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Where Are We With Taxes? Let’s Ask
I’d like to think that my talent with the written word is responsible for the landslide of response the last two weeks. But I suspect the topics – politics as usual and the insanity of our massive national debt – has far more to do with it. Whatever the reason, I’ll take it. The more…
Read MoreElks Seeking History of Stained-Glass Windows, Hoping to Remove, Sell to the Highest Bidders
If you’ve ever stepped inside the Noblesville Elks Lodge, you might have noticed the very beautiful, old stained glass windows along the south wall of the dining room. Lodge members have recently been working on a plan to remodel the lodge, and during their remodel they expect to remove these windows. And possibly sell the…
Read MoreHere’s Another Roberts Settlement Success Story
Despite its small size and rural setting, the African American farming community of Roberts Settlement produced a number of successful professionals — doctors, lawyers, ministers, politicians, businessmen and especially, educators. More educators came out of Roberts Settlement than any other profession, a feat that’s all the more impressive when you consider that most of the…
Read More2023 Kia Niro Crossover Finds its Efficient Hybrid Soul
It didn’t look like much from the outside, but the first generation Kia Niro became a smash success, employing hybrid and EV technology far more advanced than its simple two-box shape would indicate. But it always seemed to while away in the shadow of its more flamboyant and taller sibling, the Soul. Not anymore. A…
Read MoreComplimenting Strangers
“I have to say, that is a very nice hat!” I told the man as he passed me on the sidewalk. The man in the snazzy blue fedora had a serious look on his face, as if he was thinking deeply about something far more important than the indigo-blue hat with the red feather sitting…
Read MoreShould We Be Concerned About A Nuclear War?
I spent my first 10 years living in Michigan City, which is 35 nautical miles from Chicago. I was a Cold War kid. Our bogeyman was Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, who made a lasting impression when he took off his shoe at the United Nations, hammering the podium while threatening to “bury” the U.S.…
Read MoreParty at Lacy Building, Seed Swap, Sneaker Convention, Savor Noblesville and More
Attend an all-ages benefit with live music at The Lacy Building in downtown Noblesville, and find more live music at an array of venues, take in a comedy show, visit the Indianapolis Home Show, take a pony ride, experience a seed swap and a sneak convention and more in our list of 25 things to…
Read MoreKenny Talks Boilermaker Hoops, NFL Draft
It’s such an oft-used phrase, “defense wins championships,” that it’s almost become a sports cliché. But part of Purdue’s downfall in the NCAA basketball tournament a year ago was having a variety of offensive weapons who didn’t always want to guard their man. That is not the problem so far this season for the Boilermakers,…
Read MorePlease Go Away!
My wife is getting ready for our upcoming vacation.. She has already packed and unpacked and packed again. She practices packing because she wants to be sure everything fits in her suitcase. I practice putting on my pants because I want to be sure there will be room for the waistband to expand after I…
Read MoreTry This With Your Credit Card Company . . .
Last week we, as in We The People, hit a financial landmark. We maxed out our credit card. Oh, the uppity ups in the government didn’t call it that. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained that the U.S. reached its debt limit, a plain and simple way of saying, well, we maxed out the credit card.…
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