Morris
Indiana’s Constitution Matters by Leo Morris In this short-attention-span era, we’ll read the headline and, perhaps, if we’re not too busy, the first two or three paragraphs. Or we’ll catch the 10-second radio bulletin and, occasionally, see the 30-second follow-up on TV. Our partisan instincts nudged, we will then shout at each other across the Read the full article…
The Outstater
Indy Crime: It’s Decision Time WHEN DID CRIME become a plot device? It happened somewhere along the way to approving Mayor Joe Hogsett’s $1.3-billion Indianapolis city budget, the richest in history. It sailed through all the committees untouched on the promise that it was necessary to properly fund crime “control.” Crime, you see, does pay. Democrats now have Read the full article…
Morris
A Mayor Redefines ‘Citizen’ by Leo Morris Several years ago, I wrote an editorial about the effects of some policy or other on the citizens of Fort Wayne, and a copy editor gave me a hard time about it. She wasn’t assigned to the editorial page – we took care of our own editing and Read the full article…
The Outstater
Fishing With Republicans Republicanism is like my fly fishing — gratifyingly ineffective. In honest self-appraisal, I have ranked my fishing skills in order of their current development. First of all is shopping for equipment and attire. That is followed somewhat distantly by knot-tying, pattern selection, casting with accuracy and finally fish catching. Despite my dedication Read the full article…
The Outstater
Youth, Alas, Is Overrated HOW DOES ONE BECOME a conservative, or more accurately in our case a classical liberal? Progressives like to think it is because we have been brainwashed somewhere along the way. That is the kindest view. Others think we are too dumb or selfish to appreciate the Left’s vision. Actually, it’s not that complicated. Conservatives Read the full article…
Franke
Witch Hunts: 21st Century Style by Mark Franke British writer G. K. Chesterton in his 1922 book “What I Saw in America” described this country as “a nation with the soul of a church.” No doubt he was right 99 years ago when he wrote this and his observation continued to be true as our Read the full article…
