This time of year is a good time to start thinking about getting your finances back on track. Financial planning is important, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Taking some time to think about your financial future is time well spent. Here are a few reasons you should develop a sound financial plan.

Almighty God, Lord of all compassion, We remember the terrible events of this day in America 25 years ago.

The year is 2026. College football is a shell of its former self. Professional players are trying to return. Colleges are finding any and every judge that will allow them to break rules. In professional sports, things are just as chaotic. The Bears are still deciding between 12 different stadium sites. The White Sox are actually in a playoff race. Pat McAfee just became Emperor of the World. In these uncertain times, as the planet plunges into darkness, the people continue to ask one question: 

As we prepare to pause and remember the events of the darkest day in modern American history, I think it’s also important to remember what happened afterward. 

Football dominates sports pages this time of year (and I’m quite happy with this fact), so let's spend a few minutes talking about another sport that has quietly become one of the biggest success stories in high school athletics: girls' volleyball.

This week I took my son, Will, back to Bloomington for his senior year at I.U. He is the youngest of my four boys, and I feel like we have been paying college tuition for a long time.

“Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?”

The news broke last week that Manchester University was going to make a jump to join the Crossroads League.

For years NAIA schools aspired to NCAA membership, and Division III (D3) was often viewed as the destination.

Summer is a time when many people start to think about retirement. I don’t really know why, but I suspect the reason has something to do with how great summers are around Kosciusko County. However, retiring successfully usually involves more planning than waking up one day and thinking, “I’d really like to have the summer off!”

Editor, Times-Union: I have debated on writing this letter because nobody would understand my letter if they are under 70 years old.

Editor, Times-Union: On September 10, the County Council will hold a public hearing about Flock cameras. The public deserves a clear answer to the basic question: What are we paying for?

I was asked a question the other day and I have to admit; it was a question I had never been asked before.

Every high school sports season has its strengths, but there's something unique about the arrival of fall sports. A quiet summer immediately shifts to the busy August sports calendar. Football, unified flag football, girls’ flag football, boys’ and girls’ soccer, volleyball, boys’ tennis, golf, cross country, and other activities all launch almost simultaneously, creating an energy that you don't see at any other point in the school year.

Retirement has changed in many ways over the last generation or two. Here are some of the most important ones, and what you can do to plan for them.

Editor, Times-Union: I am sad that today’s young adults have lived their lives without knowing what it was like when our country really was great. Since 2016, when Donald Trump became our president the first time, the United States has found itself edging closer to the brink of destruction. I feel fortunate to have grown up in a country led by people who were also partners in the world of “good guys.”

Tommy John knew what was coming, and he prepared us all for it.

This era arguably begs for two thrones in the castle of Indiana high school sports.

Most of us have heard of the Federal Reserve and know that the “Fed” has a role in setting interest rates, but many are unaware of what the Fed is and what it actually does.

Nothing else matters without secure elections. It is the very foundation of this republic, which just turned 250 this year. Two and a half centuries ago, a handful of farmers and lawyers signed their names to a document declaring that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed."

I don’t think any of us saw this coming two years ago, did we?

Editor, Times-Union: In response to Julia Goon’s August 7 letter about issues raised at our campaign event, we appreciate her clarification that the five acres referenced in the September 16, 2025, minutes remain Plain Township property, and are being farmed for cash rent. But that clarification does not erase the underlying transparency problem.

If you had a “say the quiet part out loud” slogan campaign fan poll, my contribution would be: Major League Baseball: Come Celebrate Our Mediocrity

Although an advisor writing a column about how to meet with an advisor may seem a little self-serving, the goal is to help readers make the most of their initial meeting with a financial planner and to identify some of the qualities to look for when selecting an advisor.

As we begin to transition from summer to back-to-school, I want to spend some time talking about an aspect of sports that no one talks about or teaches anymore.