Morris (bonus column)
Is Debt ‘Ceiling’ the Right Term? by Leo Morris A modest request to news organizations: Please stop referring to the federal “debt ceiling.” It is a grotesquely inappropriate term. It is preposterous to refer to something that is constantly being moved as a “ceiling,” which we all know is fixed in place forever. Remember that Read the full article…
Morris
The Public’s Right to Be Heard by Leo Morris At the conclusion of a recent Allen County Commission meeting, the commission president became annoyed with a woman who refused to shut up when her allotted time expired under the public speaking rules. He warned her that people not following the rules risked having no public Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Biden Difference CONSERVATIVES CAN STOP scoffing at Joe Biden’s statement that his $3 trillion-plus spending plan won’t cost anything. The rest of the world, and increasingly large numbers of Americans, think the same way. What he means is it won’t cost the government anything. That is because he intends to raise taxes to pay for it, and as his press secretary Read the full article…
Franke
Coveting: America’s Favorite Deadly Sin by Mark Franke I attended a Lutheran elementary school, grades one through eight, back during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. It was a traditional education with a lot of memorization—presidents, state capitals, books of the Bible and so forth. I still can recite those lists but it gets tougher with Read the full article…
The Outstater
Journalism and the Lost Art of the Quirky OTHER THAN SOLID INFORMATION on which to base viewpoints and life strategies, the thing I miss most in my morning reading is quirkiness. There’s no time for those little stories that remind us how heroic — and how ridiculous — is the human race. Yes, I have examples. There Read the full article…
Morris: Our Crumbling Sense of Privacy
by Leo Morris I did some really stupid things when I was young and dumb. Who didn’t? Some of them were embarrassing, and some of them made me feel downright ashamed. But I recognized my failings and tried to learn from my mistakes, which is all any of us can do. I think I became Read the full article…
