Morris: Where’s My Nude Gardening Check?
by Leo Morris I’m basically a lazy person, so I’m not opposed to the government paying me to do something I might otherwise be inclined to forgo. But it seldom works out. Sometimes, I’m in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ohio, for example, would have given me a chance to win a $1 Read the full article…
The Outstater
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” — C.K. Chesterton THE STAFF of the Indianapolis Star, reduced as it is, has found time to devote dozens of hours and thousands of words to the city’s food “deserts,” those areas unserved by commercial grocery stores. Star readers will learn little from the effort. The newspaper merely steers us to its Read the full article…
Franke: A Summer Vacations
by Mark Franke I was not a road warrior during my career but I traveled enough on business to look forward to never seeing the inside of a hotel lobby or airport concourse again. My retirement goal was to sit under “my vine and fig tree,” to use Biblical language. Voluntary travel ranked right behind Read the full article…
The Outstater
Cause and effect, chain of eventsAll of the chaos makes perfect senseWhen you’re spinnin’ roundThings come undoneWelcome to Earth, third rock from the Sun — Joe Difie THINKING ABOUT the political repercussions of an Indianapolis crime wave, a friend reminded me of a quite different catastrophe — the Chicago blizzard of 1978. My friend’s point was Read the full article…
Morris: Vietnam and the Rules of War
by Leo Morris I was leaving the gym last Wednesday when Tony told me they would be closed on Friday and Monday. “Why?” I asked. “What’s going on?” “Oh, you know, just adding another day off and making it an extra-long holiday weekend.” “What holiday?” Oh, that one. Of all the ones to let sneak Read the full article…
ALERT: Indiana AG Rules Against IU Vaccine Order
(May 26) — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita today issued an opinion in support of an IU Board of Trustee candidate who challenged the university’s decision that all faculty and staff be required to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Margaret Menge, an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review, argued that the school will be in violation of state law if Read the full article…
