Taking a Day Off From Buying Booze
Indiana Writers Group Taking a Day OffFrom Buying Booze For release noon Sept. 29 and thereafter (667 words)by Andrea NealCall me old-fashioned, but I think it’s a good thing that Hoosiers can’t buy alcohol at supermarkets or liquor stores on Sunday. Do we really need another day to stock up on intoxicating beverages? The self-interested Read the full article…
Health Care Reform and the New Eugenics
Health Care ReformAnd the New EugenicsFor immediate release (659 words) by Dr. Eric Schansberg I’ve written frequently on eugenics, the study of the hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled, selective breeding. The word derives from its Latin components (eu meaning well or good and genics meaning born or birth). In other words, eugenics Read the full article…
Hard Times Make a Good Argument
For release Sept. 23 and thereafter (591 words) As Indiana’s urban mayors prepared to meet in scenic French Lick, and as governors and congressmen returned from exotic locales, an ex-councilman in Terre Haute was doing some serious thinking about how his state could survive this economy. “It’s time — long past time actually — to Read the full article…
Thoughts at a Hoosier Roadblock
Editors: Constitution Day is this Thursday, Sept. 17. The author, who has run for statewide and district offices as a both a Libertarian and as a Republican, is an expert on the Constitution and an advocate or restoring its role in restraining the powers of government in Indiana and the nation. Like most people, I Read the full article…
Rokita Offers Sound Plan for Mapping Democracy
For release noon Sept. 15 and thereafter (675 words)Legislators aren’t exactly embracing Todd Rokita’s proposal to remove politics from the process of drawing legislative maps, and it’s sadly obvious why: It threatens their re-election chances. Why give up the tool that lets them maintain partisan majorities and safe seats for themselves and their cohorts? It’s Read the full article…
Government Health Care? Why not Try Something Different?
For release noon Sept. 8 and thereafter (661 words)With a presidential address to Congress capping a rough-and-tumble summer, we’ve learned at least three things about health care. Most people are concerned about the health care system; reasonably happy with their own health care; and quite worried about a massive increase in government’s involvement in the Read the full article…
