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2005 Columns

I want to be Traded (December 21, 2005)
The Kindness of Strangers (December 7, 2005)
Support Our Troops (December 14, 2005)
Where Dreams Come True (December 7, 2005)
Waking Dreams (November 30, 2005)
Intelligent Design (November 23, 2005)
The art of paying attention
Expanding rings
A little tolerance in Amsterdam
Good-bye to Ballet Internationale
Butts in seats
Lincoln got it right
I want to be a conservative
Crisis in confidence
Forever blowing bubbles - One more thing not to worry about
Reality checks - Of presidents and pigs
War that can't be won - The high cost of terror
Will there be another Beatles? - No - and that's progress
Walking the Dog
Another authentic replica
Dinner at Traders Point
Recycling makes sense
The savage brain (March 30, 2005)
Protect marriage? (March 16, 2005)
Here for all the changes 15 years on the scene (March 09, 2005)
Pre-emptive assault on the future (March 2, 2005)
Intolerance in Indiana (February 16, 2005)
Where's the audience? (February 9, 2005)
Getting fooled again (January 26, 2005)
Secession anyone? Hearing the music in states' right (January 5, 2005)

2004 Columns

Viva Indianapolis! The city gets a stadium (December 22, 2004)
The memory of things gone Is Social Security next? (November 24, 2004)
If self-interest goes public (October 27, 2004)
"Outraged" over insurance (October 13, 2004)
Bush vs. Kerry The politics of anger and grief (September 29, 2004)
No college for you (September 1, 2004)
Schools are different but kids are the same (August 25, 2004)
Mitch Daniels: busted! (August 18, 2004)
Dylan's secret (August 14, 2004)
Why Brando was important What pop culture says about us (July 14, 2004)
More of the same, only less (June 23, 2004)
Filling our time (June 16, 2004)
Spare the rod (June 2, 2004)
Cold comfort Lugar needs to stand up (May 26, 2004)
Note to Kerry (May 12, 2004)
Dylan's secret Trickster's done it again (April 14, 2004)
Getting real Cultural initiative finds focus (March 31, 2004)
Behind Conner Praire's crisis It's Earlham College (February 18, 2004)
A (retractable) dome of our own A new stadium, ready or not (February 11, 2004)
Empty suits and soulessness Politics is an art-free zone (January 28, 2004)
Go Colts! The power of minor miracles (January 14, 2004)

2003 Columns

Deranged for the holidays America embraces what it knows best (December 17, 2003)
Governed by fear The control freaks have taken charge (December 10, 2003)
Debacle at Conner Prairie Not a smart way to run a museum (November 26, 2003)
Learning or training Arts educators face a hostile environment - (November 12, 2003)
The Draft is back And our Army is spread thin (October 29, 2003)
Snail's pace for high-speed rail They're building it in Illinois - why not Indiana? (October 15, 2003)
War and Wishard (October 1, 2003)
Being "big league" about the Colts (September 24, 2003)
Culture = nature (September 10, 2003)
Living in a super-suburb (July 9, 2003)
To market, to market (July 2, 2003)
Stupefied (June 11, 2003)
Our newest growth industry (May 28, 2003)
Welcome home, Mitch (May 14, 2003)
Changing the culture (April 30, 2003)
Fitting in - or else (April 23, 2003)
"West Wing" vs. Limbaugh (April 9, 2003)
Choosing war (March 19, 2003)
The future is in the streets (February 26, 2003)
Say, "Cheese" (February 12, 2003)
First strike (February 5, 2003)
There be monsters (January 08, 2003)

2002 Columns

Note to mayor: Don"t blow it (November 20, 2002)
Mickey"s camp (August 7, 2002)
Bears growl, drums beat (July 31, 2002)
Freetown Village: What happened? (June 12, 2002)
Who speaks for the artists? (September 4, 2002)
It's not the Fine Arts Guide anymore A map for a changing landscape
When politics was an art