The Outstater
A Political Forecast you Can Bet on WHAT DOES IT MEAN that Gov. Eric Holcomb was booed at last Friday’s lead-in to his own convention? Well, it means that the next couple of election cycles will be crazy wild. Moreover, the political and journalism classes have positioned themselves so far out of touch that they will be of Read the full article…
Franke: Jimmy Carter Days Are Here Again
by Mark Franke The bane of retirement is trying to live on a fixed income. At least that is what everyone who is retired believes. I used to chalk this up to geezer whining. I am one, so I know their whining when I hear it. No more. We fixed-income types have a real complaint Read the full article…
Schansberg: A Disastrous, Immoral U.S. Debt
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. It’s always more fun to spend money than to make it. And it can be tempting to borrow or steal money, instead of earning it. What’s true in our private lives is true with the government as well. Politicians are known for exaggerating the benefits and downplaying the costs of public Read the full article…
McGowan: Roe vs. Wade and ‘Moral Standing’
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. The central question for beginning of life and end of life controversies is moral standing, also called “moral status” and “moral consideration,” the concept refers to the duties owed by moral agents to another entity or, conversely, an entity’s claims that can be made on moral agents. Most philosophers agree that human Read the full article…
Morris: ‘. . . But Not You, Leo’
by Leo Morris “Not you, Leo.” For a few years, I heard that so much that I proudly adopted the nickname Not You Leo. That was during my tenure as editorial page editor of the News-Sentinel. I was also one of the girls in the credit department of Fort Wayne Newspapers, parent company of that newspaper and the Read the full article…
The Outstater
We’re All RINOs Now THE CHAIRMAN of the Indiana Republican Party used his address to the state convention this weekend to tell us that “the word RINO has got to go.” He was referring of course to the disparagement, “Republican in Name Only.” A similar warning regarding “infighting” was delivered by the leading GOP candidate for state treasurer. It Read the full article…
