Monthly Archives: November 2025

100 Years Ago: Nov. 28-Dec. 4

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1925: Marion County Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins ruled today that search warrants must be issued only on facts. In his ruling, Judge Collins said an officer, in order to obtain a search warrant, must not merely state that the law is … Read More

Finding Reasons For Thanks

In his poem “The World Is Too Much With Us,” William Wordsworth wrote “We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” Many analyses of the poem have concluded that Wordsworth was raging against the materialism of the First Industrial Revolution (the latter part of the 18th century through the … Read More

My World’s Fair Daydream — 50 Years On

We all do it, some more than others I suppose, but we all do it: Daydream. Winning the lottery, scoring a hole-in-one, dating a movie star or maybe embarking on an exotic vacation, we all daydream. For me, I daydream about history. Lately, I’ve been daydreaming about the 1964-65 New … Read More

Illegal Dumping Hurts Everyone

Illegal dumping isn’t just unsightly, it’s also hazardous. Illegal dumping incidents have been rising in neighborhoods where homeowners find piles of trash in their backyard overnight, on commercial lots where business owners open up in the morning to find their dumpsters overflowing with someone else’s trash, and at recycling centers … Read More