Category: Columns
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It’s Boogie time in B-Town
Bloomington Boogies returns with a celebration of keyboard beauty and energy By Mike Leonard The Lotus World Music & Arts Festival has rightly earned the admiration and support of Bloomington area residents and beyond by annually bringing a well-curated mixture of world music and culture…
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Does America need this addition to the White House?
The Finest Ballroom/Military Complex Anywhere in the World By Mike Leonard Like most sane people, I’m amazed by all things Trump, so I need to be specific here. His adoration of grand and gilded material goods. Not governance, nor character. Nor human decency. A gilded…
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The Waterboard ’em Trustee
Former sportscaster Sage Steele has a lot of explainin’ to do By Mike Leonard Unfit for duty Indiana University graduate Sage Steele made a name for herself as a sports broadcaster and earned an anchor spot on ESPN for her talents in talking about sports…
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The Beginning and End of the McKinney Fountain
The McKinney fountain was a monumental symphony of splashing water inside the bustling Indiana University campus By Mike Leonard A bittersweet back to school experience awaits students, faculty, staff and the public familiar with the McKinney fountain in front of the Simon Music Center on…
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We live in a Perfect World
It’s like that Talking Heads song you can’t get out of your head now that I mention it By Mike Leonard On an ordinary day in our ordinary mall I bought a pair of shoes in the ordinary way and the helpful employee took in…
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Is the genetic code still in IU’s DNA?
Indiana University had a hand in the discovery of the modern genetic code. More than a half-century later, IU is giving an icy response to entreaties asking questions about science moving forward and science education remaining static By Mike Leonard A story circled the globe…
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This is What a Coup Looks Like
Those Tatterdemalion Thugs By Dennis Reardon, guest columnist We have a munificently funded private Executive army invading the capitals of states that didn’t vote for Grifter-in-Chief Donald Trump. I refrain from calling ICE Trump’s Gestapo only because the Nazi Gestapo was a highly-trained and well-disciplined…
