The Outstater
Hard Times and Cracked Pots “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” — Romans 5:3-4 IS IT POSSIBLE to experience life’s problems and crises without expecting the help of government? I am not being flip; human-interest stories are rare that do not involve some sort of centralized, institutional or statist assistance, Read the full article…
McGowan: A Christmas Greeting from Adam Smith
Our friend and adjunct has written this year’s Christmas Letter as if by Adam Smith. He notes that Smith was an ethicist first and an economists only second, writing “Theory of Moral Sentiments” in 1759 (without a revision) and “Wealth of Nations” sevens years later (with five revisions before his death in 1796). by Richard McGowan, Read the full article…
The Outstater
HERE’S A QUESTION for our racial-redemption era: Why would Indiana media, however diminished, ignore the single most accurate predictor of crime and mortality in black youth? That is, the absence of a father in the home, something described in detail almost 60 years ago in Sen. Daniel Moynihan’s famous report to Congress. Before you yell, “racism,” know that Read the full article…
Morris: Welcome to the $1.25 Store
by Leo Morris I’m not an economist, so I can’t delve too deeply into the intricacies of inflation. But I think I’m as qualified as most people who write about economics in that I can talk about Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” all day long without having actually read it. And I do know a Read the full article…
Franke: The Soaring Music of Christmas
by Mark Franke The human race is at once an intellectual one and a sensory one. Both capabilities serve to enhance our appreciation of the world and the people around us. Our better natures take substance when these act in concert. There is no better time to experience this than Christmas. Christmas sights, smells and Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
El Duce Would Be Pleased THE FORT WAYNE councilman was questioning his city’s quasi-official economic development director on how a state regional grant might be used. The first question was from whence the money ($50 million or so) had come. The answer led down a rabbit hole of agency acronyms to nowhere in particular but did not exclude the possibility that it Read the full article…
