Articles by Ray Adler

What is real?

My study at Purdue included a brief foray into quantum mechanics. One of the unnerving statements was that the universe is not real. By real, it was meant that objects…

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The pets at our country place

A beautiful pair of white cats came with our country place. I remember one of the kittens on Dad’s shoulder. These cats produced several litters of kittens that were just…


Mean dog

Growing up, our neighborhood was home to a vagrant collie. A big, yellow, nasty, abandoned collie. His first, middle and last names were MEAN. He roamed the neighborhood but seemed…


An election is coming

The problem with the Democrats is they are trying to put lipstick on a pig, but they have 50 pigs and only one lipstick. President Biden will have big shoes…


Reflections on American politics

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel…


Grandpa Carl G. Adler

He was a big man – tall and broad. He said he never asked for shoes when he went to the shoe store; he just called for leather. Every morning…


What is truth?

I heard a recent lecturer ask, “What is truth?” He remarked that Pilate had asked Jesus this very question. Society has been struggling with that question in the 2,000 years…


Rest in Peace?

Indiana Courts handed down an interesting decision concerning the final resting place of a deceased woman. Specifically, it concerned her husband, Ed Mitchell, and the Mount Zion Cemetery in Scott…


Trapping for fur

As a young man, my father was a trapper. He told me of his exploits, gathering fox, raccoon, muskrat and mink fur as a moneymaking project. He loved being an…


How does a person of faith handle divorce?

The Pope recently issued a paper on changes in the Catholic Church concerning divorce. Our office frequently has requests for a “church divorce” or encounters a client who has questions…