The Outstater
GOV. ERIC HOLCOMB reached a career pinnacle this week in being asked to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It marked him as among the brightest of the bright, the most powerful of the powerful, one of the men and women who make the world go around. OK, let’s grant him that. Such recognition seems Read the full article…
Schansberg: Lessons from My Congressional Campaign
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. It seems crazy now, but I thought I could win the race for Indiana’s 9th District seat for U.S. Congress in the May 3rd primary — if our grass roots spread widely; if my advertising choices paid off; if big money and/or big name-recognition didn’t crush; and if God’s hand was in it Read the full article…
Morris: Who Is Replacing What?
by Leo Morris Let you in on a little secret: Non-European, non-white voters are flooding the polls, boosting prospects for the Democratic Party and relegating Republicans to permanent minority status. That is not rabid paranoia from the fevered imaginations of rightwing conspiracy nuts. It’s a boast from Democrat and liberal journalists, academicians and politicians, including Read the full article…
Moss: The Glory of Small Towns and Marching Bands
By Richard Moss, M.D. For many years I had listened to the recitals and drills occurring in the distance, at the High School, just two blocks from my home. It was in the evenings, of course, after school, with the sun setting, glittering twilight fading into inky darkness, and the often chilly temperatures of early autumn Read the full article…
Franke: Yogi Berra Would Have Something to Say
by Mark Franke “We just agree different.” Yogi Berra I had an unofficial undergraduate minor in philosophy. I studied the greats — Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Hobbes and Locke — and learned how they informed Western civilization and provided the philosophical foundation for the culture bequeathed to us today. Of course this was before the Orwellian Read the full article…
The Outstater
Indiana’s Pusillanimous Court “Democracy and freedom will be the theme of every broadcast and editorial. Meanwhile, the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit.” — Aldous Huxley in “Brave New World, 1932 AMERICAN POLITICS operates as a ratchet. That is, it allows continuous Read the full article…
