Indianapolis is a long way from reaching its potential. Yes, we have advantages with cost of living (compared to both coasts), and great professional sports franchises and an array of quality cultural institutions like the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and many more.
They say bipartisanship is dead in Washington, D.C. They say a Democrat won’t buy a Republican a beer and a Republican won’t share a glass of Chardonnay with a Democrat.
Single-parent families are at a significant economic disadvantage, and more black children in Indiana (42 percent) are living in poverty than are nationally (36 percent).
Breast cancer is not one disease; it is many diseases. And although it is not limited to women, women over the age of 50 are at the highest risk.
I did not wait in line to get my new iPhone 5; I ordered it online and it arrived exactly when they said it would. The battery was charged when I got it out of the package, and it took all of about 10 minutes to transfer (using the “cloud”) all of the stuff from my antiquated iPhone 3GS.
For an actor, actress or movie buff, it is the Academy Awards. For a basketball player and fan, it is March Madness or the NBA Finals. For the swimmer, gymnast, or distance runner and those of us who admire their talents, it is the Olympics.
I like Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City. He says what he thinks and thinks about what he says.
Even ardent supporters of the Affordable Care Act know changes are required.
They can simply make the decision to protect the health of the fans.
Football remains a violent game, a game I loved playing and still love watching.
Indiana still has one of the highest circumcision rates in the nation, at 82 percent.
Individual liberty has limits when the health of the public is at stake.
Facts are facts and the laws of physics cannot be repealed.
We are all selfish for wanting him to stay on the field and entertain us.
Most of our failures as a society end up in the emergency room, and in central Indiana that often means Wishard.
Polls are showing increasing support for the law as people begin to separate truth from deception.
All I could imagine was Steve Martin as Dr. Orin Scrivello, the sadistic (yet insanely funny) dentist in the movie “The Little House of Horrors.”
The failure to provide comprehensive pre-natal care is dreadful.
Yes, for me this is personal. My father, Woodrow Sr., died of lung cancer caused by cigarettes. So did his brother Rufus. So did his brother Alphonso. So did his brother Joseph.
We often forget that as a society there are real advantages to working (and investing) together for a common purpose.
