Morris: The Last of the ‘Keepers’
by Leo Morris Know what I will miss most about newspapers when they’re finally gone forever? The way people ordered extra copies when a cousin got married or a child made a noteworthy high school sports play, how they framed the clippings and put them on the wall for friends to see or cut them Read the full article…
The Outstater
SOME YEARS AGO I witnessed the rarest of phenomenon — a politician admitting he was wrong. The former mayor of my Indiana town, a Democrat who had been faced with an economic crisis in the closing of an auto manufacturing plant, told me privately he would do things differently now. Republicans should listen to him. The mayor was Read the full article…
Franke: The Crack in our Liberty Bell
by Mark Franke Those of my age remember how we waited impatiently each week for “The Wonderful World of Disney.” Each episode included a short film series featuring one of America’s historical heroes. Children were allowed to have American heroes back then. Daniel Boone, the Swamp Fox Francis Marion, Texas John Slaughter, Davy Crockett — what Read the full article…
Morris: The Legislative Remedy
by Leo Morris In the aftermath of two momentous Supreme Court decisions last week on guns and abortion, emotions are running high and, indeed, starting to turn ugly. Perhaps it is a futile suggestion, but could we possibly step back, take a breath and consider the court’s actions a small victory for federalism? The Founders’ Read the full article…
The Outstater
Sen. Young to the Ramparts ALLOW ME a short note on Sen. Todd Young’s vote against the Second Amendment. OK, the senator’s staff would be quick to correct me on that point. He didn’t actually vote against the Second Amendment. He voted in favor of “bipartisan safe communities.” Specifically, he voted to allow government to deny the Read the full article…
The Outstater
A Political Forecast you Can Bet on WHAT DOES IT MEAN that Gov. Eric Holcomb was booed at last Friday’s lead-in to his own convention? Well, it means that the next couple of election cycles will be crazy wild. Moreover, the political and journalism classes have positioned themselves so far out of touch that they will be of Read the full article…
