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Braun campaign ad begs the question: What is he running for?

Braun campaign ad begs the question: What is he running for?

I was watching the IU men’s team play its first Big Ten game against Maryland with a friend on Friday night when I saw it. During the game’s first time out, Mike Braun’s newest commercial in his campaign for Governor of Indiana ran.  When it was done, we turned and...

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The resurgence of union power is bigger than money

The resurgence of union power is bigger than money

The Portland Public Schools (PPS) and the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) reached a tentative agreement to their labor dispute on Sunday. The impasse had led to a three-week strike, cancelling eleven instructional days in Oregon’s largest school district....

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Giving like Carters and Corums is worthy of thanks

Giving like Carters and Corums is worthy of thanks

It’s that time of year again. The emotions, expectations and traditional series of events converge for six weeks to make up what we refer to as “the holidays.” Viewing the goings on around us this opening week of the season might lead one to believe that we all kind...

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Like an island, Indiana is surrounded, and it’s gonna cost us

Like an island, Indiana is surrounded, and it’s gonna cost us

With a few vital exceptions across America, the 2023 election was scheduled to deal with local government. Tip O’Neill famously coined the phrase, “all politics is local.” Oh, if the former Speaker of the House, who held the gavel for virtually all of the 1980’s,...

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Republican treasurers pander to Israel with retirees’ money

Republican treasurers pander to Israel with retirees’ money

This one surprised even me. It was a November 1st story by Whitney Downard in the Indiana Capital Chronicle that caught my eye a day after it ran. The story came following an announcement by Indiana State Treasurer Daniel Elliott that the state would purchase $35...

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