Today's Opinions

We all are a product of experiences. I was reminded of that this week on Facebook.

Message after message have been posted describing kindly school janitors, inspiring teachers, shopping experiences and cruising parking lots as teenagers. The sharing continues today as folks fondly recall bygone days.

Between Tuesday night and the completion of this column Saturday afternoon, 8,340 posts have been filed under a heading called “You’re so Hardin County if...”

The issue: Improvements to Interstate 65
Our view: Continue to push the idea

At the state’s current pace, Interstate 65 will be under construction for another 15 to 20 years at an estimated cost of $587 million.
 

That’s a frustrating and unnecessarily expensive process.

The inscription found on the General Post Office in New York City at 8th Avenue and 33rd Street is “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” commonly misidentified as the mail carriers’ creed, describes our faith in the  United States Postal Service.
But necessary budget cuts may impede from where letters and parcels can be mailed.