Monthly Archives: March 2019

Home of the Good Shepherd

March 28, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

Last fall NPR aired a series of investigative stories about the treatment of incarcerated women in prisons across the United States. The report found that female inmates are “disciplined more often and more harshly than men for low-level violations.” The report also found that some institutions rationed “basic hygienic supplies,” … Read More

Dear Mr. Davis

March 28, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

Dear Mr. Davis: You probably don’t remember, but I sat near you in the MedCheck; I had accompanied my daughter there so that she could have my granddaughter examined for an illness. Of all the people who swirled around us that day, I remember you because of the information about … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 29-April 4

March 28, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, April 2, 1919: The Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana will endorse the newly organized League of Women Voters in the closing session of its convention tomorrow. Last week, Indiana delegates to the national suffrage convention in St. Louis voted for the proposed League of Women … Read More

Neon — A Touch of Americana

March 28, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

From its first appearance in the window of a Parisian barber shop in 1912 to the man caves of 2019, the American public has had an ongoing love affair with the neon sign. Neon tub lighting was discovered in 1898 by British scientists William Ramsay and Morris Travers, and introduced … Read More

Tito Francona and the Curse of Rocky Colavito, Part 2

March 28, 2019 | by Al Hunter

During a spring training Cactus League exhibition game on March 26, 1961, Cleveland Indians outfielder Tito Francona hit a 350-foot home run against the Boston Red Sox at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona. It’s 349 feet to right field, 366 feet to left field, and 410 feet to dead … Read More