Staley: The Confederate Flag Debate (Unreduced)
Editors: The author, an adjunct scholar of the foundation and a native of the Midwest, recently moved to Florida, where he teaches social entrepreneurship and conflict resolution. (790 words). by Sam Staley, Ph.D. I have avoided talking about the Confederate battle-flag debate because I figured I had nothing to add, and it was a lose-lose Read the full article…
Horning: Equality Was Born on July 4
by Andy Horning This Fourth of July it is clear that our society’s failings are not the Constitution’s fault. It’s our collective political ignorance and sloth that allow politicians to slip the chains and jump the fence of constitutional rule of law. Despite what you’ve been told, the constitutions, state and federal, are still short Read the full article…
Backgrounder: A Lutheran Uprising? Not Likely
“Sometimes you just have to look reality in the eye and deny it.” — Garrison Keillor by Craig Ladwig (Fort Wayne) — Lutherans are known as apolitical even here where Germanfest is just another summer weekend. So the news was greeted with surprise — or an emotion as close to that as Lutherans allow — Read the full article…
Huston: Gen. Lee Down the Memory Hole
For the use of the membership only. by Tom Huston In a recent column, David Brooks of the New York Times called for the name of Robert E. Lee to be stripped from schools, highways, bridges and other monuments and memorials except for those, such as Washington and Lee University, which are clearly related to Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (54): A Better Plow, Thanks to Oliver
by Andrea Neal Though his name is not nearly as familiar as John Deere’s, James Oliver of South Bend revolutionized agriculture with his invention of a new type of plow. An 1878 advertisement for the Oliver Chilled Plow boasted: “Buy no other. Will last for years, and no blacksmith’s bill to pay. It is the Read the full article…
Doc Ippel: Some In-Your-Face Climate Optimism
by Bruce Ippel, M.D. Melting ice caps: Many drown. Massive droughts: Many more starve. Climate change: Ruins everything for those who are left. These types of thoughts are behind the worldwide drumbeat of our news media. Yikes! If it’s anything like they predicted for Y2K, we might as well all spend an hour in a Read the full article…
