IPR NEWS: Scoring the Indiana Legislature
A LONGTIME CONTRIBUTOR to the quarterly journal, Jason Arp, is interviewed today on Rob Kendall’s popular Indianapolis talk radio show. Here is a link to the interview. Arp was asked to walk listeners through his new legislative web site, IndianaScorecard.org, an interactive system that allows users to see how legislators rank on 25 or so votes affecting private property. (Trigger warning: Some Read the full article…
Morris: A Generation Bereft of ‘Snow Days’
by Leo Morris Because I am an old man, snow scares me. Sometimes, I think it is downright evil. It weighs down the lines to my house, ready to snap them and plunge me into the cold and dark. If I try to escape, I will find it piled on the porch, ready to grab Read the full article…
McGowan: Wait, Here’s More SAT ‘Bias’
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. When I was 7 years old, my parents forced me and my brother to read a book a week during summer vacation. “Forced” is the most accurate word because my Irish twin and I had little or no use for books when so many other activities availed themselves — swimming in the Long Read the full article…
The Outstater
Trash Incompetence AN EARLY STEVE MARTIN skit advised his audience on how to avoid paying taxes on a million dollars. “First, get a million dollars. But what do you say when the tax man asks why you didn’t pay your taxes? Two simple words, two simple words in the English language, ‘I forgot.’” That’s how government handles mistakes. It “forgets” Read the full article…
Franke: The Political Changes of a Lifetime
by Mark Franke My 70 years on this mortal coil have seen changes unimaginable, to be sure. Cell phones, self-driving cars, video conferencing, countless TV channels, etc. This was the stuff of the Jetsons cartoons. Even the robotic maid Rosey is no longer futuristic. Yet I have nothing on my maternal grandmother, who was born Read the full article…
McGowan: SAT Bias? It’s a Good Thing
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D US News reported that Cal State University no longer requires the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). That is so the school system can “bolster the momentum building in the higher education community to drop the testing requirement as schools make more concerted efforts to diversify their campuses.” Following this “momentum,” Indiana schools, public and private, Read the full article…
