I hate to be a nitpicker, but Politico is getting its generations mixed up:
Obama is the first Gen X Presidential candidate — for better and for worse.
He's the son of a baby boomer — his mother, Anne, was born in 1942 — and although his birth in 1961 puts him slightly ahead of the textbook mid-1960s start date of Gen X, he is the same age as the man who coined the term "Generation X," author Douglas Coupland.
I think the McCain camp is reacting the wrong way:
John McCain's campaign hit back at Madonna on Sunday after the pop diva kicked off her world tour with a concert that bracketed the US presidential candidate with Adolf Hitler.
Don't think I'm rushing out to get Joe Biden's autobiography:
Who says we don't have classy entertainment in Indiana:
Vigo County Parks held an unusual competition Saturday at Dobbs Parks.
It's called the Buffalo Chip Throwing Contest. Saturday's competition marks the 13th year for the event.
Contestants wear rubber gloves and select their favorite buffalo chip, a piece of dried buffalo feces trucked in from a farm near Ellettsville.
Considering some of the humans who have held the office, this shouldn't be considered such a bad deal:
RABBIT HASH, KY (AP) - Following the death of its mayor, the small northern Kentucky town of Rabbit Hash is preparing to elect a new leader.
The only candidate so far is a border collie named Lucy Lou.
When we read about some crimes, we start thinking about the worst punishments imaginable, something vile and unspeakable, preferably in a setting that would allow the public to buy tickets and watch:
A San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter.
Today's Final Jeopardy category: common bonds.
Today's Final Jeopardy answer: Evan Bayh, Tim Kaine and Kathleen Sebelius.
Today's Final Jeopardy question: Who are three short-list also-rans who have never been in Cliff Claven's kitchen?
Let's go to the Wayback Machine and enjoy that moment, shall we? It may be the last time we can ignore politics for the next couple of months:
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Most of the stories about Robert Armstrong mention that he was on the Central High School basketball team that won the state championship in 1943. They also say that he started the Snider High School athletic department and that he had been a teacher before that.
Three lumber companies have bid more than $360,000 for the right to harvest timber from the Morgan-Monroe State Forest, and members of the some people aren't happy about it:
Members of the activist group Indiana Forest Alliance attended the timber sale and said the trees would have more benefits to the economy if they were not cut down.
I guess I've had a naive idea about what "work release" involves. An offender isn't violent and is a good risk, so they let him ot of jail to work -- still getting a paycheck, perhaps even repaying whomever he victimized -- and he comes back to jail every night until his sentence is served. But why leave it at that when a bunch of government geniuses can improve on the concept?
The public can see the new Hendricks County work release center Friday.
