Letter to the Editor: Consequential Indeed
To the Editor:
Michael Hicks: Childcare problems are vexing and costly
For most families, using paid childcare services in Indiana doesn’t make sense. It costs more than parents can earn by working.
Brian Howey: Our American Shakespearean drama
A Shakespearean tragedy is characterized by death and disaster, involving characters of high societal status: Prince Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Lord Macbeth.
Hicks: Biden’s Presidency Has Been Very Consequential
Normally it is best to assess political careers well after someone leaves office. But these aren’t normal times.
Mark Franke: The real threat to democracy
“In a democratic republic, the organs of state are separate and may even at times work at cross-purposes, with one acting as a balance for the other. In an autocracy, these organs must be deprived of their autonomy …”
Sam Carpenter: Growing energy demand doesn’t mean abandoning transition
Technologies and opportunities abound to add clean electric power to our communities and fuel growth in our economy. Indiana is seeing a birth of new industry such as battery manufacturing with more than $6 billion investment and 2,800 jobs created by Stellantis and Samsung SDI in Kokomo, solar panel manufacturing in Jeffersonville and Indianapolis bringing more than 1,400 jobs, EV assembly in Princeton Indiana by Toyota will bring $1.4 billion in investment and there is a growth in demand for datacenters that will bring billions more of investment to our state.
John Krull: J.D. Vance, a hillbilly no longer
Let’s start with a confession.
Michael Hicks: Why don’t we learn from economic development failures?
Many economic development leaders and elected officials think of their state or city like it’s a business.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Zaijian, BeijingWest Industries
BeijingWest Industries (BWI) Indiana, a China-owned company, is closing its Greenfield business after operating there since only 2019. What do the Hancock County Council, Hancock Economic Development Corporation, and Greenfield Mayor Guy Titus think about this?
Letter to the Editor: Harvest of Talents helps feed the hungry
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.