RICHARD LUGAR
Lugar
Indiana senator set an example for those on both sides of aisle
The death this past weekend of former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was another reminder — as if we needed one — of how dysfunctional our government has become.
Full disclosure. I was a student at Ball State University when Lugar, an Indiana Republican, decided to run for mayor of Indianapolis. Several friends and I volunteered for his campaign because we were interested in politics and we’d heard only good things about Lugar. I have never had any reason to think differently in the 50 some years since or to regret my extremely small part in the history of his political life.
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