JGOpinion columns
The benefits of HORSEPLAY
March is National Disabilities Awareness Month – a time to focus on the many ways in which people with disabilities are an...
March 22, 2019 1:00 am
A lifelong teacher
Teaching mattered to Phyllis Bush. The retired South Side High School teacher, who died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, taught...
March 21, 2019 1:00 am
A welcome uptick in accountability
As various House committees gear up for a season of investigations and hearings on President Donald Trump and his administration, a lot...
March 20, 2019 1:00 am
Proven benefit
Several local news organizations, including this paper, recently reported that the Allen County Jail has introduced video calls. In the...
March 19, 2019 1:00 am
Moving beyond race-based fear
The word “fear” was mentioned many times during the March 6 Advancing Voices of Women Civil Conversation we led on the topic...
March 19, 2019 1:00 am
Climate's threat to nuclear plants
When America's fleet of nuclear reactors was designed some four-plus decades ago, few people had ever heard the phrase “climate...
March 18, 2019 1:00 am
In Development
When I tell people I'm the director of community development, I often get a blank stare. People may nod and smile, but I can tell they...
March 18, 2019 1:00 am
Funding shortage causes troubles to compound
Indiana policymakers love to celebrate the state's leadership, but one ranking our lawmakers can't tout is the Hoosier state's standing...
March 17, 2019 1:00 am
'Women never to be forgotten'
In the 1970s, I heard Pauli Murray (1910-85) speak at a Fort Wayne Urban League event. Recently, I was reacquainted with her...
March 17, 2019 1:00 am
Indiana's twin education deficits
Recently, there has been debate regarding the achievement gap across student groups and approaches to monitoring the progress of these...
March 17, 2019 1:00 am
Meddling with words shows off their mettle
I had a friend visit me the other day to tell me about a problem. I listened to her secret shame and consoled her. Under the veil of...
March 16, 2019 1:00 am
Sunshine Week essential to maintain democracy's gleam
The 45 words of the First Amendment have been shielding us from government interference in our core freedoms since 1791 – 228...
March 15, 2019 1:00 am
Survivor's story
When my husband told me Alex Trebek had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, I felt as if he had told me one of our close...
March 15, 2019 1:00 am
The cheapening of shame
“Man is the only animal that blushes,” wrote Mark Twain. “Or needs to.”
March 14, 2019 1:00 am
