Robbie Hummel, Lilly King favor college athletes profiting off their names and images
“I know there’s a lot of money made on college basketball and football,” Robbie Hummel says, “and none of it’s going to the players.”
Month: October 2019
Federal action needed to stop trains from blocking street crossings, task force concludes
PORTAGE — The motorist frustration, negative economic impact and spewing pollution caused by stopped freight trains blocking Northwest Indiana streets for extended periods of time is likely to continue unabated for the foreseeable future.
South Bend fire chief picked as new Indiana fire marshal
INDIANAPOLIS — The South Bend fire chief is becoming Indiana’s new state fire marshal.
GUEST COMMENTARY: The silence is deafening
In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that he was “gravely disappointed” in the lukewarm advocate who supported his goal of combating racism, but did not support his call for direct action, which often creates…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Consumer privacy protection may justify a big tech antitrust exemption
The global tsunami of big tech company antitrust investigations finally has hit. The Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and virtually all the states currently have initiated formal inquiries against Amazon, Facebook, and/or Google. Jurisdi…
GUEST COMMENTARY: The real issue fueling Hong Kong protests
For decades, the city of Hong Kong has been considered one of the freest and most prosperous cities in the world. Due to its strong commitment to the rule of law, judicial independence, free trade and private property rights, Hong…