McGowan: Wait, Here’s More SAT ‘Bias’
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. When I was 7 years old, my parents forced me and my brother to read a book a week during summer vacation. “Forced” is the most accurate word because my Irish twin and I had little or no use for books when so many other activities availed themselves — swimming in the Long Read the full article…
The Outstater
Trash Incompetence AN EARLY STEVE MARTIN skit advised his audience on how to avoid paying taxes on a million dollars. “First, get a million dollars. But what do you say when the tax man asks why you didn’t pay your taxes? Two simple words, two simple words in the English language, ‘I forgot.’” That’s how government handles mistakes. It “forgets” Read the full article…
Franke: The Political Changes of a Lifetime
by Mark Franke My 70 years on this mortal coil have seen changes unimaginable, to be sure. Cell phones, self-driving cars, video conferencing, countless TV channels, etc. This was the stuff of the Jetsons cartoons. Even the robotic maid Rosey is no longer futuristic. Yet I have nothing on my maternal grandmother, who was born Read the full article…
McGowan: SAT Bias? It’s a Good Thing
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D US News reported that Cal State University no longer requires the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). That is so the school system can “bolster the momentum building in the higher education community to drop the testing requirement as schools make more concerted efforts to diversify their campuses.” Following this “momentum,” Indiana schools, public and private, Read the full article…
Heller: Filling a Tax Piggy Bank
by Tom Heller Michael Leppert, a columnist and lecturer at Indiana University, recently shed light on the $5 billion in taxes already paid and collected that the state of Indiana has amassed in a budget reserve fund. That is money now bubbling over 12.5 percent of general-fund spending levels and triggering an automatic refund to Read the full article…
Morris: Picking a Court Nominee
by Leo Morris A presidential candidate promises to put a woman on the Supreme Court. Some idealists say it is identity politics at its worst. But pragmatists know it is a naked political strategy, meant to address weakness in a certain segment of the constituency. Ha, ha, got you. I’m talking not about Joe Biden’s Read the full article…
