Florida Georgia Line flashes country credentials at NASCAR concert
FGL Fest brings Florida Georgia Line, Nelly and more to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on NASCAR weekend
Month: September 2019
Brickyard 400 live blog: Kevin Harvick wins Brickyard 400 for first time in 16 years
The final race of NASCAR’s regular season is loaded with drama.
ONE WOMAN’S WORLD: Sharpie-Gate
I enjoy a catchy moniker as much as the next guy. Being of an age, having lived through the Watergate scandal which heralded the adding of “gate” to various nefarious activities, that moniker indicated a serious scandal. At first it…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Beware of the slavery of polls and the evils of direct democracy
The political chaos in Britain — and the situation in British politics is chaotic — can be laid at the base of two interventions by direct government usurping representative government.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Criminologists mislead us
John Paul Wright, professor at University of Cincinnati, and Matthew DeLisi, professor at Iowa State University, have penned a powerful article titled “What Criminologists Don’t Say, and Why,” in City Journal, Summer 2017. There is significant bias amo…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Money. Scolarships. Full Ride. Opportunities
On Sept. 18, the Urban League of NWI will join with Infinite Scholars and offer scholarships to deserving high school graduating seniors. This year the fair will be held at the Genesis Center, 1 N. Broadway, Gary. Last year, $4.7…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Will recession hurt Trump’s chances at reelection?
As many top economists predict an impending recession — a theory bolstered by new data seemingly every day — American voters are starting to doubt whether the economy is in good shape after all, and they are questioning whether President…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Black victims forgotten in the national fog of gun violence
The question was a poignant one, even if it was sanitized.
GUEST COMMENTARY: We’re bankrupt, but why no questions about it?
Midway between the second and third Democratic presidential debates, we should pause to take stock of what we’ve seen. Eight moderators have grilled more than 20 candidates for nine hours on national television. Yet, the most interesting part of it…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Should we fight obesity or accept it? Both
Is the recent and rapid increase in the size of Americans’ waistlines a public health crisis or a social justice anti-discrimination issue? If our changing culture steers us toward the latter — and to some degree, it is — perhaps…