Monthly Archives: June 2023

Here Comes Archy

June 15, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

When I was an attendant at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, a co-worker introduced me to a book. I was already an avid consumer of books and had previously spent four years as a page in the closed stacks of the University of Pittsburgh’s library. But … Read More

It’s In The Cards

June 15, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared in May 2011. Remember the packs of sports trading cards from the 1970s and 80s? I recently stumbled across several boxes of them that I thought my son had taken when he bought his first home 12 years ago. But there they were, still in the … Read More

Mary Lincoln — Opium Addict?, Part 2

June 15, 2023 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2011. In last week’s article, I described how author Harry E. Pratt’s research incorrectly pegged our 16th President as a cocaine user shortly before he was elected in 1860. However, Pratt cannot be blamed entirely because other historians found evidence that the Lincoln family … Read More

This Week’s Issue: June 9-15

June 8, 2023 | by Weekly View

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#IChoosePeace Campaign Launches to Help Combat Violence

June 8, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Recently, Mayor Joe Hogsett joined partners and the Indy Peace Fellowship, a partnership between the Indy Public Safety Foundation and the City’s Office of Public Health and Safety, to announce the launch of the #IChoosePeace campaign in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Month this June. This campaign … Read More