Morris: Bless the Storm’s First Responders
by Leo Morris It was just last week when I announced my intention to embrace the joy of the Christmas season, “wherever I find it, even if I only stumble across it by accident.” Little did I know that it would don a disguise and hide, daring me to find it. My car wouldn’t start Read the full article…
Schansberg: Education Analogies to Real Life
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. The economist James Gwartney has a thought experiment which illustrates why a system which features socialism and monopoly power is not a good idea. Imagine that government decides to operate all restaurants. Further, your geography determines your restaurant; you will eat at the government (“public”) restaurant in your neighborhood. (To make Read the full article…
Backgrounder: ‘Archaic’ Teaching Is Sorely Missed
by Tommy Franke Andrea O’Neal recently presented data during the Indiana Policy Review’s Winter Seminar that showed precipitous declines in reading and math proficiency in Indiana K-8 schools. The disturbing graphs looked like the marks of someone skiing down the side of Mt. Everest. The sharp decline in scores began around 2000-2010. What happened during this time Read the full article…
Franke: A Contemporary Christmas Carol
by Mark Franke Anne Perry is a popular author of Victorian era mysteries. She writes several series using her stable of inter-related characters. I’ve read some and understand why she has such a fan base. Every Christmas she releases a novella using her regular characters but not in their usual milieu of murder and depravity. Read the full article…
Morris: Regardless, Merry Christmas
by Leo Morris You realize that it’s not a proper Christmas season unless the realist killjoys among us start whining about “It’s a Wonderful Life.” This year, we have two contenders for top curmudgeon. The saga of small-town hero George Bailey saving Bedford Falls from the despicable Henry Potter “grievously misrepresents the truth,” writes George Read the full article…
The Outstater
We Have Questions I’M NOT PROUD OF IT but I sent another of my ineffectual, never-to-see-the-light-of-day screeds to the local newspaper, this one asking why coverage of the city council couldn’t include at least a thumbnail account of the dissenting votes. What set me off was a glowing account of the council’s passage without debate of an Read the full article…
