Franke: Well, I voted on Tuesday
by Mark Franke I had been brooding about this for some time now and, in a particularly dark moment, determined to never vote again. It may have been the better side of my nature that eventually overcame my psychological sturm und drang or it simply may have been intellect over emotion that resolved me. I am not Read the full article…
The Outstater
Crime: What Goes Around, Comes Around OMISSION, THE DOG THAT DOESN’T BARK, is a powerful indicator in public policy. And so it was for a recent shooting in the food court of my city’s premier mall, once the largest and most popular in the state. Officialdom uttered not so much as a whimper. The shooting was not statistically Read the full article…
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Eric Holcomb to the IU Ramparts “Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their word.” — Tyler Austin Harper in the this month’s Atlantic WAS THERE A BETTER WAY to handle the pro-Palestinian protests at Indiana University? Yes, but not for the reason you Read the full article…
Franke: The Nostalgia of Consolidated High Schools
by Mark Franke In the movie “Hoosiers” one of the students, Ollie, is giving a report in class that is a listing of things thought to be progress. He doesn’t seem convinced of the value of progress, although I venture that he thought more highly of indoor plumbing than of school consolidation. Fortunately for Ollie Read the full article…
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Why Not Just Kiss IU Goodbye? “Our university must create a space for meaningful dialogue, while ensuring that our campus is safe and welcoming to all, and that peaceful protest, as many experienced today, symbolizes our steadfastness to the free expression of ideas,” Whitten wrote ineffectually days before this week’s campus melee. FOR THOSE OF Read the full article…
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Let’s Hear it for Aristocracy I’M GOING TO TRY to make a case for aristocracy. Wish me luck. I will back into it by applying Thomas Sowell’s famous test, “Compared with what?” American democracy has taken a nasty turn toward identity-driven politics. At the same time, it is increasingly captured by grasping private interests, mainly corporate ones, Read the full article…
