Morris: Diversity Jeopardy
by Leo Morris Three points to ponder if for some reason you have put “diversity” on your list of things to agonize over today. 1. At our weekly bridge game, my friend the Navy veteran was kidding me a little about something my branch of the service supposedly did. “The Army’s promotion board is going Read the full article…

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The Outstater
“Youʼve all gone completely crazy.” — the architect father of Albert Speers on being shown Hitler’s plans for a new Berlin MY CITY HAS an almost 70-year-old coliseum, the old-fashioned kind built simply to serve the sports and entertainment needs of the community. It continues to do that impressively well, paying its own bills and undergoing Read the full article…

Franke: The Supreme Court
by Mark Franke I wouldn’t want to be on the United States Supreme Court even if I were qualified. It seems those poor justices can’t even come close to Abraham Lincoln’s observation that you can please some of the people all the time let alone all the people some of the time. It begins with their Read the full article…

McGowan: Diversity on Campus
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. “Diversity is a central component of our academic mission at Indiana University Bloomington; our teaching, learning, scholarship, research and creativity are immeasurably enriched by students, faculty and staff with diverse experiences.” — First sentence, IU Bloomington’s Statement on Diversity from Bloomington Faculty Council For the last dozen or so years before retiring from Read the full article…

Morris: Justice ‘by the Point’
by Leo Morris Today’s column offers a serious exploration of a way to solve the crime problem once and for all. So, if you’re reading this in your car, put the phone down so you don’t miss the point. And so you don’t get four points. Under a provision of a law that just went Read the full article…

