Franke: It’s Primary Season Again
by Mark Franke It’s primary season in Indiana. I know this because my mailbox is beginning to fill with postcards from current elected officials bragging about their record as well as challengers bragging about what they will accomplish as an improvement over the incumbents. Even though the above generalization sounds cynical, I have not lost Read the full article…
Morris: World War III, Yes or No?
by Leo Morris Someone at the gym last week asked me what I thought about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and I said, “I’m firmly on the side of those against World War III.” Yes, that was a pretty glib answer, but it was a defensive response masking my uncertainties. Just the week before, I’d scoffed Read the full article…
A Primer for Primary Challengers
THE DESIGNERS of IndianaScorecard, featured in the upcoming spring journal, say they provide everything you need to mount a primary challenge except the shoe leather. Visitors to the site can look up a representative or senator by last name or district by using the search function or more simply scrolling the columns (which can be set Read the full article…
The Outstater
Understanding Holcomb (For the use of the membership only.) “This victory (Governor Holcomb’s veto of a bill banning transgenders from playing on girls sports teams) belongs to the trans youth of Indiana, who deserve to live as their authentic selves and to play the sports they love, free from discrimination.” — Katie Blair, ACLU of Indiana. WE HAVE Read the full article…
McGowan: A Half Century of Title IX
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” — Title IX The March 10 Wall Street Journal featured a celebratory picture whose caption read, “Tennis Read the full article…
Morris: DST? You Can Thank Mitch Daniels
by Leo Morris Up in the mornin’,Out on the jobWork like the devil for my payBut that lucky old sunGot nothin’ to doBut roll around heaven all day. — Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie, 1949 If there is any justice in this world, the kind that makes public officials have to live by the rules they Read the full article…
