Sep 7, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Back in the previous millennium when I was in the 4th grade, Mrs. Johnson had a study unit of proper phone etiquette. We were instructed to speak clearly, enunciate our words, and always be polite. She had a rotary dial phone (yeah, kids, ancient...
Aug 31, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Whether these are golden oldies or moldy oldies will be up to you. But here are some vintage thoughts to take our minds off our problems (real, imagined and otherwise). Contemplate, if you will, this offering of life’s truths. • Don’t sweat the...
Aug 17, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Area students are back in the classroom and, like Garrison Keillor’s youngsters of Lake Wobegon, we all want our “children to be above average.” And it is that goal why we send them back to school to learn. (Don’t you wish we could do the same with...
Aug 10, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Indiana has been ranked No. 1 for infrastructure in CNBC’s 2022 Top States for Business annual rankings. This marks the sixth consecutive year Indiana has been ranked in the top five, including No. 1 rankings in 2016 and 2019, according to a news...
Jul 6, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (Since we enjoyed some outdoor grilling… and maybe an adult beverage or two… over the July 4 weekend, here is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives.) Back in the 1960’s, pop-rock singer Melanie charted a Top 10 song “I’ve Got A Brand New...
Jun 29, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener With the 4th of July approaching on Monday, the personal-finance website WalletHub released a report on 2022’s Most Patriotic States in America. Flag Day and Crothersville’s Red, White & Blue Festival just recently past, readers are not going...
