The Outstater
‘Infrastructure’ Is an Open Spigot DR. MARYANN O. KEATING, author of the cover article for the current issue of The Indiana Policy Review, is an expert on the economics of infrastructure. Even she was surprised, though, to learn that some Indiana cities don’t prioritize or even coherently define infrastructure in their spending. A real-time example crossed our desk this Read the full article…
Morris: The Holcomb Way
Learning to Speak Holcombese by Leo Morris I’m a little worried. I think I’m starting to understand Gov. Holcomb. When he was talking about the Afghan refugees, he said he wanted Indiana to “be there on the back end” after the 14-day screening and vetting process. That means that if nothing goes wrong, the state Read the full article…
The Outstater
Save the Babies; Don’t Pay Rent THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR has its entry for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize. It is “Do it for the Baby: Indianapolis Renters Plead to Stave off Evictions as Moratorium Ends.” The co-authors are Ko Lyn Cheang and Binghui Huang. Published yesterday, it is a certain winner. If you are too busy to read the entire Read the full article…
McGowan: Muslims and 9-11
No, Muslims Aren’t Most Maligned by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Our country recently marked the 20th years since the terrifying events of Sept. 11, 2001. Newspapers printed articles both inspirational and tragic regarding the events of that day. Most newspapers also included articles on the bias faced by Muslims. For example, the Wall Street Journal had an article on Sept. 13 Read the full article…
Franke: Constitution Day
The Constitution: A Triumph of Compromise by Mark Franke Compromise. This word wouldn’t score well on a favorability scale these days. People today, and not just politicians, seem to pride themselves in their rigidity of opinion and ossification of rational thought processes. We seem to be living in a world driven to ideological destruction and Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
Holcomb Opens the Door to Biden’s Conflagration “A year before planes crashed into the World Trade Center, George W. Bush denounced airport security procedures that ‘racially profiled’ Arab air travelers as potential hijackers and promised to end air travel safety discrimination against Arabs.” — former National Review columnist Steve Sailer THERE SEEMS TO BE a misunderstanding. Gov. Eric Read the full article…
