Alex Amen: a musician who gets it
Many years ago, maybe in junior high school, one of my classmates told me he didn’t really like music. Pardon? “Yeah, I don’t really listen to music. I just don’t…
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Did COVID forever destroy public trust?
We humans are driven by incentives. We imagine ourselves as rational beings who make choices after measured consideration of a problem before us. We humans have lovely imaginations. Too bad…
Insidious inflation will spell death of Iranian economy
I have legalized robbery Called it belief I have run with the money I have a-hid like a thief Rewritten history With my armies and my crooks Invented memories I…
Careful: words create reality
No one denies the power of words, either written and spoken. We are struck mesmerized by a thundering speech. Our souls are stirred. We may cheer. We may cry. All…
Don’t look away
If you were unlucky enough to see the video of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I feel for you. It’s the worst thing I’ve seen in a long time – because it…
“The old dog still has life in him yet”
Peter Frampton does it again By ISAAC TAYLOR Reporter Columnist That’s what rock legend Peter Frampton told a sold-out crowd during his two-and-a-half-hour marathon concert last Friday night at the…
The art of the album opener
I’ve always been fascinated by how an artist or band chooses to begin an album. It can set the entire tone, especially if it’s a concept album – even a…
Does it really make sense to pay people to move to Noblesville?
Do me a favor. Show me one person who is 100 percent pleased with the condition of our country. Seems to me we’re all fed up for different reasons –…