Morris: How to Spend my Tax Refund
by Leo Morris I so want to be a good Hoosier, an upstanding citizen who will do the right thing. But Indiana officials are set to give me some money, and I’m terrified that I will squander it on frivolities and let my beloved state down. Well, not “give” me money exactly. So that I Read the full article…
Morris: A Gymnast Shows the Way
by Leo Morris Thank you, Simone Biles, for pulling me out of the funk I’d talked myself into over sports. On my best days I am ambivalent about athletes. I respect their prowess but resent them for my own physical shortcomings. I admire them for the loyalty they inspire among fans but hate the shallowness Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
“A Raytheon toolkit instructs employees to oppose ‘equality,’ defined as ‘treating each person the same . . . regardless of their differences,’ and strive instead for ‘equity,’ which ‘focuses on the equality of the outcome.’ The company claims that the colorblind standard of ‘equal treatment and access to opportunities’ is not enough; ‘anti-racist’ policies must sometimes utilize Read the full article…
Franke: A Health Checkup for Patriotism
by Mark Franke Having passed three patriotic observances — Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day — provides an opportune moment to reflect on the status of patriotism here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. What is its status? That depends on whom you ask, where you look and Read the full article…
The Outstater
ONE OF THE great things about our form of democracy, perhaps the greatest thing, is that when we find ourselves with inept rulers nobody mounts a revolution and organizes a firing squad. At worst, the rascal is nudged out of office into a six-digit pension. That thought occurred as Gov. Eric Holcomb’s pre-Covid decision to lead a trade mission Read the full article…
Franke: The Nexus of Libertarianism and Christianity
by Mark Franke It is much too easy to overthink things. If this were an Olympic sport, I would be competing on national TV every four years. Libertarianism is one such overthink for me. Over the past 50 years libertarianism and I have lived through an on again, off again relationship. It first seduced me Read the full article…
