Gaski: The GOP and the Abortion Trap
by John Gaski, Ph.D. Clearly, the Republicans need emergency repositioning guidance on the third-rail issue of abortion to neutralize or at least minimize its electoral damage. This is not a “re-branding” matter; nearly all media talking heads and editorial writers misuse that term when they mean repositioning. Bad strategic positioning does cause brand perception problems, but Read the full article…
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The Government Shell Game “If you think the problems the government creates are bad, wait until you see its solutions.” — Libertarian coffee mug THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE has discovered that the Holcomb administration’s economic strategy, bribing investment, is pointless at best if not self-defeating or even fraudulent. There is a stack of independent economic analyses that says Read the full article…
McGowan: The Travail of a Letter-Writer
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Each morning, I read a newspaper, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and a Gannett product, the daily paper that has many of the same articles in its Milwaukee paper as in its Indianapolis paper. As well, Gannett products have cut back on editorial commentary, especially letters to the editor. The result, as lamented Read the full article…
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The ‘Popobawa’ Election Analysis ALL OF US in the field of political commentary have been searching these past few years for similitude to the current predicament. Although the presidential election is upon us and time is short, I think I’ve found it. First, please know that my associates at the foundation have done their best. The economists have Read the full article…
Franke: Compromise Is Hard
by Mark Franke Well, another Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives is in trouble with the most extreme of his own party. The bipartisan budget deal reached by Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, presumably with White House blessing, is too repugnant for these true believers to swallow. In the interest Read the full article…
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More ‘Press-Release’ Eco-Devo HOW DID INDIANA and its largest cities come to believe that prosperity could be achieved by simply leveraging government money to bribe investors? They call it economic development (eco-devo) but no economist we respect recommends it. They say it defies the laws of economics. Investigative journalists now suspect malfeasance if not fraud. So Read the full article…
