Opinion

Under pressure of successive self-imposed deadlines, with a befuddled country looking on, Democrats in Congress continue to wrestle with a supposedly transformative spending plan and the means to pay for it. On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced yet another version of what this might involve. The eventual outcome is still anybody’s guess.

China recently launched a test missile that whirled around the entire planet traveling at five times the speed of sound and previewing hypersonic duplicates someday possibly threatening nuclear obliteration all over the place. Getting their adjectives mixed up, some say this could be the beginning of a second Cold War. The more worrisome issue could be a hot war.

I’ve got a secret.

There is an old axiom: “You need to step up to the plate.” This saying rings true today, especially in this day of social media and culture wars, including cancel culture. When one thinks about the axiom, visions of Babe Ruth are conjured up. The Babe, of course, was the home run king of bygone days. It has been reported that his record of striking out is almost as legendary as his home run record.

A new pizza place opened near my home in Indianapolis.