The Outstater
It’s a Dunder-Mifflin World “There is beauty in ordinary things; isn’t that kind of the point?” — Pam in the last line of “The Office.” OVERCAST, FRIGID JANUARY is a good month for reruns and deep thoughts, or at least as deep as one’s thinking mechanism allows. Here’s one: Maybe the politicians aren’t to blame; maybe Read the full article…
Morris: My Guide to the Legislature
by Leo Morris As another Indiana legislative session begins, there is an interesting dynamic at work. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, proposing his final two-year budget as a lame duck, is laying out an ambitious and in some ways historic spending plan. He endorses hundreds of millions more for such things as education, public health, economic Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Congressional Trapeze THE PROVOST of my daughter’s college quipped there is only one thing that is exactly as it seems, professional wrestling. I would add two others, the trapeze and Congress. Reading the news of the attempt to name a new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, I found myself thinking of the Flying Wallendas, the Read the full article…
Franke: There Still Can Be Hope
By Mark Franke “You can observe a lot just by watching.” Yogi Berra Writing a weekly column isn’t as glamorous as my editor described it when he recruited me to do this. Finding an idea worthy of 800 cogent and coherent words every seven days is not as easy as one would think. It’s like Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Power of Individuals “Top management is discouraged and saddened, and middle management is drinking too much. Morale in the newsroom is fair, because of the recent raises, but the shining brows of the copy boys, traditional emblems of energy and hope, have begun to display odd, unattractive lines. At every level, people want management Read the full article…
McGowan: John Locke Wishes You a Happy New Year
By Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Englishman John Locke wrote over 3,000 letters to luminaries in England, France, Netherlands and other European countries. His ideas appear in American documents and provide the foundation for our government. However, during his lifetime, his arguments and reasoning brought him under attack severe enough for him to exile himself to the Netherlands. Locke was Read the full article…
