Category: Indiana Writers Group

by Leo Morris You’re a Hoosier. That’s not the biggest insult that can be hurled at us, to humble us with who we are. Apparently, to cut us to the quick, you have to sneer at who we are not. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden got into the name-calling recently. Feeling former South Bend Mayor…

IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL from his expression whether Gov. Eric Holcomb knows that the woman in this photo taken during this summer’s junket is president of the Chinese Communist front group targeting U.S. governors and state-level politicians in an attempt to influence policy here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed at the Feb. 8 meeting of the…

by Leo Morris How about those kids today, huh? Don’t ask members of the Indiana General Assembly. They’re still trying to figure it out. In every legislative session, issues come up that the most astute observers had not anticipated. This time around, there seem to be a lot of proposals involving young people that weren’t…

(For the use of the membership only.) “This recent shooting took place in a food desert area. We must take the blinders off and recognize that if the city continues to ignore the core problems, the gun violence will be the new normal.” — statement from the Baptist Minister’s Alliance and the Concerned Clergy of…

by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Gender issues have been in the news lately. Illinois, for example, passed a law in 2019 requiring changing stations in all public rest rooms. The law helps fathers, since many restrooms would have fathers change their baby’s diapers on the counter near the sink or on the floor of the bathroom. The…

GOV. ERIC HOLCOMB will host the first Indiana Global Economic Summit in Indianapolis this spring. Some are calling it the “Hoosier Davos,” after the annual global economic forum held this last year in fabulous Dubai. They seem to be serious. The governor and his secretary of commerce are expected to display an array of incentives,…

by Leo Morris Bob Vollmer is my new hero. He is retiring from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources because, he says, his body is telling him it’s time to go. His job requires a lot of physical effort: “I mean, climb the hills, fight the elements in the woods,” he told NPR. “It’s pretty…

by Richard Moss, M.D. I went to a “Game Feed” recently, an event put on annually by a local who goes by the name of “Chief.” He organizes this every January, in the winter, on a Saturday, in the middle of God’s country, on the outskirts of the town of Duff in Dubois County, southern…

by Leo Morris It is my right to say whatever I wish to you. I’m privileged to have this forum in which to do it. Get the difference? A lot of people don’t get the difference and, unfortunately, many of them are legislators. Understanding the difference between rights and privileges is critical for citizens trying…

by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. “Tragedy of the Commons” refers to the ruin of resources, such as land, water, or the environment in general, available for use by any resident. Lacking legal ownership, commonly held resources become extinct, over-used, congested or polluted. Such resources are considered public goods in which free-riders take personal advantage. When…