008. Last November, voters approved the recreational use of ...