News of a possible development project utilizing the Jasper Cabinet building is great for the city of Jasper. I am in support of aggressive economic incentives to help turn an eyesore into a useful development. However, I would urge the city of Jasper and the Redevelopment Commission (RDC) to provide the public with the complete…
August 11 is the one year anniversary of Robin Williams’ death by suicide. The effects of his death will continue to impact suicide loss survivors. Anniversaries are often a difficult time bringing us back to the day he died, the day our loved one died, asking why and what could have been done different, and…
I am regularly asked where I am from and what the people are like that live in my hometown. I find myself proudly saying that I represent one of the most dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking “small towns” in Indiana. One that stands for and advances nearly every cause that is important to us as a…
Mr. Fithian suggested in a letter published July 20th, that gay and lesbian citizens who are refused service at a bakery: “If one baker will not bake a cake for you, go to another baker.” His advice is precisely the same advice that racists in the 1950s would have suggested to an interracial couple seeking…
Recently the State of Indiana passed into law The Religious Freedom Act. Both supporters and opponents of the bill said it would allow a Christian baker, for example, to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, if providing service to such an event violated the baker’s religious convictions. Religious freedom hads been upheld…
A few of your readers have written lengthy diatribes decrying the current state of politics in America. One of the disturbing aspects of these letters, to me, is the lengths to which these readers have gone to deify the founding fathers. A recent example is Mr. Lewinsky’s letter which refers, glowingly, to both the “intent…
For all the outrage far-right conservatives have declared regarding the Supreme Court redefining traditional marriage in the United States, I have yet to hear them define it correctly. Throughout much of the history of the US, marriage was not “One man plus one woman.” It was one white man plus one white woman, one black…
Five lawyers in black robes, sitting on the Supreme Court, have decided for the country the definition of marriage. They know better than 320 million people, the fifty states and their democratically elected state legislatures. Determining the nature of marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution. Deciding its definition is not a power of the…
I wish I had spoken out Monday night to support the Hoosier Desk location. It’s honestly the most exciting possibility I have seen for our community in 36 years! The combination of the library and the arts is a unique cultural cooperative effort our community will be so proud to have. Plus, the Hoosier Desk…
From Heritage, we learn that the average cost for an illegal alien household today, obtained by subtracting the amount in taxes they pay from the resources they consume, is $14,387, to be borne by the taxpayer. Under current law, illegal alien households together have an aggregate annual deficit of around $54.5 billion. FAIR (Federation for…
