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The Power of Choicenew

Once you view decision-making as a positive force, you will see the effect in your life.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jasmin S. Searcy  |  10-18-2012  |  Commentary

Climbing the Mountain

Summer is a fading memory, winter a certain promise.
YES! Weekly  |  Brian Clarey  |  10-17-2012  |  Commentary

Can I Get A Witness?new

Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins will bring his “Capitalism” tour to Duling Hall Sunday, Oct. 14.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jacob Fuller  |  10-11-2012  |  Commentary

Support your state traffic copnew

Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma took a fair bit of time a few days ago to deliver a short message to the three men who want to be the state's next governor. That message? Whoa, boys.
NUVO  |  John Krull  |  10-10-2012  |  Commentary

Absentee lies, satellite dreamsnew

The 2012 election presents a restrictive environment for Indiana's electorate.
NUVO  |  Steve Hammer  |  09-26-2012  |  Commentary

Developing Jackson: A Decade of Progressnew

In 2002, Jackson looked in many ways like a city doomed to decay.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jacob Fuller  |  09-21-2012  |  Commentary

Analysis: Daniels made the right court picknew

Gov. Mitch Daniels said he appointed Judge Loretta Rush to the Indiana Supreme Court not because she was a woman but because she was the best candidate for the job.
NUVO  |  Lesley Weidenbener  |  09-18-2012  |  Commentary

Should the Gong Shorts Film Competition be gonged out?new

The Gong Shorts is the film industry's version of a high school student council election: those with the most friends, the coolest title, and the thickest (blemish-free) skin win.
San Antonio Current  |  Jordan Gass-Pooré  |  09-16-2012  |  Commentary

Taking the radical right to the furthest extremenew

The Romney-Ryan ticket is a middle finger directed at the 99 percent ...
NUVO  |  Steve Hammer  |  09-05-2012  |  Commentary

Service with a grimace

John Isner’s serve is a study in leverage, trajectory physics and efficiency of movement. He bounces the ball between his gangly legs, taps it with his racket and neatly catches it off the ground in his left hand. He gives it a light, fingertip toss and it hovers there for a split second at the apogee, 11, maybe even 12 feet off the surface of the hardcourt. He shifts his weight to his front leg as his body leans into the stroke, and he gives a little jump just before the moment of impact, stretching his 6-foot-9 frame to its limits.
YES! Weekly  |  Brian Clarey  |  08-30-2012  |  Commentary

Pussy Riot's punishment ominous omennew

Russia's response to dissent is heavy handed, but our national tendency to blacklist people who make controversial statements also betrays our principles of freedom of expression.
NUVO  |  Steve Hammer  |  08-23-2012  |  Commentary

Locked Up

You meet all kinds in jail.
YES! Weekly  |  Brian Clarey  |  08-22-2012  |  Commentary

A More Intolerant Nationnew

This week, a local dentist showed up on Facebook agitated that we had dared publish a story about guns in a public-health context.
Jackson Free Press  |  Donna Ladd  |  08-16-2012  |  Commentary

High Point for Romney and Ryan

The kids are hating it. Just two days into the campaign, which began in earnest the day before when Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket, Ryan’s kids and Romney’s grandkids — all at around 10 years old, all on stage behind the candidates — have the same dazed look that every kid gets after surviving a prolonged road trip.
YES! Weekly  |  Brian Clarey  |  08-15-2012  |  Commentary

The Origin of Cats' Purrs and Strange Wordsnew

Why/how do cats purr?; what’s the origin of “funny bone”? And “moron,” imbecile,” and “idiot”?; what do the numbers mean on top of high-rise helipads?
San Diego Reader  |  Matthew Alice  |  08-09-2012  |  Commentary

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