Tim Timmons
Shame On Our Government
The good governor of our great state campaigned on a number of issues, but the one that caught my ear – and a number of other Hoosier homeowners – was property tax relief. We don’t need to go over the history. You know it far too well. Property taxes have gone up and up and…
Read MoreWasteful Government Spending Isn’t Just a National Issue
During a time when the president of the United States is meeting with reporters every day, providing more transparency to government operations than Americans have seen before, some lawmakers at the Indiana Statehouse are trying to do the opposite. A couple of committees are considering taking public notices out of Indiana newspapers and placing them…
Read MoreHammer Can’t Understand Democrats
“Do they even notice?” The words, boomed across an open empty office, scared the living bejebbers out of me. John Hammer, that huge hulk of a man who somehow finds his way into a locked and dark office on a Saturday, had once again caught me off guard. And listen, as a guy with a…
Read MoreRevisiting Hate, DEI and Other Rip-Roaring (wink-wink) Topics
Continued Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Eddie Adams . . . * * * HATERS GOT to hate, and boy did last week’s comments about DEI / MEI bring them out of the woodwork! To recap, I offered a tip of the seed corn cap (as my pal Honest Hoosier might say) to new…
Read MoreDEI, MEI, Silliness and More
Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Fred Allen. * * * DIVERSITY. Equity. Inclusion. Who can argue with the value and importance of those three words. Indeed, many of our country’s principles and notions are based on exactly those. But ever since Gov. Mike Braun and President Donald Trump took office and began fixing the…
Read MoreHarper Valley PTA, or U.S. Senate? Hard to Tell Sometimes
Not too long ago, I shared a few parodies of songs, ala MAD Magazine from back when I was a kid (and back when it didn’t cost around $12 for one issue!). Several of you were kind enough to say you enjoyed that – and are about to learn something my bride of 40+ years…
Read MoreIt’s The World We Live In
The world we live in now ain’t what it used to be. A recent national story supposedly detailed the difference between Biden and Trump, using the California fires and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The writer’s take was that Biden stood tall with Newsom and pledged the full weight of the federal government for assistance .…
Read MoreClock Keeps Ticking
One of the folks I hold in high regard reached out a few days ago. Like many of us, he’s upset over the current political reality that is today’s country. He – in my humble – very much hopes that Trump can make things better, but also understands that it’s a matter of time before…
Read MoreColts Aren’t Measuring Up to Snuff
For those 10 or 12 of you who follow these scribbles, you know that once in a while I wander off into sports. Sorry. As an old sportswriter who wore out several pairs of Weejuns on courts, fields and arenas, sometimes I just can’t help myself. This hot mess that is the Indianapolis Colts has…
Read MoreOne Last Rant Before End of Year
Let’s jump on the soapbox one last time before we bid adieu to the madness that has been 2024. (You know, it kind of feels like I’ve been on the soapbox more this year than any other. Maybe I’ve just become the old guy yelling at the kids to get off his lawn. I told…
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