Franke: Future of the 2-Party System Is in Question
By Mark Franke Several books and opinion columns I’ve read in the past months have sounded the death knell of the two-party system in America. Or at least encouraged those bells to toll. The basic argument is that both the Republican and Democrat parties have become too entrenched within the Washington elite so that there Read the full article…
Morris: Sniffing Out the State Smell
by Leo Morris I am not the world’s greatest housekeeper, so if you enter my home, you are likely to detect a musty, stale odor or two. I don’t notice them myself. Being around them all the time, I can easily forget they are even there. You’ve undoubtedly experienced the phenomenon. You visit a friend Read the full article…
Franke: ‘Natural Rights’ Founded on a ‘Natural Law’
By Mark Franke “[All men] are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” The Declaration of Independence The above snippet is from the most well-known and beloved paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. School children are taught it . . . well, used to be taught it at least. Even if most adults cannot Read the full article…
The Outstater
A Brief Monograph on Facial Hair MEN’S FASHION in facial hair should be taken seriously. Throughout history, it has informed the observant of societal bent, usually downward, sometimes in a martial direction. Look, I don’t have anything against mustaches and beards intrinsically. I grew a mustache in the Navy because I imagined it would make me look grownup and Read the full article…
Morris: Good Advice from Mitch Daniels
by Leo Morris If you were a hall monitor back in your school days, I apologize for the insult, but I did not care for your kind. I was one of the crossing guards, and we considered ourselves a far superior breed. Crossing guards stood at busy intersections, brave young arms extended, to keep dimwitted Read the full article…
The Outstater
‘. . . jus from how dey talking’ I THINK I GET IT NOW — wokeness, I mean. My office is on Indiana’s sanity fringe, and up until now I’ve been living in the 1980s, some say in the 1960s. But an article landed on my desk this morning that may bring me up to date. The Read the full article…
