Schansberg: Constrained and Unconstrained Visions
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. For Christians approaching the difficult decisions of this election year, it is important to keep four concepts in balance: 1) God’s good Creation; 2) the “Fall of man”; 3) the potential for partial, earthly Redemption; and 4) an eager hope for full, heavenly Restoration. Even outside of Christianity, one still sees Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (93): A City of Engines and Architecture
by Andrea Neal Diesel engines made Columbus a Fortune 500 city. World-famous architecture put Columbus on the map. Give J. Irwin Miller credit for both achievements. As chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc. from 1934 to 1977, Miller turned an unprofitable Indiana-based business into a global leader in diesel engines and related technology that today Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: The Pence Admonition
“I have to turn on my television with a stick (for fear of getting bit)” — Mike Pence A HERO OF MINE is the unnamed police officer that a CNN camera showed walking the streets of San Francisco after the 1989 earthquake. He was yelling up to shaken residents in their high-rise apartments that nobody was Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (92): Hoagy and Cole Topped the Charts
by Andrea Neal Two of the 20th century’s most popular song writers hailed from Indiana, both so distinctive that the mention of their names brings to mind such familiar melodies as “Night and Day,” “It’s De-Lovely,” “Georgia on My Mind” and “Stardust.” Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael grew up on different sides of the track Read the full article…
The Outstater: A Losing Columbia Club Matrix
DON’T BE SHOCKED or particulary dismayed that the GOP gubernatorial candidate appears to be trailing by double digits. Be reminded that Indiana Republican conventions rarely resemble Indiana Republicans — not everyday ones, anyway. Columbia Club apparatchiks are more like it. Eric Holcomb, wish him the best, stands as the pluperfect example. Please know this does not Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Chasing the Shoaff Lake Wolly Bugger
THOSE OF YOU WRESTLING with the various glooms of this presidential election might be heartened by what I have learned about politics as the president of the Shoaff Lake Shoreline Anglers League. The League does not permit the use of a tongue-twisting acronym, a sure sign that an organization has untrustworthy aspirations. Nor does it Read the full article…
