Sometimes it’s easy to overlook what’s right there in front of your face.

Michael J. Hicks is the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University.

Father’s Day weekend caused me to think a bit about a century of change in the life of a typical American dad. This is a good story to tell through the lives of my and my wife’s grandfathers. These four men were born before Father’s Day was commonly celebrated in the U.S., and their experience is surprisingly representative of early 20th century fatherhood in the rural Midwest. The condition of their lives also offers shocking contrast with American life today.

SOUTH BEND — Take a spin around the city’s business core and it’s apparent that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are sunsetting and life is returning to something far closer to normal.

David Novak, The Gadget Guy

Got some free time from work? There’s plenty of different ways to relax and spend your free time. Whether you enjoy outdoors or kicking back at home, here are 7 awesome Lifestyle Gadgets that will make your leisure time much sweeter.

ATTN: Clark, Dubois, Hancock and Porter

ATTN: Clark, Dubois, Marion and Porter

INDIANAPOLIS -- Farmers and developers from across Indiana have been intimidated into silence by overzealous wetland regulators at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), two Republican state senators claim.

David Novak, The Gadget Guy

Valentine’s Day is the perfect time of the year to show that special techy in your life just how much you care. These next gadgets will be sure to get their processors calibrating: