Half Past the Month: Pro Wrestling Is Real
IT IS COMMENCEMENT TIME and I want to share the single most profound piece of advice ever offered a college student. It wasn’t a graduation ceremony, actually. It was at the other end of the process. The speaker — he was the provost, I think — was addressing my daughter’s incoming freshman class. He seemed tired, Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (77): Hoosier First to Die in WWI
by Andrea Neal Although few Hoosiers know his name, James Bethel Gresham of Evansville earned a place in the history books for his role in World War I. Corporal Gresham, of the 1st Division’s 16th Infantry, was reportedly first to die in the service of the American Expeditionary Forces. A factory worker at the time Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: Conceptually, We’re OK
POLITICIANS LOVE those architectural conceptual images — the brightly colored prints showing various official improvements in the Proletkult manner. They project civic tranquility and well-being but there also is the hint of the power in collective action. You will see a lot of them this election cycle. There was one published in my hometown newspaper the other day. Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Political ‘Decisions’ or Scams?
by Fred McCarthy I have written about the report that the new mayor of Indianapolis wants to jump into downtown development by taking over the disposal of the old Coke bottling plant. We were raising the question of the “tradition” of mayors showing more interest in downtown development than the wants and needs of the Read the full article…
Huston: Who Was ‘Leading’ the Indiana GOP?
I made my guesstimate of the results of the Indiana primary before the first polling was done in the state. My guess was Trump would carry the state and at least six out of nine congressional districts. I thought Trump would be strongest in Lake County and south of U.S. 40 and weakest in the Read the full article…
Backgrounder: ‘Creating’ Jobs not the Whole Answer
by Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. How many jobs would the Keystone Pipeline project create? Supporters argue that the Keystone XL pipeline would create tens of thousands of new jobs. But critics claim those numbers are wildly inflated. Both sides assume a higher number would make the project better for the economy. Both sides have it Read the full article…
