Charlie Rice, Rest in Peace
Charles Edward Rice, Aug. 7, 1931 – Feb. 25, 2015 The officers of the foundation pause to praise Charlie Rice, professor of law at Notre Dame, who died last week in South Bend. We do so because we greatly admired Charlie, a founding scholar here, but also because Indiana is in desperate need of being Read the full article…
Huston: Indy Soccer Stadium
by Tom Charles Huston Insofar as the proposed soccer stadium for the Indy Eleven is concerned, don’t believe a thing you are told by its proponents or their mouthpieces at the Indianapolis Star. They are in a Putin frame of mind, and if you are inclined to believe that the Legislature has the slightest interest Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (45): We Responded to Lincoln’s Call
by Andrea Neal “Left camp at 9 o’clock. Rained all last night. Bad roads, slavish traveling today. Snowed all day, stalled several times … Traveled 10 miles.” Private Albert S. Underwood of Parke County wrote those words on Jan. 18, 1864, as he moved south toward Tennessee with the 9th battery, Indiana Light Artillery, during Read the full article…
The Outstater: A Preschool Mirage
For the use of the membership only (649 words) PERHAPS IT’S JUST THE TONE, but the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s approach seems the same regardless of the issue. There is the assumption that if Hoosiers knew what the Chamber knew — if we weren’t so dumb or lazy — then we would get out of Read the full article…
Schansberg: Trying to Legislate Prosperity
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Indiana’s Common Construction Wage Law is typically referred to as a “prevailing-wage” law. Such laws are a state’s version of the federal Davis-Bacon laws dating back to the 1930s that provided minimum wages on public-sector construction. In Indiana this year, there are measures seeking to repeal or weaken the state’s prevailing-wage Read the full article…
Cummins: Setting Your Wage
by Ryan Cummins A decade ago, I wrote an editorial titled “A Fair Field with no Favors” to point out the tremendous costs that are shifted to taxpayers when a city engages in what we commonly know as corporate welfare. It struck me as I prepared to testify before a legislative committee this week that Read the full article…
