Rushville Republican Columns

Legislation isn't a cure all for everything

2012-05-24T10:05:36-04:00

As the presidential election season continues to unfold, which it started doing right after the last presidential election, I've been giving a fair amount of thought to the relevance of social issues as legitimate topics for political debate or, for that matter, as relevant issues for the federal government at all!

Grandpa says: The grand old game

2012-05-23T14:42:06-04:00

When I was a very young boy, I became infatuated with the game of basketball. I don't know how young I was, but I do remember it kept me from getting my knuckles cracked with a ruler in the second grade.

Prom in Indy isn't all bad

2012-05-21T10:24:18-04:00

This week I'm going to disagree respectfully with one of my fellow columnists, Jean Mauzy, whose work I admire very much.

Actions and their consequences

2012-05-21T10:07:16-04:00

Consequences and the lack of them are one of the main problems our country faces today. There are so many different instances where the circumstances of an action are basically nil and hence no reason for the perpetrator not to do them again.

Farmers slow to embrace the Iron Age of agriculture

2012-05-18T10:27:14-04:00

Grandpa says... Hart-Parr made the first successful line of farm tractors in 1904, but it was another 50 years before tractors outnumbered horses on U.S. farms.

Our real fake vacation luncheons

2012-05-18T10:19:19-04:00

Would you believe that on our spring break trip to Orlando, Fla., we lunched twice in San Francisco?

The power of Internet persuasion

2012-05-15T10:09:10-04:00

"The Internet is like having a world-wide central brain of knowledge that leaks and spills out into another's thoughts and dreams to either make a reality come true or crush it altogether." (Karen Gunn - Indiana Student)

Our Land O' Spring Break Fun (Vol. 1 of 17)

2012-05-10T09:54:08-04:00

I received amazing inspiration this morning while fretting about how I would impart to you ALLLLL the wonderfulness of my spring break fun in Orlando.

Remembering the war years

2012-05-09T10:46:08-04:00

When I was young my family was slightly different than most in town; both parents worked.

Old Floss: Horse power with a soft muzzle

2012-05-08T14:00:00-04:00

Grandpa says... As I sit in front of my window looking out at my son and his help planting corn, my mind rolls back 80 years to how it was and how it is today.