Franke: A 12-Year-Old Tackles Inflation
by Mark Franke “I hate inflation.” I could have heard this from my wife when she returned from the grocery. I could have said it myself at the gas pump. It could have been the topic of conversation at one of several monthly get-togethers with groups of retired friends. Instead, it was my granddaughter who Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Generation Gap Widens “Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.” — Thomas Sowell I FOLLOW THE TWITTER ACCOUNTS of Indiana journalists, many of them millennials. Hey, it’s my job. I can tell you that they feel unappreciated. It’s hard work Read the full article…
Morris: At IU, It’s Benton ‘No,’ Kinsey ‘Yes’
by Leo Morris Go away, Thomas Benton. We don’t want your kind around here. Welcome, Alfred Kinsey. You are one of us. So it goes in the swamp of 21st century culture. Or perhaps we are just witnessing the moral vacuum in one prestigious university. Thomas Hart Benton was a renowned painter, along with Grant Read the full article…
A Directory of Effective Councilmen
THE FOUNDATION is requesting financial support for a project we are excited about. It is compiling a list of free-market council members in Indiana’s top 25 cities. No, it won’t be a long list but we think it will be an important one. These men and women, often outvoted, deserve help and encouragement. They aren’t Read the full article…
Franke: The Treasure of Our Constitution
by Mark Franke I don’t usually give Congress credit for passing useful legislation. Bills that run to a thousand pages or more just can’t prove beneficial, especially when our elected representatives admit to or even brag about not reading them. An exception to my cynical appraisal of congressional mischief is its designating every September 17 Read the full article…
Morris: The Military Trust Gap
by Leo Morris After a year and a half of trying to balance full-time college with full-time work, I had had enough and quit Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. That made me eligible for the military draft, a true government-induced hardship, all you college-loan whiners. But I had a plan to thwart the draft board. “You Read the full article…
