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Hoosiers inherited historic campaign's final exams, and learned something
Under a strange national spotlight, the run-up to the Indiana primary forced Hoosiers to consider what once seemed improbable, voting for a female or black presidential candidate.
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Someone please check the political radar
Work isn’t the only thing that expands to fill the time allotted. So does nausea.
Look, I wouldn’t be so cranky if Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had actually addressed issues while they were hustling (yes, that is a double entendre) Hoosiers.
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Column: It’s time to move beyond politics
The extraordinary changes — all for the worst — since George W. Bush was appointed president in 2000 have been breathtaking in their all-encompassing disdain for America.
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Love and baseball in the time of high gas prices
It’s become obvious to me lately that we’re at a crossroads. The suburban soccer mom lifestyle, long ridiculed by some, idealized by others, is becoming far too expensive for the average family to maintain.
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Seinfeld is Seinfeld, Obama is Obama
When comic icon Jerry Seinfeld came to Indiana in January, people didn't hold him responsible for his old friend and co-star Michael Richards' controversial tirade on a club stage a year earlier. Shouldn't Hoosiers extend the same understanding to Barack Obama?
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Two-candidate race ... McCain vs. Paul
While Indiana's primary draws fascination for its decisive role in the Obama-Clinton Democratic race, the forgotten Republican ballot actually includes two candidates. Ron Paul's supporters think his small-government, stop-the-war policies should be heard by the Republican Party, which has John McCain as its presumptive nominee.
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Stroke survivor among 'World's 100 Most Influential People'
Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist, suffered a potentially lethal stroke in 1996, and used her expertise to heal and better herself.
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Change is natural part of growing economy
Business column
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Column: Obama is speaking, is anyone listening?
It’s understandable why Obama has been scoring political points since he launched his campaign in January 2007. Blessed with a killer smile, a practitioner of self-deprecating humor and an iron grip on the issues, he has more charisma than anyone since the Kennedys.
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In Indiana, the past takes a beating in Campaign 2008
Even in the fabled '68 Indiana primary, RFK opponent Eugene McCarthy slipped quietly into and out of Terre Haute for a campaign stop. That couldn't happen now.
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Peculiar history
As the Obama-Clinton tipping point becomes Indiana, that state's primary has resulted in only a few close presidential duels. In each one, the Indiana winner did not get the eventual party nomination.
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If that’s an earthquake, then this must be … Indiana?
The ground, and all things on it, shake or roll or rock for usually only a few seconds, but human beings continue to vibrate — some of us longer than others.
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Fastest two minutes in potty training?
Around here, everyone’s getting ready for the Kentucky Derby. It won’t be long until the first Saturday in May, and the Fastest Two Minutes in Sports.
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Dress for quakes, just in case
The shakiest morning in years throughout the heartland conjured memories of 1990 and the greatest earthquake that never happened.
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Tuesday was a premium day for daft
There is no “growing body of scientific evidence” disproving climate change. Any scientist qualified to speak on the issue agrees climate change is happening..
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Column: Ben Stein’s expulsion of reason
If you believe the Holocaust was funny, you’ll love “Expelled,” an anti-science, anti-intelligence propaganda bolus ejected from the mind of Ben Stein.
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Life choices: What affects you the most?
Lately, critics have questioned the wisdom of investment in ethanol and biofuels, blaming them for high prices of food containing corn. “Some of the glow is off, no question about it,” Tyner said
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New book tells 42 stories of life that sprang from death
The stories range from a 22-year-old Olympic snow-boarder who was struck down by a rare virus to a disabled veteran of World War II, who had spent 48 years in blindness.
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Indiana set to host another presidential race
Before the then 42-year-old Robert F. Kennedy decided to make a charge for president, he visited New Albany High School in 1966 to speak on behalf of 8th District congressional hopeful Winfield K. Denton. He spoke to a crowd of near 4,500 people in the NAHS gymnasium, according to newspaper reports.
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What’s a two-word term for ‘opinionated’? Citizen journalism
In the mainstream media, their opinions might have been twinned on an opinion page. In the citizens media, where feelings are truths and reporting can be an enthusiastic e-mail, their dispatches are journalism.
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Column: Simon says a change is needed for Pacers
Since Ron Artest incorporated that scrawny fan in Auburn Hills as a horizontal punching bag, the majority of Pacers fans over time have
been programmed to anticipate the worst.
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Drawing on contrast
To Gary Varvel, the role of an editorial cartoonist is like walking into a bar, throwing the first punch and watching everybody else fight it out.
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'Stroke of Insight' spreading across America
Jill Taylor, a brain expert and researcher, suffered a potentially fatal or debilitating stroke, but used her expertise to heal and improve herself. Her story was a hit at the cutting-edge TEDtalks conference in California this spring.
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Hoosiers wonder, will campaigners love us and leave us?
Hoosiers haven't taken this rare moment in the political spotlight for granted. They've registered to vote in record numbers, turned out to see the candidates and are talking issues. Sadly, though, this chance may pass and disappear for another 40 years.
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Column: Obama's charisma may be determining factor
The speech in Terre Haute by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama elicited a more impassioned response than rival Hillary Clinton received in her local visit. Republican John McCain, in his lone Indiana stop, also generated a lively, but less stirring response.
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Column: Seven ways to live a rewarding life
Aging can’t be stopped ... but it can be distracted with seven deceptively simple rules.
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Column: Bill’s right, Democrats, chill out
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting tooth and nail for the Democratic presidential nomination. Both are attacking and counterattacking each other full bore as the primary season winds down.
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Column: Bitter is as bitter does
Obama has been quoted, mostly out of context, as saying we here in small town America are bitter, cling to guns, and embrace religion.
Two out of three ain’t bad, as Meatloaf sang.
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Column: Putting the Olympic torch protest in context
While Chinese storm troopers escort the Olympic flame on an 85,000-mile journey from Athens to Beijing, pleas for “understanding” are oozing from the politically correct.
Primary Elections 2008
