Hatian Property Laws: Sowing and Reaping Devastation
For the use of the membership only (572 words)Pictures of Haiti’s earthquake devastation reminded me of a National Geographic aerial photograph along Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic (the two nations share a Caribbean island). The photograph shows a heavily forested Dominican Republic but a barren Haiti, which once had been heavily forested.* I Read the full article…
Anti-Incumbent Mood Still a Factor in U.S. Senate Race
For release Wednesday Feb. 17 and thereafter (678 words) With Evan Bayh’s stunning decision not to seek reelection, Dan Coats has become the “incumbent” in the Senate race. And that’s why Republicans should avoid him like the plague. 2010 is looking to be the year of the non-incumbent. A February report by the Pew Research Read the full article…
State Pensions Built on Rosy Expectations
For release noon Tuesday Feb. 9 and thereafter (754 words) Each time Indiana promises future payments to a state employee, it creates a liability for taxpayers. If total monies in state pension funds, accumulated each year by employer and employee contributions, are insufficient to meet promised benefits, state constitutions generally provide explicit guarantees that public Read the full article…
Third Grade Too Late to Fix Reading Woes
For release noon Tuesday Feb. 2 and thereafter (690 words)A legislative proposal to hold back third graders who can’t read well is too little and way too late. If we want to avoid reading woes with our third graders, we have to address the root of the problem: Our kindergartners, first graders and second graders Read the full article…
Tiger Woods: A Trophy of Radical Feminism?
For release noon Tuesday Jan. 26 and thereafter (665 words) “Tyger, tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” — William Blake In anticipation of Mr. Woods’ expected return to public life for this year’s Masters, and with apologies to the poet Blake, it Read the full article…
Indiana Must Plan Now for a Quality Bicentennial
For release noon Jan. 19 and thereafter (891 words with optional trim to 670) Ohio, the last state to mark a bicentennial, spent a decade on planning and poured $16 million of taxpayer money into an elaborate year-long celebration in 2003. Among the highlights: painting bicentennial logos on barns in all 88 counties, a Tall Read the full article…
