Apr 28, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener An Earth Day Epilogue.Almost every Tuesday is trash pick up day in a number of Southern Hoosier communities.We are a trashy people. From the dawn of civilization we have been trashy people. But those early pre-historic trash heaps are now archeological...
Apr 14, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener It’s time to debunk the myth of the financial burden advertising public notices places on local government units.The cost is the No. 1 cited reason given by those who lobby the legislature for local government associations when testifying for the...
Mar 31, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day so it is time to pass along some Tom Foolery wise acre witticisms I have been collecting over the winter months.•When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.•A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.•The...
Mar 24, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Language and speech are two matters which differentiate us from non-communicating species…or at least from it is intended to.But maybe there were some things we didn’t learn in high school English, speech & science classes.•The voice box sits lower...
Feb 24, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Maturity matters. Those less than a half-century old will be scratching their head at these because they won’t get it. And if you do, don’t be rolling your eyes.•It’s weird being the same age as old people.•The devil whispered to me, “I’m coming for...
Feb 3, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener As I look back over some of the columns I have written on the changeable aspects of our world, I find that “Murphy’s Law” frequently applies. When I wrote about how much rain we had been getting, by the time you read the column on Wednesday, it had...
