Category: Indiana Writers Group

by Leo Morris Aren’t you tired of all those predictably boring ceremonial solemnization stories in the news? The 5th or 10th commemoration of this, the 25th or 50th anniversary of that. Wouldn’t it be refreshing to see a remembrance in an off year? So today, let us celebrate the 51st – nearly the 52nd – birthday of momentous events from the…

by Randal O’Toole In November, Midwestern states, including Indiana, signaled their readiness to spend a large share of $12 billion by publishing a final Midwest Regional Rail Plan. The plan calls for a Chicago hub with spokes radiating to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Columbus (via either Fort Wayne or Indianapolis), Cincinnati, Nashville, Kansas City (via St. Louis),…

by Mark Franke I consider it a good day when I read or hear something that had never crossed my mind previously. Being induced to think anew about an issue from an entirely different perspective is stimulating and, on occasion, enlightening. I am always willing to rethink my position although, truth be told, I don’t…

by Leo Morris Do me a favor. Pause for a moment today and consider what a miracle you are. That request springs from a 10-year-old article I stumbled across so interesting that I set it aside to write about sometime in the future. I guess that time is now. Ali Binazir, writing for the Huffington Post in…

2022 and Chesterton’s Fence IT IS THE SIMPLEST of public policies, both infinitely practical and politically inarguable. It is known as “Chesterton’s Fence.” John F. Kennedy swore by it. Our generation has no idea what it means. It will frame our New Year’s resolution. It is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood. It comes…

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by Leo Morris I’m sitting here still eating turkey three days after Thanksgiving and thinking: Leftovers are food nostalgia. By enjoying the dishes again, we can trigger memories of the holiday just experienced, savoring the good moments and ignoring the bad. We can focus on recalling the easy companionship of friends and family without reliving…

by Mark Franke I became discouraged last week about all the aspects of my life which seemed to be out of control, my control. I felt that I was never allowed to choose how to spend my time. Others were in charge, like puppet masters. Just call me Pinocchio. My solution was to make a…

by Leo Morris Now that the Kyle Rittenhouse trial has gone into the left-right proxy war history books, a couple of points to reflect on that might have gotten lost in the shuffle: The first point is that this was about one young man citing self-defense as justification for killing two people and wounding another.…

by ERIC SCHANSBERG, Ph.D. The recent statewide elections in Virginia have brought K-12 education back to the front burner. A former Democrat governor lost — in a state handily won by President Biden a year ago. The chief causes: declining popularity of Democrats on the national stage (compared with 2020) and trouble with K-12 on the…