We Need Your Help
In advance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are making a special request for $1,000 donations. We intend to produce “An Agenda for the 2020s” that examines public policy issues of our day through a lens informed by the Declaration. We are $10,000 from our goal. We will not be asking Read the full article…
Does Anyone Care about Justice Anymore?
by Mark Franke Against my better judgment I have followed some of the news about President Donald Trump’s indictment. I’m not a lawyer and have never played one on TV so I can’t offer a considered opinion on the outcome. That, and not having read the legal documents containing the charges nor heard any of Read the full article…
Don’t Miss Your Summer Journal
Click HERE to update your membership. Your tax-free support makes possible the journal, policy seminars and our weekly backgrounders and columns. Regular journal distribution begins July 1. The annual seminar is Dec. 8-9 (register here). IF INDIANA’S ECONOMIC AGENCIES are ineffective at actually creating wealth they are super effective at changing a region’s political makeup and economic strategy. Policies proven to Read the full article…
McGowan: Gender Identity Tattletales?
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. In 1982, my wife Barbara and I were expecting our first child. We were both apprehensive and excited. Our excitement, however, was closely matched by the obstetrician’s excitement. “I just got a new machine, the latest technology for understanding pregnancy. It enables me to see inside the womb. Do you mind if I use it Read the full article…
The Outstater
“SO GO DOWNTOWN; Where all the lights are bright; downtown waiting for you tonight; downtown you’re gonna be alright; downtown, downtown,” or so Petula Clark sang in 1964. Indiana’s major cities, as we note in the upcoming quarterly journal, are losing their regular citizens. Regular citizens? Yes, the kind that pay taxes, hold full-time jobs, buy Read the full article…
Franke: ‘Tis the Season of Patriotism — and Liberty
by Mark Franke This is the season of patriotic display on my cul-de-sac. Three important patriotic holidays occur within a six-week period: Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day. I call this the patriotic pause, a pause to reflect. Several years ago one of the neighbors suggested we put a few small flags along the Read the full article…
