The Outstater
Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 “Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.” —Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution SOMETIMES WE have to say it if only because nobody else will say it: Indiana’s Andre Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
A Self-Destructive Representation “Wrath is cruel, and anger outrageous, but who is able to stand before envy? — Proverbs 27:4. OBSERVERS OF LOCAL city councils are puzzled by the ineffectiveness of new voting blocs elected in recent years. They rode in on a clear mandate to improve the lives of constituencies in economically distressed quarters of their cities, that and ensure something they Read the full article…
Franke
Reflections on Veterans Day by Mark Franke As I reflected on Veterans Day this year, several different emotions were evoked. So in no particular order, here they are. But first a disclaimer. My father was a veteran of D-Day and that qualifies me to be a Son of the American Legion, an organization I have Read the full article…
Morris
Indiana’s Constitution Matters by Leo Morris In this short-attention-span era, we’ll read the headline and, perhaps, if we’re not too busy, the first two or three paragraphs. Or we’ll catch the 10-second radio bulletin and, occasionally, see the 30-second follow-up on TV. Our partisan instincts nudged, we will then shout at each other across the Read the full article…
The Outstater
Indy Crime: It’s Decision Time WHEN DID CRIME become a plot device? It happened somewhere along the way to approving Mayor Joe Hogsett’s $1.3-billion Indianapolis city budget, the richest in history. It sailed through all the committees untouched on the promise that it was necessary to properly fund crime “control.” Crime, you see, does pay. Democrats now have Read the full article…
Morris
A Mayor Redefines ‘Citizen’ by Leo Morris Several years ago, I wrote an editorial about the effects of some policy or other on the citizens of Fort Wayne, and a copy editor gave me a hard time about it. She wasn’t assigned to the editorial page – we took care of our own editing and Read the full article…
