Tim Timmons
What Do You Want? The Paper Asks
Do you want more? Do you want less? Or do you want less AND more? Sounds like a trick question, huh? But truly it’s not. I’m asking about The Paper;…
Read MoreThankful? Today? It’s a Different World
Tomorrow is our traditional day to give thanks, right? It’s a tradition that goes back to the pilgrims, Plymouth Rock and the beginnings of a twinkling in the eye for…
Read MoreHammer Has Different Take on Bullies
Used to be, back in the day, I really enjoyed Halloween. Us kids had a ball trick or treating in the neighborhood – getting a haul of candy in a…
Read MoreLate night in the press room
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the spirit of the season, we are sharing a popular Timmons column about Halloween. Halloween’s a few days away and it seems a good time to share…
Read MoreC’ville Rolling With Mayor Barton at Helm
Last Friday, Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton waxed poetic about the wonderful place we live in. It isn’t often the little paper that could gives a politician front page space to…
Read MoreBubba Takes Timmons on Long Bus Ride
It had been a while since I had heard from Bubba Castiron, my “friend” who is about three plates, four forks, two spoons and a couple of glasses away from…
Read MoreLiving in Surreal Times
In the spring of 1968, just four and a half years removed from the assassination of our country’s 35th president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, we watched a year dawn unlike any…
Read MoreHas It Really Been 24 Years since 9-11?
A quarter of a century almost? Has it really been that long since that awful Tuesday morning? Most of us can remember exactly where we were 24 years ago as…
Read MoreWhere Are Answers to School, Mass Shootings?
Here we are again – writing and reading about a school shooting. Another school shooting. Another. Damnable. School. Shooting. We know the details. A Minneapolis Catholic Church and school, Church…
Read MoreAs Usual, Media Not Reporting Whole Story
I’ve written a time or three about the national deficit, the absolute evilness that it has become. Pardon me for dragging my soapbox out again, but our politicians (and yes,…
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