Opinion


Happy 40th, Emily!

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart Oh, my dear daughter Emily, how can you be turning 40 this week when my mind still thinks I am 40? I don’t…



Bitcoin: Investing or speculating?

By COREY SYVESTER Cicero Edward Jones Many people have decided that bitcoin is the next big thing – and they are backing up their enthusiasm with dollars. Should you, too,…


Putting a stop to those UTIs

By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched Just when I thought I had encountered everything perimenopause could throw at me, it decided to surprise me once again this year. As I’ve mentioned before,…



So many positive things in Carmel

By ADAM AASEN Carmel City Councilor Decades ago, Carmel was a bedroom community. It was a very nice city with top-notch schools but it was a place where people lived…


When courage looks different

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart This week, courage took on an entirely different look. The greatest of all time in gymnastics took a step back. It was the…


It’s just a thing

By AMY SHANKLAND Sandwiched My son Jonathon, his friend Ayden, and I spent the day at one of my happy places last Saturday – Lake of the Woods in Bremen,…