Usually, I get annoyed with
The New York Times when it writes about Indiana. Not so much with yesterday's
Indiana Poses a Puzzle in the Primary Race. I would say the following captures Indiana very well:
Politically, culturally, economically, linguistically, there are at least three Indianas, and maybe four or five or more. Even the state’s veteran political minds do not always agree on where the many regions — and demands — begin and end.
Although, I suspect that my grandmother from Ripley County would have bristled at the idea Kentucky has anything to do with Indiana:
...Salem is one of the agricultural towns stretching south of Bloomington, a traditional base for conservative and moderate Democrats (like the late Gov. Frank O’Bannon) where the accents and the music feel tied to Kentucky and where Mrs. Clinton is expected to do well.
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