Although written and ratified centuries ago, the U.S. Constitution remains a guiding force for lawmakers at all levels to both protect individual freedoms and guard against government overreach. President Joe Biden’s recent call for vaccine mandates on businesses nationwide, and hefty fines for those that refuse to comply, shows blatant disregard for the U.S. Constitution…
To the Editor: The Dubois County Commissioners have decided to go forward with a new County Jail that includes the Courts, or a Justice Center as they call it. A planned new jail is to cost $30 million and now the new Justice Center will be an additional $11 to $12 million, all of this…
I have yet to hear one good reason for putting in the Mid-States Corridor. It will NOT bring more business, it will NOT bring in more workers, it will NOT improve our community. It just does not make economic sense. What it will do is destroy a lot of things just to benefit a few…
After facing three weeks of withering criticism about new visa restrictions, the Trump Administration took the opportunity this week to further damage the U.S. economy. This time, the damage may be far more immediate and widespread, affecting hundreds of American cities, more than a million foreign college students and millions of U.S. workers. With every…
No individual human life is possessed of infinite value. At least, none of us actually behave as if it does. No matter how fully each of us wishes to live, we inevitably take risks. We ride in automobiles, eat food prepared by unknown hands, trust in medicines and home appliances tested by scientists. At some…
Indiana’s economic future will be primarily determined by the share of Hoosier adults who graduated from college. If that share remains low, our economy will languish, our incomes will continue to fall further behind the national average and our best-educated citizens will relocate elsewhere. This truth cannot be too often repeated, but it begs other…
A recent column of mine offered advice to young college students. So, it only seems reasonable to offer similar economic advice to the 45 percent of high school grads who aren’t headed to college. To be honest, much of the practical advice will be the same, but for young folks who’ve decided not to attend…
In the hot summer of 1992, when I wasn’t running in my Navy-issued boondockers, I was running in my first pair of Nikes. They looked a lot like the ones in this picture. They were handed to me by another recruit as I walked in a line of freshly bald kids at the Navy’s basic…
A shortage of local housing options is one of the more frequent concerns I hear from elected leaders in the Midwest. The lament is often too few executive homes, or is a shortage of middle-income homes, or low-income housing. While all these concerns may be true, lack of housing is a symptom of a deeper…
Indiana’s economy is performing well these days, but growth is very uneven. From 1990 to 2017, the greater Indianapolis area gained 323,200 jobs, while the rest of the state experienced employment growth of only 291,500 jobs. That means the metro area with only 29 percent of the population enjoyed 53 percent of job growth. In…
