Morris: Bill Cosby
by Leo Morris You’ve already heard from Don McLean about “the day the music died.” Call this the day the laughter died. It wasn’t until I glimpsed the monster inside him that I realized how much Bill Cosby had meant to me growing up. Back then, he was the funny man who helped me get Read the full article…
Keating: Tax Abatements and TIFs
The following is based on comments made at a foundation luncheon April 12, 2018, in Fort Wayne. by Barry Keating, Ph.D. Jerry Brown was elected governor of California in 1974 and again in 1978 before busying himself as mayor of Oakland. Californians in 2010 apparently wanted to return to the days of “Governor Moonbeam,” as Read the full article…
The Outstater
“Things reveal themselves passing away. “ — William Butler Yeats Reading analysis of the disaster that was the monologue at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the thought occurs: Can an entire generation in a given profession fail to reach maturity? The old newsroom guard had warned precisely of that. They said modern journalists lacked Read the full article…
Morris: Voter Apathy Is the Symptom, not the Problem
by Leo Morris When I was a kid like you, I used to tell high school classes, people kept warning me to quit shooting my mouth off before I got into trouble. Now, I said, I’ve found the perfect job as an editorial writer. I get to shoot my mouth off every day, and they Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Repealing the Business Tax
by Jason Arp Earlier this month, a group of Indiana businessmen, government officials and think-tank members were fortunate enough to host perhaps the state’s most preeminent economist. Dr. Barry Keating is a professor of economics and business analytics at the University of Notre Dame where he is the past chair of the Department of Finance. Dr. Keating Read the full article…
The Outstater
A LOCAL MANUFACTURER puts the challenge of economic-development agencies into a sentence. “If we’re going to turn our local governments into investment banks,” he says, “we’ll need to find smarter people to run them.” A hard truth, but there may be even harder ones ahead according to an economist for the foundation. Dr. Barry Keating, speaking Read the full article…
