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…
The Outstater
Indy Crime and Overcoming the ‘Envy Barrier’ ALTHOUGH WE OUTSTATE would rather ignore it, someone has to explain what has gone wrong with Indianapolis. This is in reference, of course, to the city’s uncharacteristic inability to address a serious crime problem. Indianapolis made international headlines in this regard recently. Three members of the Dutch Commando Corps, in Read the full article…
The Outstater
Getting a ‘Foothold’ AS PART OF ITS “Foothold” project, our foundation this week sponsored a webinar with Dr. Dennis Ganahl, an independent political consultant. He reminded us that at the most local level the Republican Party isn’t much practical help to local conservatives. Indeed, there it tends to bleed away the best intentions, energy, money and time. Read the full article…
Backgrounder: The Constitution and Abortion
by Tanner Bouchie On August 30, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against Indiana’s Medical Licensing Board in the Monroe Circuit Court. The lawsuit argued, in part, that Indiana’s Constitution protects the practice of abortion under a theory of privacy. I wonder whether the plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU’s Ken Falk, have ever read the Constitution. Article Read the full article…
Franke: The Virtue of Pestering
by Mark Franke Fort Wayne, my hometown, has a telephone service that residents can use to ask questions, request city services or report situations which require attention from city departments. I’ve never used this service but I have a friend who contacts the 311 folks daily. Of course he is a retiree with plenty of Read the full article…
