Backgrounder: The Flint Water Debacle
by John Pickerill By now everyone has heard something about the crisis in Flint, Michigan. Residents there suddenly have highly contaminated water coming out of their faucets. Their children are sick. The Democratic mayor and the Republican governor are pointing fingers at each other. The media is reporting the charges and counter charges but not Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Heroes, Not Emigrants
by Patrick Oetting There is a tendency to focus on the factors that create poverty. The results are often solutions that undermine the dignity of the individual – solutions imposed from a higher authority on people whom we deem “poor.” But when we look at the factors that cause wealth we begin to see individuals Read the full article…
Priorities Matter in Bombay, Flint and Terre Haute
by Craig Ladwig “New York City’s city council is set to dilute a host of criminal laws including laws against public urination and excessive noise because council members believe too many members of minorities are getting arrested.” — the Jan. 24 Daily Caller The fictional hometown of the Canadian comedian Red Green is Possum Lake, Read the full article…
Bohanon: The Education of a Progressive
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. This year will likely be remembered as the year of the populist revolt. Populism is a political philosophy that calls for the government to represent the interests of the ordinary person. Populist candidates typically argue that the current crop of political leaders are beholden to narrow elites at the expense of Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (69): The First Mental Hospital
by Andrea Neal In 1848, the Indiana Hospital for the Insane opened on the west side of Indianapolis, launching a new era in health care that would witness the most progressive innovations and the most heinous abuses. Historians credit a great social reformer, Dorothea Dix, with persuading Hoosier lawmakers to fund a mental hospital in Read the full article…
Schansberg: An Intellectual Defense of Trump Fans
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. It is common to support Trump — and among certain other people, it is common to have disdain for people who support Trump. A few thoughts from a two-time Libertarian congressional candidate who is more like Trump than you might have thought: First, recognize that your candidate is not all that Read the full article…
