Morris: What Pence Was Asked to Do
by Leo Morris For those who haven’t been keeping up with the Congressional Clown Car, a quick update: Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a special committee to investigate the Jan. 6 – take your pick – mostly peaceful protest/riot/insurrection. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appointed five Republicans to the 12-member committee, including Jim Banks Read the full article…
The Outstater
THIS COLUMN is dedicated to Indiana issues. That’s why I’m writing about South Africa and Botswana. It is important for Hoosiers to be reminded of the tragedy of failed economic leadership, reminded without the distraction of competing racial and political identities. For South Africa is falling apart, and doing so all on its own, long past the point Read the full article…
Franke: A Non-Athletic Career
As I sink deeper and deeper into my dotage, I try to husband what brain cells are still functional for what matters most. That means being discriminatory about what I allow inside my cranium. To start, I pay no attention to popular culture. I absolutely refuse to watch movies or I don’t listen to music Read the full article…
Morris: How to Spend my Tax Refund
by Leo Morris I so want to be a good Hoosier, an upstanding citizen who will do the right thing. But Indiana officials are set to give me some money, and I’m terrified that I will squander it on frivolities and let my beloved state down. Well, not “give” me money exactly. So that I Read the full article…
Morris: A Gymnast Shows the Way
by Leo Morris Thank you, Simone Biles, for pulling me out of the funk I’d talked myself into over sports. On my best days I am ambivalent about athletes. I respect their prowess but resent them for my own physical shortcomings. I admire them for the loyalty they inspire among fans but hate the shallowness Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
“A Raytheon toolkit instructs employees to oppose ‘equality,’ defined as ‘treating each person the same . . . regardless of their differences,’ and strive instead for ‘equity,’ which ‘focuses on the equality of the outcome.’ The company claims that the colorblind standard of ‘equal treatment and access to opportunities’ is not enough; ‘anti-racist’ policies must sometimes utilize Read the full article…
