A sign of recovery

A sign of recovery

Faith & Inspiration |  Jesus saves. That simple slogan still glows in neon outside the downtown Wheeler Mission for the homeless in Indianapolis. Stretching back to the late 19th…

Keeping the Super Bowl in perspective

Keeping the Super Bowl in perspective

Religion |  She's not Tim Tebow. Allison Melangton won't be kneeling to pray before any Super Bowl crowds this week. But like Tebow, Melangton would give credit to Jesus…

Indy's healthy civic DNA

Indy's healthy civic DNA

Cities |  Indianapolis has no oceanfront. Nor is it on the Great Lakes like Chicago, Detroit, or Cleveland. The Super Bowl city has no mountains in the distance like…

Indianapolis: From Naptown to a Super Bowl city

Indianapolis: From Naptown to a Super Bowl city

Cities |  Indianapolis pastor Tom Benjamin recognizes that his town has come a long way since he arrived here in 1965. Yet the St. Louis native says the city still has…

Bike-friendly Indy

Bike-friendly Indy

Government |  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is serious about making his city a bicycle-friendly place. He has added miles of trails and lanes and helped create a bike hub…

Freedom vs. freebies

Freedom vs. freebies

Politics |  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard won reelection by emphasizing competence and a small-government theme

Friends on both sides

Friends on both sides

Poverty |  The left wants more taxes and bigger government. The right wants less of both. Mississippi civil rights pioneer John M. Perkins has friends on both sides of…

No laughing matter
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No laughing matter

Humor |  Christian cartoonist Gary Varvel uses humor to make serious points

Prohibition's legacy

Prohibition's legacy

Books |  The conventional wisdom is that Prohibition was a failed experiment. Here's the popular sentiment: "Thank the Lord we aren't so stupid as our forefathers…

The sweet sound of learning

The sweet sound of learning

Education |  The Indiana state legislature approved an expansion of charter schools, along with a voucher program to allow low-income families use private schools at…

A politician with character and integrity

A politician with character and integrity

Politics |  What if Richard Nixon had listened to Billy Graham's pleas and picked Oregon Sen. Mark Hatfield as his running mate in 1968? Hatfield died this week at age…

<em>More God, Less Crime</em>

More God, Less Crime

Crime |  That title for Byron Johnson's new book sounds like a tabloid newspaper headline. Yet Johnson, a Baylor University faculty member and the head of the…

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