Indiana at 200 (57): Indiana’s First Black Lawmaker
by Andrea Neal James Sidney Hinton, a Union Army veteran and Republican Party orator, was a 19th-century torchbearer for civil rights who became the first African American elected to the Indiana General Assembly. Hinton achieved this distinction during an era of sweeping social and political change – and at a time when blacks in the Read the full article…
Walker: What Is Crony Capitalism?
by Greg Walker What is crony capitalism? Why is this phrase used derogatorily of government schemes to raise capital for investment? Most would agree that governments should serve to raise funds for capital goods constructed to satisfy public interests — roads, bridges, sewers, etc. But the list is too short for some folks. What about Read the full article…
Not-so-Diverse Newsrooms
By Craig Ladwig Walking into a metropolitan newsroom in the early 1970s, you were struck by the size of the place — a full city block, or so it seemed. You could look up from the copy desk and see a hundred people at a hundred desks. It was a sociological Petri dish. In that Read the full article…
Doc Ippel: The Secrets of Pair-Bonding
by Bruce Ippel, M.D. Our republic is alive and well. You can tell that most recently by how many fireworks the LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered) subject is causing without crashing our democracy. But might it be crashing something else? As a doc of many years, I see the consequences of how one does what’s called pair-bonding. With Read the full article…
King: The Duty of Disobedience
by Stephen M. King, Ph.D. I am re-reading Francis Schaeffer’s “The Christian Manifesto,” and I am struck by the accuracy of his prophetic warning regarding civil and social chaos and unrest in the United States. Schaeffer clearly demonstrates how U.S. culture, education and civil government, for example, would deviate from the principles of faith and Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (56): King Coal
by Andrea Neal Coal is to Indiana what oil is to Texas. Since the mid 1800s, it’s been the fuel that powers the Hoosier economy. “We get 85 percent of our energy from coal,” explains Indiana Coal Council President Bruce Stevens. “That’s huge because Indiana is the number one manufacturing state in the nation.” A Read the full article…
