Day At The Lake Hits Fairgrounds Aug. 28

What started as a way to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital Research Hospital has turned into a burgeoning country musical festival.


Thomas - 'Mad Dog' Harry Reid

To call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a “mad dog,” as Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank did, is an affront to the canine community and those suffering from legitimate mental illness. Reid was completely sane when he spread hearsay about an anonymous Bain Capital investor who allegedly told him Mitt Romney paid no taxes for 10 years.

Thomas - Truth, God And Jerusalem tt The DNC

In a speech resembling a TV re-run (the liberal website The Daily Beast called it “dull”), President Obama accepted his party’s nomination for a second term.

Ambrose - Obama's Open-Mic Comments

Thinking a microphone was turned off, President Barack Obama whispered some secrets to Dmitry Medvedev the other day. He and the Russian president were in Seoul, South Korea. That, you would think, is a long distance from American politics, though not so long when the microphone is really turned on in an age of immediate, long-distance, blanketing communications.

Parker - 'Obamacare' Undermines Principles

As the Supreme Court starts its three-day marathon today to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the health care law known as “Obamacare,” let’s be clear about the justices’ challenge, and ours.

Murdock - Health-Care Victory Will Give Obama Headaches

To paraphrase Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Supreme Court had to rule on “Obamacare”,  the Affordable Care Act so we could find out what's in it.

Thomas - The Media is Making the Candidates Look Foolish

Even fair-minded liberals, of which there must be a few, should acknowledge that the Saturday-Sunday “blitz” of the Republican presidential candidates by ABC and NBC correspondents looked like a play designed by the left wing of the Democratic Party.


S. Parker - Contraception Flap 'Defines Deviancy Down'

In 1993, then Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan published a paper in which he coined the phrase “defining deviancy down.”

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Parents urged to use Logan Street for student pickup, dropoff

On the first day of school Tuesday for Warsaw Community Schools, parents picking up and dropping off their students at the high school or Washington STEM Academy found a long line of cars.

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Wawasee High School Radio Wins Award From IBA

A radiothon hosted by a pair of Wawasee High School students last fall on the school’s radio station won an award for public service from the Indiana Broadcasters Association. The award was announced at the Wawasee School Board meeting Tuesday night.

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Lady Lancers Slip To USF

Grace’s volleyball team could not maintain its lead late in each set, falling 3-0 to St. Francis on Wednesday.


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Grace Falls To IWU In Top-10 Clash

Grace’s men’s basketball team tasted defeat for the first time in Crossroads League play this season. The No. 7 Lancers (15-2, 4-1 CL) fell 77-63 to No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan (14-3, 5-0 CL) on Tuesday in front of a packed crowd at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.

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Walpole, Whitko Cash In At Charity Stripe

SOUTH WHITLEY – Peru did a lot of things better than Whitko Tuesday night, but the visiting Tigers sent the Wildcats to the free throw line early and often, and it proved profitable for the hosts in a 68-63 Three Rivers Conference boys basketball win Tuesday night.

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Rep. Banks Calls For Support Of Iranian Protesters

Last week, citizens in Iran’s second largest city – Mashhad – took to the streets for what began as protests over Iran’s economy and the rising cost of basic goods such as milk and eggs. These frustrations illuminated the reality that Iranians desire more than basic goods. They thirst for basic freedoms.