It is my opinion that a person representing the State of Indiana in the U.S. Congress shows character and family values by having his or her spouse and family live in the Capitol with him/her. What person would demand a representative or senator leave his family in his home state and miss out on daily…
The First Amendment of the Constitution “Prohibits Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the FREE exercise of religion, abridging the FREEDOM of speech, infringing on the FREEDOM of the press, interfering with the RIGHT to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. The Second Amendment…
The first official document produced by a group of rebellious British colonists living in North America, The Declaration of Independence, dated July 4, 1776, says that the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has been given to all human beings by their Creator. When I heard yet of another school mass killing…
Contrary to the Republican Party policy of fewer government regulations, supposedly to allow for corporations to increase their profits, some are badly needed. A good example is the current opioid crisis. Sadly, this opioid crisis is costing Americans 65,000 lives a year, killing annually, more than all the Americans in the Vietnam War. This crisis…
Nikolas Cruz (Douglas HS, FL.), Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook ES, CT.), Eric Harris/Dylan Klebold (Columbine HS, CO.), Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech, VA.). What do these school shooting perpetrators have in common? They all suffered from mental illness. Based upon their age, they either suffered from a “Conduct Disorder” or an “Antisocial Personality Disorder” ASP. The…
I have great concern regarding the Russian interference of our democracy. We need to address this threat. Through its actions or lack of actions, the current administration appears to be helping the Russian agenda directed towards our country, which is to sow political and social discord and discontent in any way it can. This administration…
There is no doubt that there is a war on women, by men, who rape, sexually assault and sexually harass women. We must do better as a society to bring up young boys to respect women better. Only a third of rape and sexual assault cases ever get reported to the police and of those…
Thank you to all who have posted their opinions on the verdict regarding Kyle Sickbert. This verdict is truly an abomination. I know because I am the victim’s mother. It has been a severely long and arduous battle and we are truly battle weary. I love this country and this state, but I must say…
The U.S. Congress, with the President’s endorsement, has handed over a massive tax break to corporations and individuals who don’t need it. Temporary crumbs are being allocated to the middle class for window dressing, but no one seems to care that these acts are trapping our grandchildren, and maybe even our great-grandchildren, in massive debt…
Every time I see a semi-truck loaded with live turkeys blasting down the highway in the middle of a freezing night here in Dubois County, Indiana without a covering to protect the birds from the agony of the biting 60 mph wind chill on their way to the slaughterhouse many things are confirmed to me….
