Morris: The Court and Balance
by Leo Morris Make it so. Thus commands Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the starship Enterprise, whenever an emergency arises for which there are only weak options in response. He selects the one that, in his view, offers the best hope of success and orders his crew to get it done. No debate is invited, no Read the full article…
The Outstater
One Man, One, Vote, Once AS MY GENERATION slides into its new role of sitting on park benches feeding pigeons, I worry not so much about which direction the country is headed as whether anyone still knows what makes its wheels turn. Indiana’s race for Secretary of State has caught my attention in that regard. The one candidate, Read the full article…
Franke: Detours Around the Education Train Wreck
by Mark Franke It seems all the news about our schools is bad, really bad. One can understand why parents are alarmed over their children being indoctrinated with critical race theory and trans-whatever by unaccountable educators. It’s not a simple matter of objecting to these curricular abominations; it is also a realization that this is Read the full article…
Morris: The Last of the ‘Keepers’
by Leo Morris Know what I will miss most about newspapers when they’re finally gone forever? The way people ordered extra copies when a cousin got married or a child made a noteworthy high school sports play, how they framed the clippings and put them on the wall for friends to see or cut them Read the full article…
The Outstater
SOME YEARS AGO I witnessed the rarest of phenomenon — a politician admitting he was wrong. The former mayor of my Indiana town, a Democrat who had been faced with an economic crisis in the closing of an auto manufacturing plant, told me privately he would do things differently now. Republicans should listen to him. The mayor was Read the full article…
Franke: The Crack in our Liberty Bell
by Mark Franke Those of my age remember how we waited impatiently each week for “The Wonderful World of Disney.” Each episode included a short film series featuring one of America’s historical heroes. Children were allowed to have American heroes back then. Daniel Boone, the Swamp Fox Francis Marion, Texas John Slaughter, Davy Crockett — what Read the full article…
