Morris: The Bulls in the China Shop
by Leo Morris Poor Eric Doden. The Fort Wayne businessman has been hugely successful in large part because of his ability to maneuver through bureaucratic government mazes. He calculated that his close ties with the ruling class, an early announcement and a campaign war chest approaching $3 million might give him an easy run as Read the full article…
The Outstater
Knock, Knock . . I READ A LOT OF HEADLINES. To save time, I’ve learned to sort them into three stacks. The one is announcing that someone has devised a way to help absolutely everybody absolutely equally. The other is that the Biden administration, which has promised to destroy the nation for reasons that only future historians Read the full article…
Morris: Watch Out, They’re Rethinking School
by Leo Morris No sentence should strike more fear into the hearts of Hoosier parents than this one, variations of which have appeared in numerous recent news stories: “Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, said a top priority for House Republicans is to ‘re-invent’ high school, so that students can work and use job-based opportunities to receive Read the full article…
The Outstater
New Boss Just Like the Old Boss THE INDIANA SENATE leadership announced new committee chairmen recently for the 2023 session. We thought it would be interesting to compare the outgoing chairmen with the incoming chairmen. A handy way to do that is to compare ratings of the individual legislators on IndianaScorecard.org, an independent web site that measures Read the full article…
The Outstater
Civil Rights Rethought For the use of the membership only. HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT, we’re going to talk about race. What would you think if your city council started all over on civil rights, dismantled its “equity” mechanisms and agencies, erased all references from the municipal code and operations? Before you answer, know that we Read the full article…
Morris: Politics and the Mongolian Sheep
by Leo Morris There was a story out of Inner Mongolia in North China last month about a flock of sheep in a farmer’s pen walking around and around in circles for 12 days. Sheep are famous for copying the behavior of other members of the flock, which causes them to, among other things, follow Read the full article…
