Category: Indiana Writers Group

by Barry Keating, Ph.D. Turn on the television, and every third add is for something called 5G. The adds say that 5G is fast, reliable, and the next “must-have” technology. But what is 5G, and do you need it? Your current smartphone is probably a 4G device. That is, it uses 4th generation cellular technology.…

by John Gaski, Ph.D. Despite Mitt Romney’s contrived and sophistic attempt to justify his Senate vote to convict Donald Trump on one impeachment article, his public verbal contortions fall short. The self-contradiction with respect to his prior vote in favor of trial witnesses is revealing and damning of Mr. Romney and his motives. How so?…

WE NEED YOUR HELP keeping the quarterly journal publishing. Please consider a tax-exempt donation here.  An individual membership is $50 and a corporate membership is $120. “AS A NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR you raised your right hand and likely swore on a family Bible (this is the Midwest, after all). It was a ceremonial event, one verifying to the…

by Leo Morris Now that our favorite ex-mayor is dropping out of the running, the question can finally be asked: How in the world could reddest of red states, Indiana, nestled in the heart of corn-growing, meatloaf-eating, thank-goodness-it’s-beer-frame-bowling-night middle America, spawn a quasi-Socialist like Pete Buttigieg and propel him to national prominence as a Democratic…

by Jon Bingham Once again, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina winnow the field and shape the race. The looming avalanche of 14 Super Tuesday contests defines (no, more like overwhelms) the prospects of the few candidates remaining. Meanwhile, Indiana watches from the sidelines. Beyond the political calendar noted above, many other flaws in…

The Constitution, Fully Understood THE INDIANA POLICY REVIEW FOUNDATION in cooperation with Hillsdale College is sponsoring the first of what we hope will be a statewide series of Constitution Study Groups. This first session will be held June 19-20 in Fort Wayne. The group, meeting at The Chapel, 2505 West Hamilton Road South, is organized…

by Leo Morris A few years after my 1983 move to Fort Wayne, I was sitting in a restaurant on the south side of town when the dishes on all the tables rattled, as if the floor had suddenly shifted beneath us. The next day, I read that a 5-point-something earthquake had hit the seismic…

by Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. College students currently graduate with an average student loan debt of $30,000. At a 4 percent interest rate, monthly payments of $304 ($3,648 per year) retire the debt in 10 years. In all the current brouhaha about the college loan crisis, an important cost to borrowers is unmentioned. To wit,…

“So this is how liberty dies . . . with thunderous applause.” — Sen. Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of Sith WOULD YOU SAY your district representative is reasonably conservative, that is, conversant with the founding principles of Indiana and the nation? If so, you would be wrong. The proof is passage…

by JASON ARP When a political machine runs your town, you get results that may not make much economic sense but are nonetheless predictable — predictably bad. Who, for example, would spend the equivalent of $220 a month to lease a space for which they intend to get revenue equivalent to $65 per month? The…