On March 18, 2006, my life changed in a flash when I crashed the car I was driving, and my friend didn’t survive the aftermath. I won’t get into the specific details, but just know I was solely...

Fines won’t stop them from standing up for their constituents. The Democrats who fled the Indiana Statehouse aren’t going to be threatened by a pathetic and delusional house speaker like Brian Bosma. A...

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This is second edit of my column about the November election because I was urged to reconsider my original column. My first was filled with bitter feelings toward the Republicans and disappointment with the voters. I’ve still got these feelings, but perhaps these pages aren’t the place to put them. On Nov. 2, I crawled out from beneath the election rubble with a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, hope wasn’t enough. So, prepare yourself, the Republican Party has gained control in the House. We may be damaged and rattled, but damn it, we’ve got to press on.

Among the swirl of red Todd Young T-shirts, white-haired old ladies and overweight men stretching denim to its finest fiber, I stood out like a hand grenade in a field of daisies. The Clark County Tea...

Local students made the trek to Bloomington last week to hear The Dalai Lama speak about compassion. Unfortunately, some were lost in translation. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and the country’s exiled president, gave a series of lectures at the IU auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday.