Morris: Principles Are Why We Vote
by Leo Morris There is an old joke whose origins are unknown but which you have probably heard in more than one movie or TV show. P.J. O’Rourke borrowed it for the title of one of his cynical books about politics: Don’t vote – it just encourages them. But that really is our function as Read the full article…
The 2023 ‘Foothold’ Councilmen
Eli Wax of South Bend Eli Wax, who represents the 5th District for the South Bend City Council, was elected in a Republican caucus vote. Q. — Why do you think the caucus elected you? A. — The office I hold was previously held by Jake Teshka and became vacant when he won election for Read the full article…
The Outstater
An Electorate Gone Bad OK, LET’S QUIT KIDDING OURSELVES. The reality of Nov. 8 is that thanks to universal suffrage, civil rights gone amok and the Great Replacement, we have a bone-headed electorate with ever larger activated factions of narcissistic youth, women against families, entitlement warriors, unassimilated immigrants, embittered single mothers, the Biblically illiterate, Shakespeare deniers, union-programmed Read the full article…
Morris: Change: (It’s) a Mixed Bag
by Leo Morris Those who have tried to define conservatism’s affinity for tradition have searched everywhere from the seminal writings of Edmund Burke (the future is built upon the past) to the musings of William F. Buckley Jr., who urged us to “stand athwart history yelling Stop!” Me, I prefer a regional expression that had Read the full article…
The Outstater
Bon Voyage, Governor AS HIS TERM-LIMITED administration heads into its home stretch, Gov Eric Holcomb this year hastaken four thinly disguised overseas vacations, all couched as trips doing the people’s business. But several have a globalist character, the antithesis of his job description. And last week, he announced he would attend a United Nations climate conference in Egypt, Read the full article…
Franke: The Continuing Service of Veterans
by Mark Franke It is heartwarming to hear the number of people, children included, who will go up to an elderly person wearing a military cap of some kind and say, “Thank you for your service.” I hear it myself when I am wearing something displaying the Sons of the American Legion logo. When that Read the full article…
