Franke: The Sovereignty of Conscience
by Mark Franke When should one’s conscience have the final say in a dilemma? Or must it answer to a higher authority? And if such a higher authority exists, what is it? Last week I was part of a discussion with a roomful of students enrolled in a seminar focused on the relationship between church Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Sole Proprietor Is Passé MY GRANDFATHER businessman used to say his life was getting too “busy.” Well, we are way past that now. Extracurricular and regulatory responsibilities have made life for a business owner downright hectic, demonically so. I say that because the Devil loves an impossible task and our days are full of them. Running Read the full article…
Keating: Do Great Masters Cheat When Using ChatGPT?
(This is a draft copy, not for publication or distribution.) By Barry Keating, Ph.D., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation and Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. Johannes Vermeer, the artist, produced about 35 works that are attributed to him with relative certainty. His most famous painting is arguably Girl Read the full article…
The Outstater
A Word for You Old Fellows BEING A MAN OF WORDS, I must take them seriously. Recently I discovered a new one that has wide application to my life, explaining vexations that previously were invexible. The word is “non-cognizable.” Yes, I have stretched its meaning somewhat to fit my purposes but that is a feature of the Read the full article…
Franke: The Generational Divide
by Mark Franke It is simply a fact of life that each generation rebels against its predecessors. I will leave it to the psychologists or sociologists to explain why that is and why historically these generations tend to get the rebellion worked out of their system in early adulthood. Maybe it’s the children and the mortgage Read the full article…
The Outstater
No Saving Small-Town Journos IT’S NOT NEWS to anyone that there’s no news. But I fear too few realize the importance of a media check on local government, a stalwart independent authority that holds councilmen to their word and verifies their facts, tries to match intentions with results. That once was the job of hometown newspapers — particularly Read the full article…
