Keating: Parenting Is Under Challenge
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. The South Bend Tribune reported on a horror in Indianapolis that began with an argument that plays out in nearly every American family with a teenager: a battle over staying out too late (“Police: ‘I love you’ were father’s last words.”) It appears that an angry teen, in trouble for leaving the Read the full article…
Morris: Winter Is a Matter of Perspective
by Leo Morris Profound apologies to my brother. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I wrote of hating him for basking in 70-something sunshine in Texas while hapless Hoosiers were shoveling through several inches of snow and preparing for sub-zero temperatures. Mere days after my outburst, the Lone Star State was slammed Read the full article…
Moss: The GOP Betrayal of the Middle Class
by Richard Moss, M.D. When one ponders the treachery of Republicans in the aftermath of the recent stolen election, one wonders what purpose they serve? It was dormant Republican-controlled state legislatures in many of the “battleground” states, after all, that allowed the changes in election law, perpetrated by scurrilous Democrats and their lawyers that led to the Read the full article…
Franke: The Blessings of a Fixed Income
by Mark Franke One thing we geezers, I mean senior citizens, are not so lovingly known for is constantly whining, I mean commenting, about being on a fixed income. Every time the price of gas goes up at the pump or groceries seem to cost more at checkout, an irritating choir of voices is heard Read the full article…
Schansberg: ‘Please Stop Helping Us’
Jason Riley’s Please Stop Helping Us is a good introduction to the ways in which government has harmed the poor in general and African-Americans in particular. He describes his broad concerns, but also devotes chapters to many of the most relevant public policies: welfare, crime, minimum wage, K-12 education and Affirmative Action. Riley puts a lot Read the full article…
Morris: The Citizenship Question Expanded
by Leo Morris Is U.S. citizenship still worth something? That is such a grimly disheartening question because of where it came from. I did not hear it from the usual “America is awful” crowd, the people who either think the republic always was and always will be an oppressive blight on the face of the Read the full article…
