Hoosiers, we just paid our fall property tax installments back in November. Do you know how they were calculated? Where did your government come up with that number? And are property taxes really worse than the alternatives? The first thing you may not know is your home is assessed based on its market value. Locally,…
Dear Honorable Citizens of Dubois County Israel aggravates the other nations of the Middle East and the rest of the world by illegally building peace destroying “settlements” on occupied Palestinian lands because, with a true peace in the Middle East, Israel would find it much harder to get billions in free American aid. Just a…
Roadways, runways, rail lines and river-ways are the lifeblood of logistics. A world-class infrastructure is vital to the movement of products and the future economic prosperity of Indiana. By 2035, freight is projected to double according to the United States Department of Transportation. Indiana’s current transportation network cannot support that volume without significant investment by…
It has been entertaining to watch leftists flailing hysterically since the election of Donald Trump. Their contempt for their country and the democratic process could not be more obvious. And nowhere in the media, the academia, or the Democrat Party, is there even a trace of soul searching or acknowledgment of possible miscues under President…
As I mentioned in another Letter to the Editor, “Why America is the Greatest Country on the Planet,” Hacking of emails occurred at the DNC and with Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesto. These emails, from the DNC, revealed through Wikileaks, showed that the fix was in against Bernie Sander. The DNC and the super…
The original constitution approved by the framers in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, did not have a Bill of Rights. When it went out to the states to be ratified, at each of the states’ ratification conventions there was a demand for a Bill of Rights. In the very first Congress, shepherded through by Representative…
The beautiful community Christmas Tree on the courthouse lawn during the 2016 Christmas and holiday season has been donated by Scott and Marsha Jones of Jasper. This beautiful tree serves as the main Christmas tree for Jasper – for the holiday season. The lights on the tree, the beautiful red bows and the lighted garland…
PT Barnum once said “a sucker is born every minute” and Trump seems to be proving Barnum’s words ring true! As Trump softens his positions across the board, positions he took to get elected by fed up voters, it seems he is more interested in reassuring and maintaining relationships with his past friends and associates….
In this tremulous time in our country many groups of people are deeply fearful of losing their rights and safety due to the proposed policies of Donald Trump and the normalization of hateful rhetoric and actions stemming from this election. Increased reports of hate crimes, disturbing videos like those of school children chanting “build a…
The American People rose up to change the direction of the country and put an end to the wrecking ball presidency of our first half black President, Barack Hussein Obama. They rose up to say no to Obama and his surrogate Hillary Clinton who would have continued his legacy. Republicans, Independents, and many former Democrats…
