The Outstater
Don’t Just Stand There, Join Something HOOSIERS TAKE FOR GRANTED what economists call “social capital.” We have been aswim in it throughout our state’s history, beginning with our pioneers and settlers and continuing into our period of industrialization and innovation. You might assume, then, that social capital is something we can draw upon without additional effort. Read the full article…
Ganahl: In Politics, Losing Isn’t Winning
by Dennis Ganahl, Ph.D. The first time I heard the phrase “Winning by losing” was a couple of weeks ago. A Republican county commissioner enlightened me with a conspiratorial wink. Our group had just lost a vote to freeze seniors’ property taxes. The “winker” had introduced our bill to the county council. I should mention Read the full article…
Indiana Social Capital Scores by County
County Overall County SCI Family Unity Community Health Institutional Health Collective Efficacy Adams County, Indiana 79 94 63 63 -1 Allen County, Indiana 46 43 31 69 32 Bartholomew County, IN 65 67 44 65 62 Benton County, Indiana 73 51 81 69 -1 Blackford County, IN 64 41 57 57 91 Boone County, Indiana Read the full article…
Franke: Air Conditioning — The Cause of All Our Woes
by Mark Frank I have finally figured out the root cause of all our woes — air conditioning. I am deadly serious about this. Consider just two travesties wreaking havoc across our landscape: First, school start dates. My teacher neighbor started the first full week of August and her school was not alone. The school Read the full article…
Moss: A Word Against the New Sodom and Gomorrah
by Richard Moss, M.D. The entire month, each June, is a low point for the country. The unrestrained debauchery, the flaunting of pathologic deviancy and the celebration of perversion — does it get any worse than “Pride Month?” Our ruling elites in all sectors are positively swept away by it, consumed as they are with promoting it, and Read the full article…
Schansberg: AI and the Demise of Higher Ed?
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. I teach an on-line Principles of Microeconomics course every summer. It is “asynchronous”: students work at their own pace (within my deadlines), using the text, a course-management system, short videos from me, and outside resources they find. In such courses, I interact with the students through “forums” to discuss articles; I Read the full article…
