A common belief I hear repeated often is that too many young people go to college, and that more should go into the trades where they can avoid the wasteful debt of college and still earn a good living. The problem with this argument is that the few parts that are true are largely benign, and ...
A common belief I hear repeated often is that too many young people go to college, and that more should go into the trades where they can avoid the wasteful debt of college and still earn a good living. The problem with this argument is that the few parts that are true are largely benign, and ...
On Christmas Eve 1822, Santa Claus was born. Yet in various parts of the world, a man known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Abbot of Unreason, Julenissen and many other names had been associated with the Yule season since the fourth century.Though his name and physical ...
What happens in the White House has always been of interest to Americans, particularly how the President and his family celebrate the holidays.The very first Christmas, in what some folks then called “the President’s Palace,” was pretty much a disaster. Second President John Adams and his ...
(This statement was distributed June 5 by the Indiana Supreme Court. Loretta H. Rush is the chief justice of Indiana.)The gravity of the events across the country and here in Indiana demanding equity — both peaceful protests and violent outbursts — require a response from the judicial ...
(The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne released this statement, dated June 4, by Brad Little, president and CEO.)This is undeniably an extremely challenging time. Many individuals in our community have been affected by job loss, health ramifications from COVID-19, business ...
Flag Day is June 14. Though this is the special date we honor as the birth date of the Stars & Stripes, just about any day is fine for displaying our national emblem.The United States may be one of the youngest countries in the world, but our flag is among the oldest. Old Glory, as ...
This column is dedicated to my Facebook friends and their friends. I’m writing it in response to the many ridiculous, clueless, heartless and just plain stupid posts that many of my friends have written over the past week. I call them Facebook friends, but in a real sense, they are merely ...
This is the third column I’ve written this week. The first two were overcome by fast changing events. So, I will surrender to the deadline and pen a few words about how to think about COVID-19 over the longer term. This should help us formulate and accept the challenges of the coming ...
We were born right after 9/11 and will be graduating during a pandemic.The Coronavirus is affecting high school seniors in a special way. Instead of getting just a few short months left of normalcy before our whole lives flip upside down in the fall, we are being forced into a life of ...