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Will Odom Raise Purdue’s Batting Average on Recent Hires to .500?

February 21, 2025
Remember when Darrell Hazell was a home run hire for the Purdue football program? “Hazell...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson

Why’s Social Security Moved to General Fund? 

February 21, 2025
Ask Rusty – Why was Social Security money moved to the General Treasury?  Dear Rusty:...
Columnists / Local News

Butch Names Our County’s Greatest Basketball Superstar

February 21, 2025
   In 1975, I wrote a book entitled, "The Golden Era of Montgomery County Basketball--1947-1971."...
Butch Dale / Butch's Column / Columnists

Shame On Our Government

February 19, 2025
The good governor of our great state campaigned on a number of issues, but the...
Columnists / Tim Timmons

Enduring Legacy of Andrew, Jasmine Robinson (Part 1)

February 19, 2025
Trailblazers, community pillars and sources of inspiration. That’s how family, friends and historians described Andrew...
Columnists / LWV

Montgomery Medicine No. 794

February 17, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming medicine at an astonishing pace. From improving diagnoses...
Columnists / John Roberts

Keep Your Chin Up

February 14, 2025
Surveys show that most people hate at least one part of their body. I’m not...
Columnists / Dick Wolfsie

IU Only Has to Look North for Identity it Used to Have

February 14, 2025
Like his five predecessors as Indiana basketball head coach, Mike Woodson was asked to do...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson

Wasteful Government Spending Isn’t Just a National Issue

February 14, 2025
During a time when the president of the United States is meeting with reporters every...
Columnists / Tim Timmons

Ask Rusty – Clarification of Medicare IRMAA and MAGI

February 14, 2025
Dear Rusty: I am confused by an article in my local newspaper which said that “MAGI”...
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