Voices

I need to take my own advice. It seems I am constantly encouraging others to turn off their propaganda channel of choice, the leading two being CNN and Fox News, and focus on their version of the real world and just enjoy what it means to be an...

Last week my family began the college visit process for the next teenager on deck. As all parents know, each child is unique, and for us, so has been each college due diligence process. When we went through this process for the older girls, they both...

The City of Hobart is home to many great attractions such as Deep River County Park, the Art Theater, and Festival Park, but many don’t know it’s also home to Broken Wagon Bison farm. Family-owned and operated by Wally, Bud, and Ruth Koeppen, the...

Every year on Nov. 11, Americans celebrate Veterans Day to commemorate and give thanks to the brave men and women who have served our country. Armistice Day began in 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as a day to celebrate the...

It was 1989. As a young college kid, I was walking through the Chauncey Hill mall area at Purdue. Two pretty girls standing behind a folding table asked me if I wanted to sign up for a Visa card to get a free two-liter of Coke and a t-shirt. I was...

I’ve never been drawn to investing in China. As early as 2005, I remember attending investment conferences where speakers would flash the stats about the emerging Chinese economic phenomena on screen. Population size, growth rates, urbanization...

October is national cyber security month. What does it say about our modern world that we even have to have such a thing? Cyber security, however, is a really big deal. While contemplating the full potential of the risks we all accept by being active...

Last Christmas my parents bought my wife and I tickets to the musical “Hamilton” in Chicago. The tickets were definitely a splurge I would have had a hard time splurging on. But thanks to Mom, ever hopeful to instill some culture in her...

Chesterton High School sophomore Ben Seely was out for a bike ride with a group of friends a few weeks ago, when suddenly, he heard the telltale sound of rubber screeching on pavement. "I turned around, and I saw Izzy [Isabel Blaney] and this other...

A Lifer’s perspective on donating blood Altruism (noun): “the selfless regard for the well-being of others.”  Although it may be expressed differently by different people, altruism is a belief that perfectly describes the actions taken by...