Half Past the Month
A FRIEND pulled out an apt George Orwell quote for the week’s events: ‘We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” Yes, Oprah’s interview with the Duchess came to mind but we were challenged to apply it to local public policy, particularly economic development and race relations. Herding a Read the full article…
Keating: The Political Parties
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. “I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order,” said Lyndon B. Johnson Not everyone identifies as closely with a political party as did President Johnson. We experience conflict between positions taken by parties, be it either Democrat or Republican. In fact, we Read the full article…
Franke: They’ve Come for Dr. Seuss
by Mark Franke“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” This iconic line from the movie “Network” has been repeated so often that it no longer has any effect. However, I can positively assert that this is the first time I’ve used it. In fact I had to do a Google Read the full article…
Morris: The Card Game Resumes
by Leo Morris We’re about to have our first weekly bridge game after a year-long hiatus, and I admit to some trepidation. We’re old geezers, so we will gather with COVID-vaccination protection, but our pandemic overlords have insisted that we stay masked and do social distancing until the Earth’s core cools or the Sun explodes, Read the full article…
The Outstater
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE public policy meets an absolute, that is, where no compromise is possible between two conflicting options. Such is the case now with law enforcement in Indiana’s metropolitan cities. City councils in the next few years will have to make a hard choice. Yes, politicians hate that but it cannot be Read the full article…
Franke: Spring and Baseball
by Mark Franke I watched my first baseball spring training game last Sunday and was immediately transported back into the mists of memory, that of a young boy at the first sign of spring heading outside with his glove, baseball and pitchback contraption. First, a word about that pitchback. It was a metal frame with Read the full article…
