The Outstater: A Broader Measure of Business Climate
For the use of the membership only (628 words) “We have the best state legislature in America. Together we’ve made Indiana the fiscal envy of the country. We’ve balanced budgets, funded our priorities, maintained strong reserves, and still passed the largest state tax cut in Indiana history.” — 2015 State of the State Address IMAGINE Read the full article…
Bohanon: The Greek Crisis and Two Views of Justice
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know about the Greek crisis. The government there ran up a lot of debt by issuing government bonds. For the last five years, the Greeks have obtained debt relief from their European partners in exchange for spending cuts and tax increases. Yet, Read the full article…
White Paper: Rating the Indiana Chamber of Commerce
(Repost of Sept. 1, 2011, white paper) By Tyler Watts, Ph.D. Indiana public policies, from state tax rates and environmental regulations to local noise and smoking ordinances, have tremendous implications for the viability of particular business firms, as well as the general “business climate” of the state. Businessmen and economists generally understand that a state’s laws and Read the full article…
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…
