Latest Essays
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The Outstater: The Eyes of the Beholders
Read more: The Outstater: The Eyes of the BeholdersCould it be that the nation is divided not by east or west, urban or rural, colored or white, rich or poor, but by the attractive and the unattractive? I am speaking in relative terms, of course, but there is in life what sociologists…
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McGowan: AI Doesn’t Know Baseball
Read more: McGowan: AI Doesn’t Know Baseballby Richard McGowan, Ph.D. My wife and I traveled to northern Wisconsin and along the way, we drove through a tiny town, Three Lakes. The town had a historical marker for Cy Williams, a name that jogged my memory as…
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The Amish-Muslim Contradiction
Read more: The Amish-Muslim ContradictionNow that we have Muslim communities with which to compare, let’s be grateful for our Amish. It turns out you can preserve your values and way of life without trying to behead everyone around them. Some time ago, my wife and I took a…
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Eichenberger: How We Lost Limited Government
Read more: Eichenberger: How We Lost Limited Governmentby Dan Eichenberger M.D. The people who wrote the Constitution did not want a government that ran our health care, schools, retirement plans or local businesses. They created a federal government with a short list of specific powers. Everything else was supposed…
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Don’t Worry, Socialists Aren’t Really Socialists
Read more: Don’t Worry, Socialists Aren’t Really SocialistsIndiana liberals are getting nervous that the word “socialism” is being bandied about these days. They want you to know there is no such thing as socialism, and even if there were it might not be such a bad thing. I…


