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We’ve all heard “no risk, no reward” or similar pearls of wisdom. While the assumption of risk is an indispensable part of successful investing and it seems intuitive the more risk you take, the greater the expected reward, the discussion is more nuanced.

I haven’t thought much about animation since I taught a unit of it in graphic arts class in high school until I heard about our neighbors’ granddaughter, Megan, who was enrolling in an animation college in Florida. This started me thinking for another column. So here goes.

It finally happened — I have become my father. Specifically, I find myself talking about how things were when I was growing up. For instance, when I went to high school, everyone got the same diploma and it gave you a rounded knowledge base to prepare you for your future, whatever that may have looked like.

Gerrymandering is more than math. I have had this conversation many times over the years with a variety of people, and I have been surprised by their surprise almost every time.

It was printed in bold letters on the front of the envelope. “Open Immediately. Property Tax Notice Enclosed.”

Almost 300 feet above the skyline in the center of our state stands Victory, a classic Greek-inspired sculpture envisioned to be the Hoosier version of Nike, the goddess of war. In flowing robes, standing astride a star-studded ball with her hair in a 19th-century style bun, she hoists a torch of enlightenment above the Circle in Indianapolis, while gripping a sword by her side after a mythical battle triumph.

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In the movie “Hoosiers” one of the students, Ollie, is giving a report in class that is a listing of things thought to be progress. He doesn’t seem convinced of the value of progress, although I venture that he thought more highly of indoor plumbing than of school consolidation. Fortunately for Ollie and his classmates, the fictional Hickory High School would escape consolidation long enough to win the state basketball championship.

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One of my less than admirable traits is to attempt to categorize and organize everything into its simplest terms. All too often, simple devolves to simplistic as I keep trying to pound an unwilling square peg into an unreceptive round hole.