Fed raises rates for first time since 2023. What it means for youFederal Reserve policymakers raised the benchmark interest rate just days after President Trump said the United States should have "the lowest interest rates in the world." Sep 16 26September 16, 2026Article at USA TODAY
Inflation cools in June, Fed chair Warsh tells Congress job not doneA June inflation report and the Federal Reserve chair's testimony provided a look at where the U.S. economy has been and where it's headed. Jul 14 26July 14, 2026Article at USA TODAY
Northern Nevada’s Future of Connectivity Begins as Sky Fiber Breaks Ground on Major Fiber ExpansionSky Fibers next-generation fiber network brings faster, more reliable internet to underserved areas, supporting Apr 07 26April 07, 2026Article at The Indianapolis Star
The Message Of Apple TV’s ‘Hijack’: Don’t Be A Hero, Just Let Criminals Be CriminalsIdris Elba’s ‘vulnerable’ character is a clear message that thinking people need not and should not resort to brutish resistance. Share Warning: spoilers ahead. Watching the new Apple TV+ Idris Elba vehicle “Hijack,” the philosophy of the show is… Aug 07 23August 07, 2023Article at The Federalist
Down the Old Dixie Highway Through the Cradle of the Civil WarStephens Garage in Luverne, Ala. Photo: Daniel Lee Luverne, Ala. Jul 21 23July 21, 2023Article at WSJ
Mike Pence’s Political EducationMike Pence speaks at a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa, June 7. Photo: Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press Decades before he turned back Donald Trump’s effort to halt certification of the 2020 election, Mike Pence pedaled up to the small Rushville,… Jun 08 23June 08, 2023Article at WSJ
Covid Worsened America Rage Virus, for Which There’s No VaccineThree years ago, I was in St. Pete Beach, Fla., as the reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic was accelerating. On Monday I waited an hour for a seat in Skidder’s Restaurant. Then Gov. Ron DeSantis closed bars and limited restaurants to 50% capacity. By… Mar 10 23March 10, 2023Article at WSJ
Indiana’s Cornfields Could Be Gone With the Wind FarmMichigan City, Ind. A 200-foot sand dune called the Hoosier Slide once loomed, bald and imposing, on the shore of Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana. Visible from Chicago, it was the most prominent of a line of post-Ice Age dunes along the great… Jan 27 23January 27, 2023Article at WSJ
Sports Leagues and TV Networks Like the Gambling OddsOnce you had to go to Nevada to wager legally on the big game. Now most can do it from the couch. Princeton, Ind. We gambled a little at the Gibson County Ambulance Service in the late 1970s. Nothing serious, a bit of quarter and dollar poker between… Feb 11 22February 11, 2022Article at WSJ
The Midwest’s Tornadoes Predate Global WarmingActivists wasted no time attributing last week’s tragic tornado outbreak in the Midwest to climate change. My hometown in southwest Indiana would like a word. Princeton, Ind., was the final community struck by the terrible 1925 Tri-State tornado… Dec 15 21December 15, 2021Article at WSJ
In the Civil War Graveyard, Every Headstone Tells a StoryThe ghost tales we heard in a local cemetery had nothing on the real lives of the people buried there. Princeton, Ind. Near the YMCA’s Camp Carson here in southwest Indiana, there is a tiny abandoned cemetery hidden beyond a steep, weedy road cut.… Oct 29 21October 29, 2021Article at WSJ
You Can Play Through History on Michigan’s Mackinac IslandA golf course dedicated to tradition proves it’s easier to defend certain values than it is to recover them. Mackinac Island, Mich. Play the 123-year-old Wawashkamo Golf Course on Michigan’s Mackinac Island and you won’t soon forget it, not least… Jul 30 21July 30, 2021Article at WSJ
Submission Is on Exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of ArtA progressive cultural institution issues a groveling mea culpa for a poorly worded job posting. Indianapolis “Battle Between Carnival and Lent” is a 17th-century oil painting by Jan Miense Molenaer in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of… Mar 12 21March 12, 2021Article at WSJ
Our American family — my family — survived one Civil War. Can we make it through another?With Confederate soldiers on one side and Union soldiers on the other, my family shows how our differences don't have to divide us. Opinion contributor My maternal great-great grandfather finished the Civil War at Hart Island Prisoner of War camp,… Jan 01 21January 01, 2021Article at USA TODAY
At a Georgia Graveyard, Reflections on a Divided NationMy ancestors lie on a peaceful tree-covered hill overlooking the site of the Battle of Atlanta. Atlanta Sylvester Cemetery clings to a steep, magnolia- and oak-covered hillside east of downtown Atlanta, on ground where Federal and Confederate troops… Jul 21 20July 21, 2020Article at WSJ
Gentlemen, Don’t Start Your EnginesWith the Indy 500 postponed until August, it’s been an unusually quiet spring in Indianapolis. Indianapolis For more than a century the month of May has meant one thing in Indiana: The Indianapolis 500, our annual celebration of spring and the… May 22 20May 22, 2020Article at WSJ
Stocking Shelves in Covid-19 AmericaRetail and grocery workers persevere, wondering which is worse: disease or economic devastation? Greenwood, Ind. Employees now receive health checks at the department store where I work part-time. I’m asked about fevers and chills, unexplained… Apr 20 20April 20, 2020Article at WSJ
Why The Roger Stone Brouhaha Is Not Simply A Rorschach Test Of Your PoliticsA bit of video has been making the rounds of the Internet lately, showing at some distance a guy on a swing set. The distance and the low light in the clip makes it one of those reversible images; he seems at first to be swinging with his back to… Feb 18 20February 18, 2020Article at The Federalist
Could the Internet Power a Small-Town Renaissance?Online retailers are doing to the mall what the mall once did to my hometown of Princeton, Indiana. Indianapolis This time of year, the late-night sky southeast of the city sparkles with what looks like a long line of evening stars: transport jets… Nov 21 18November 21, 2018Article at WSJ
The Best Way to Learn Gun Safety Is With Real GunsWielding force is nothing compared with the power of controlling, disciplining and managing it. Recently I found a fascinating remnant of America’s long relationship with guns: a 1956 Life magazine about a conservation officer teaching firearm safety… Mar 30 18March 30, 2018Article at WSJ
