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Delineating ‘Growth OUR MAYOR likes to tout her city as being one of the fastest “growing’ in the state. The scare quotes are to alert you that growth needs some definition. The mayor is talking demographically, that is, her city is increasing in the raw number of people. That is the wrong metric, it will be argued Read the full article…
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Race and Crime: Stats Matter (He) “struggled with mental health issues” and appeared to have “suffered a crisis.” — the mayor of Charlotte describing the man who stabbed to death 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska riding the train to her work. A FRIEND, a young man with a wife and two small children, was shot a few days Read the full article…
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We’ve Lost the Founders’ Mindset SOME OF US have spent decades studying the legislative mind. Most of us have worked through our cynical phase where we assumed it was all selfishness and venal ambition. There are many Indiana legislators sincerely trying to advance measures that they consider important for all of our well-being. It’s just that they aren’t trying Read the full article…
Gaski: The Dems’ Affinity for Illegals
by John F. Gaski, Ph.D. The media and American people don’t seem to get it. A few talking heads have verged on elucidating what is happening, but the true gestalt has yet to be adequately processed in the general media. Namely, why must today’s liberal Democrats resort to such fanatical measures, in government and in Read the full article…
Franke Book Review: A History of Money
by Mark Franke We think of money these days as anything but tangible. Venmo accounts, credit and debit cards, ACH transfers—we don’t really touch “real” money anymore. And so we can’t appreciate its importance in the development of civilization and our comfortable standard of living. “The History of Money: A Story of Humanity” (Henry Holt Read the full article…
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Reality Check: NFL Economics BACK WHEN INDIANAPOLIS was selling its grandchildren to bring the Colts to town, an economist friend estimated that the contribution to the local economy would be equivalent to only three Walmarts. He was way off. When spread over 365 days, the daily economic “foot traffic” impact of an NFL stadium falls between that Read the full article…
