Perspective

Indiana holds economic data close to vest

Saturday, December 15, 2018 9:00 AM

Over the course of the past three years, obtaining information on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts has been made difficult and in some ways impossible.

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Multiple area options for preschool for kids

Saturday, December 15, 2018 9:00 AM

A recent article in the Courier reminded the community of the importance of preschool.

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We need protection from secondhand smoke

Saturday, December 15, 2018 9:00 AM

The CDC recently released a new report on secondhand smoke exposure. The report states that while exposure decreased from 87.5 percent to 25.2 percent from 1988 to 2014, progress has stalled.

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Thank you for honoring Don Vaughn

Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:00 PM

To the Editor:

Earlier this week my family had the difficult job of laying our father, brother and uncle, Don Vaughn, to rest. It was hard to say good bye but we took great comfort in the actions of the City of Madison, the Fairplay Fire Company and Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre to honor him, and I write this letter to thank everyone involved.

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Thank you from Madison State Hospital

Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:00 PM

To the Editor:

As Christmas approaches, the staff at Madison State Hospital want to thank this wonderful community for the generosity shown to our patients in previous years. We ask again that you remember the patients at Madison State Hospital in your holiday plans. While preparing for joyous holiday celebrations with your family and friends, please be mindful that not everyone is so fortunate.

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Attention, Marketplace Shoppers: don’t delay on 2019 enrollment

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 1:38 PM

Don’t procrastinate. Most consumers who buy their own insurance on the federal health insurance marketplace face a Dec. 15 deadline. Advocates are reminding these customers that if they miss the deadline, they may not have a plan that starts in January 2019.

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Veterans Day’s real lesson — people around you matter

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:00 PM

This Veterans Day was a bit more significant as it was the centenary of the end of World War I.

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Climate change and wildfires — how do we know if there is a link?

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:00 PM

Once again, the summer and fall of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere has brought us an epidemic of major wildfires.

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Marking WWI, the forgotten conflict today

Monday, November 12, 2018 3:00 PM

World War I was still a living memory for most Americans when I was growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Over 60 years ago, Hoosiers enlisted in the Marines’ Ernie Pyle Memorial Company

Monday, November 12, 2018 3:00 PM

A dozen years after Ernie Pyle died beside a road on a tiny Japanese island, his legacy altered the course of a Hoosier teenager’s life

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Trump, Kavanaugh and change forged Braun’s upset win

Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00 AM

INDIANAPOLIS – It would be easy to consign Mike Braun’s epic, not-even-close upset of U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly to a Democratic blunder on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Donnelly, along with U.S. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and Claire McCaskill all voted against Kavanaugh and lost emphatically. West Virginia Democrat U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin supported Kavanaugh and won easily.

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So much changed in statehouses this week

Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00 AM

The Democratic power surge in statehouses and governors’ offices will boost a host of progressive priorities, including health care, school spending, gun control, environmental protection and voting rights — even as divided government causes gridlock in Washington.

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Protections for crime victims OK’d in 6 states

Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00 AM

Voters in six states have passed a ballot measure version of “Marsy’s Law,” which grants crime victims a list of rights under the state constitution, such as the right to confer with the prosecution and attend key court proceedings.

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Path to power: Senate races to watch on election night

Associated Press

Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have a huge advantage as they seek to hold or expand their 51-49 Senate majority, with the battle for control running mostly through states that President Donald Trump won in 2016.

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Who will the next victims be?

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 3:00 PM

This time, it was a synagogue.

This time, the victims were older, the youngest 54 and the oldest 97.

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Here’s where we need armed guards

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 3:00 PM

President Donald Trump offered a solution.

He was headed to Indianapolis on Saturday when the latest national tragedy unfurled: a pathetic anti-Semite and racist named Robert Bowers busted into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and started firing.

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How a message of love might help us now

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 3:00 PM

The Pittsburgh neighborhood in which the recent horrific mass shooting took place isn’t only the home of the Tree of Life synagogue. Squirrel Hill was also Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, the place where he lived and ultimately chose to die in his own home.

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Young Indiana journalists are inspiring

Saturday, October 27, 2018 9:00 AM

By coincidence, just a few hours after the president of the United States showered praise at a rally on a congressman who assaulted a reporter, I spoke before a gathering of high school journalists.

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What do we teach our children in this era?

Saturday, October 27, 2018 3:49 AM

NASHVILLE, Indiana — Growing up, my parents and my teachers in Michigan City and Peru taught me about our great presidents. The first one, George Washington, would never tell a lie.

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Temperature dangers now

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 3:00 PM

I read the news about the urgency of addressing climate change, and as a mathematician who studies climate change, I was not surprised. Very worried, but not surprised.

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