The Outstater
Smaller Is Better, Local Is Best “THE AIM IS TO HAVE a society in which the great majority of people own their own homes and farms and small businesses,” wrote the Christian apologist C.K. Chesterton. That is, smaller is better and local is best in the organization of human affairs. “To be free and to be independent is Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Gospel from a DEI Queen I OPENED THE PAPER this morning to be instructed by the first-ever female president of our Chamber of Commerce, a comely white woman in her middle years full of social-justice sensitivity. Now, I don’t know this woman but she knows me, a bigoted member of the unwashed in need of enlightenment. Read the full article…
Franke: Witnessing Democracy at Work
by Mark Franke (Francesville, Ind.) — It seems the epithet of choice among more than a few politicians is to charge an opponent with being “a threat to democracy.” Mostly this accusation is used against Donald Trump, his threat being primarily to the election prospects of his opponents. One can get into an endless debate on whether Read the full article…
The Outstater
Hey, It Sounded Good For the use of the membership only. I WAS SURPRISED and disappointed in Indiana’s ranking on the just-released Internal Revenue Service report on interstate migration. I subscribe to the boosterish Indianapolis Business Journal, you see, and it seems hardly a summer goes by that it doesn’t report the governor is wheels up to Europe, Read the full article…
Cummins: More Eco-Devo, a Citizen’s Lament
“Hotel Coming to Site of Old VCSC Building” — Terre Haute Tribune, July 26, 2024 by Ryan Cummins I write to you about another in a long list of eco-devo (economic development) scams, a particularly obscene one. That it is presented as a straight news story in a humdrum manner is even more disheartening. But then, I don’t expect Read the full article…
Franke: Disarming Rhetorical Violence
by Mark Franke My monthly Socratic discussion group met in mid-July with the intent of examining the proposition that China represents an existential threat to the United States. We call our monthly topics, distributed in advance with a suggested reading list, provocations due to their inherent controversy. We expect all the heat to be in Read the full article…
