Morris: Welcome to the $1.25 Store
by Leo Morris I’m not an economist, so I can’t delve too deeply into the intricacies of inflation. But I think I’m as qualified as most people who write about economics in that I can talk about Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” all day long without having actually read it. And I do know a Read the full article…
Franke: The Soaring Music of Christmas
by Mark Franke The human race is at once an intellectual one and a sensory one. Both capabilities serve to enhance our appreciation of the world and the people around us. Our better natures take substance when these act in concert. There is no better time to experience this than Christmas. Christmas sights, smells and Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
El Duce Would Be Pleased THE FORT WAYNE councilman was questioning his city’s quasi-official economic development director on how a state regional grant might be used. The first question was from whence the money ($50 million or so) had come. The answer led down a rabbit hole of agency acronyms to nowhere in particular but did not exclude the possibility that it Read the full article…
Moss: Chanukah, Christmas and Western Civilization
By Richard Moss, M.D. Chanukah, the festival of lights, is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the victory of the Maccabees (or Hasmoneans) over the powerful armies of the Seleucid (Greek) Empire under King Antiochus IV. King Antiochus, in 167 BC, in a show of force, forbade important Jewish observances such as keeping the Sabbath and Read the full article…
Morris: Time Is Short for the Short Session
by Leo Morris Aren’t you tired of all those predictably boring ceremonial solemnization stories in the news? The 5th or 10th commemoration of this, the 25th or 50th anniversary of that. Wouldn’t it be refreshing to see a remembrance in an off year? So today, let us celebrate the 51st – nearly the 52nd – birthday of momentous events from the Read the full article…
O’Toole: Trains that Nobody Needs
by Randal O’Toole In November, Midwestern states, including Indiana, signaled their readiness to spend a large share of $12 billion by publishing a final Midwest Regional Rail Plan. The plan calls for a Chicago hub with spokes radiating to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Columbus (via either Fort Wayne or Indianapolis), Cincinnati, Nashville, Kansas City (via St. Louis), Read the full article…
