Category: Indiana Writers Group

by Leo Morris Early in my newspaper career, I learned that our education reporter had tried to engineer a takeover of the school board behind the scenes. He was also a parent, and he was unhappy with the elementary school his children were assigned to. He wanted some changes made, which would have been unlikely…

Mayor Hogsett Maps Out Indianapolis Public ‘Safety’ “They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid.” — Micah 4:4, quoted by George Washington in his 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport. FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY, since the riots in the Watts district…

by Leo Morris Three points to ponder if for some reason you have put “diversity” on your list of things to agonize over today. 1. At our weekly bridge game, my friend the Navy veteran was kidding me a little about something my branch of the service supposedly did. “The Army’s promotion board is going…

“Youʼve all gone completely crazy.” — the architect father of Albert Speers on being shown Hitler’s plans for a new Berlin MY CITY HAS an almost 70-year-old coliseum, the old-fashioned kind built simply to serve the sports and entertainment needs of the community. It continues to do that impressively well, paying its own bills and undergoing…

by Mark Franke I wouldn’t want to be on the United States Supreme Court even if I were qualified. It seems those poor justices can’t even come close to Abraham Lincoln’s observation that you can please some of the people all the time let alone all the people some of the time. It begins with their…

by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. “Diversity is a central component of our academic mission at Indiana University Bloomington; our teaching, learning, scholarship, research and creativity are immeasurably enriched by students, faculty and staff with diverse experiences.” — First sentence, IU Bloomington’s Statement on Diversity from Bloomington Faculty Council For the last dozen or so years before retiring from…

by Leo Morris Today’s column offers a serious exploration of a way to solve the crime problem once and for all. So, if you’re reading this in your car, put the phone down so you don’t miss the point. And so you don’t get four points. Under a provision of a law that just went…

LISTENING TO NANCY PELOSI urge her select committee to thoroughly investigate the Jan. 6 demonstrations, I realized I had heard one of her talking points before. As you may know, a member of the Indiana congressional delegation was blackballed by Pelosi for “statements and actions” that she felt would “impact the integrity of the committee.” You…

by Mark Franke There are a lot of benefits of retirement, likely many more than I realize or appreciate, but one is enough free time to follow my local minor league baseball team. The Fort Wayne TinCaps are High A this year with a roster of players who hope to be only one or two…