News From Terre Haute, Indiana Mark Bennett Opinion

MARK BENNETT: Toxic victories

2012-02-05T05:02:00-05:00

When the Super Bowl ends tonight in Indianapolis, most of the Giants and Patriots will shake hands, despite their competitive fire, win or lose.

MARK BENNETT: Indianapolis will be on display for the nation with the Super Bowl coming to town

2012-01-22T05:02:00-05:00

Someone immersed in a crash diet to make a smashing impression at a class reunion may get the desired effect.

MARK BENNETT: Patiently waiting for Indiana's primary

2012-01-08T05:02:00-05:00

While standing in a check-in line at Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome a few years ago, I watched an Italian woman walk past dozens of more patient travelers to grab a spot up front.

MARK BENNETT: Processing postal change

2011-12-11T05:00:30-05:00

You probably know one of those 10,026.

MARK BENNETT: Multiple choice question: Voters must choose which direction they want the future of education to go

2011-12-04T05:02:00-05:00

There was a time when few Hoosiers outside of education circles could name the state superintendent of public instruction.

MARK BENNETT: With an historic election behind Terre Haute, it’s time to look at the future’s possibilities

2011-11-13T05:00:05-05:00

Everybody knows their “woulda, coulda, shoulda” moments.

MARK BENNETT: Economic forecast: Things looking up but don’t expect ‘much of a dent in unemployment’

2011-11-06T05:02:00-05:00

Outside the Columbia Club, the atmosphere matched the picture of 2012 painted by a panel of economists for an audience of business people gathered inside that ritzy building on Monument Circle in Indianapolis.

MARK BENNETT: Students who reach for a college education too often are buried under a pile of debt

2011-10-30T05:00:03-04:00

Right now, millions of college graduates are wondering whether their education was worth the effort.
That doubt hurts the country.

MARK BENNETT: Tangier’s festival volunteers keep past alive for future

2011-10-23T05:10:00-04:00

Traditions stay alive only as long as the people who hold them dear.
Small towns have that same life expectancy.

MARK BENNETT: Made in the USA? A political T-shirt faux pas

2011-10-09T05:01:00-04:00

The most rational statement about a small furor in the U.S. Senate campaign was uttered by a tea party organizer.