- April 2026
- Issue 021
He authored a pair of Constitutional amendments. He wrote Title IX. He pulled a Kennedy from a burrning plane with his own hands. He launched a Hoosier political dynasty.
Aaron Helman revisits the life story of Birch Bayh, the kid from Shirkieville who deserves more than a footnote in our national history.
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Indiana was famously slow to adopt Daylight Savings Time. You might be surprised to learn that South Bend defied the state and changed its clocks... for more than 30 years.
The Bethelhem Steel Mills had plans to knock down all of Indiana's Dunes, but Dorothy Buell, a retired English teacher, was standing in their way. In this story, the good guys win.
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