Indiana Is Ready to Party but Can We Save the Lincoln Collection?
Indiana Writers Group column for immediate release (730 words) by Andrea Neal Indiana’s celebration of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial got off to a rocky start last week. Just as state officials were releasing a new celebratory Lincoln license plate in Indianapolis, the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne announced it was closing. So we gain a Read the full article…
Drug-Enhanced Baseball, Hoosier Basketball and March Madness
Of Drug-Enhanced Baseball, Hoosier Basketball and March Madness by John Bingham So even our beloved American pastime is teeming with drug-enhanced players. Is anyone really that surprised? The real question is how could the problem spread to this degree? A complete dereliction of duty by responsible authorities created a corrupt environment. This is not to Read the full article…
EcoDevo vs. Deregulation: Close to a Free Lunch
Indiana Writers Group column for release March 5 and thereafter (450 words)b by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. There's no free lunch but deregulation is as close as you get. In 2006, Indiana ended local regulation of video franchise services. Since that time telecommunications companies have hired or stated an intention to hire around 2,000 additional workers Read the full article…
Dysfunction in House Threatens Property Tax Reform
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 27 and thereafter (720 words) (Editors: This column will be updated mid week after the full House votes on the resolution.) by Andrea Neal If politics is “the art of the possible,” as Otto von Bismarck remarked, property tax reform may be dead for 2008. The first serious sign Read the full article…
Property Taxes: Try to Reform or Hope to Repeal?
For release Feb. 20 and thereafter (620 words) by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Recently I had breakfast with two prominent advocates for Eric Miller’s plan to repeal property taxes. They were interested to learn about some deficiencies with the plan and their consultant’s report on the plan. That same day we traveled to Salem for a Read the full article…
Pence Swims Upstream Against Earmarks
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 12 and thereafter (730 words) by Andrea Neal Indiana Congressman Mike Pence, a founder and former head of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation here, made national news last week when his name was floated as a suitable vice-presidential running mate for Republican John McCain. One obvious credential is the Read the full article…
