Moss: Chanukah, Christmas and Western Civilization
By Richard Moss, M.D. Chanukah, the festival of lights, is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the victory of the Maccabees (or Hasmoneans) over the powerful armies of the Seleucid (Greek) Empire under King Antiochus IV. King Antiochus, in 167 BC, in a show of force, forbade important Jewish observances such as keeping the Sabbath and Read the full article…
Morris: Time Is Short for the Short Session
by Leo Morris Aren’t you tired of all those predictably boring ceremonial solemnization stories in the news? The 5th or 10th commemoration of this, the 25th or 50th anniversary of that. Wouldn’t it be refreshing to see a remembrance in an off year? So today, let us celebrate the 51st – nearly the 52nd – birthday of momentous events from the Read the full article…
O’Toole: Trains that Nobody Needs
by Randal O’Toole In November, Midwestern states, including Indiana, signaled their readiness to spend a large share of $12 billion by publishing a final Midwest Regional Rail Plan. The plan calls for a Chicago hub with spokes radiating to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Columbus (via either Fort Wayne or Indianapolis), Cincinnati, Nashville, Kansas City (via St. Louis), Read the full article…
Franke: The ‘Public’ in Public Schools
by Mark Franke I consider it a good day when I read or hear something that had never crossed my mind previously. Being induced to think anew about an issue from an entirely different perspective is stimulating and, on occasion, enlightening. I am always willing to rethink my position although, truth be told, I don’t Read the full article…
Morris: You Are a Miracle
by Leo Morris Do me a favor. Pause for a moment today and consider what a miracle you are. That request springs from a 10-year-old article I stumbled across so interesting that I set it aside to write about sometime in the future. I guess that time is now. Ali Binazir, writing for the Huffington Post in Read the full article…
The Outstater
2022 and Chesterton’s Fence IT IS THE SIMPLEST of public policies, both infinitely practical and politically inarguable. It is known as “Chesterton’s Fence.” John F. Kennedy swore by it. Our generation has no idea what it means. It will frame our New Year’s resolution. It is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood. It comes Read the full article…
