Category: Indiana Writers Group

by Mark Franke I have given up all hope of returning to the day of e pluribus unum. I certainly don’t expect anyone in Washington D.C. or the New York City media center to repent of their divisive ways and take on this noble cause. So what? They don’t dictate how I live my life or the…

Testing the Boundaries of ‘Extremism’ “Our mission is to marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal levels.” — the Indiana Policy Review Foundation A COLUMNIST at the Indianapolis Star is said to have privately described members of our foundation as “extremists.” Fair enough. In our 33 years we have never…

by Leo Morris It’s an issue that has long engaged my attention: Where do we draw the line between autonomy and subjugation, between when we should be left alone and when we must be made to conform for the common good? I have strong libertarian instincts, so I have always argued for the minimum government…

by John Gaski, Ph.D. So the Democrats are playing the race card against the GOP on the Senate filibuster rule, calling Republicans “racist” if they oppose the old custom’s ad hoc elimination. What a surprise. The Democrats play the race card against everyone and everything that stand in their way on any issue, no matter how hypocritical…

by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. President Daniels: I hope the school year began well and stays that way. My friend, a proud Boilermaker, shares your missives with me, including your recent “Open Letter to the People of Purdue,” in which you lament the imbalance of men and women on campus. I taught for over 40 years…

by Mark Franke The Apocalypse is at hand. And it was Covid which brought it about. No, I’m not speaking of the endless riots and protests in the major cities. Neither am I speaking of the lust for power exhibited by governmental officials at every level as they shut down businesses, schools and everything but…

by Leo Morris Everyone will have a favorite piece of legislation to root for or against this session of the Indiana General Assembly, so there is a chance some of the lesser bills will escape attention. Here are three I’ll be monitoring. House Bill 1013, which would designate the mastodon as the state fossil. Senate…

Surviving Sotomayorism  “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” — Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution SONIA SOTOMAYOR’S PATH to the Supreme Court of the United States has been marked by plenty of firsts. Sotomayor,…

by Jeff Abbott, Ph.D., J.D. In September 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal agencies and federal contractors from requiring employees to undergo diversity, equity and inclusion training. The order barred training that had divisive concepts such as race or sex stereotyping and scapegoating.  Immediately, the radical left (aka the Democrat Party) went ballistic. …

Juvenile Crime: Getting Back to the Basics THE DIRECTOR of “the Bail Project” makes a convincing case that his group is not responsible for the revolving door that is returning violent criminals to the streets of Indianapolis. His self-description in a letter last week to the Indianapolis Star, however, is of the fox-in-the-hen-house variety: “After all, we are only…