The Outstater
“Communism: great idea, wrong species.” — the sociobiologist E.O. Wilson NOTHING MAKES CONSERVATIVES feel better than knowing they are right — better even than solving the problem. For instance, how about a biting critique of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and damnation of the pusillanimous who abide it? You need spend only a few moments thinking about using tax Read the full article…
Franke: Flag Day
by Mark Franke June 14 is Flag Day in the United States, a holiday sandwiched between the patriotic holidays of Memorial Day and Independence Day. Unfortunately, almost no one honors it by flying flags or other appropriate decorations. It’s sad, really. My cul-de-sac has a tradition of putting out small yard flags to line the Read the full article…
The Outstater
I TRY NOT to let old books rule my outlook. But as I write tonight, I am listening to a recording of a local city council meeting and cannot shake a thought so incisive it has long survived its writer. It is an observation from Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” through her enigmatic hero John Galt. “When you see that in Read the full article…
Morris: Where’s My Nude Gardening Check?
by Leo Morris I’m basically a lazy person, so I’m not opposed to the government paying me to do something I might otherwise be inclined to forgo. But it seldom works out. Sometimes, I’m in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ohio, for example, would have given me a chance to win a $1 Read the full article…
The Outstater
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” — C.K. Chesterton THE STAFF of the Indianapolis Star, reduced as it is, has found time to devote dozens of hours and thousands of words to the city’s food “deserts,” those areas unserved by commercial grocery stores. Star readers will learn little from the effort. The newspaper merely steers us to its Read the full article…
Franke: A Summer Vacations
by Mark Franke I was not a road warrior during my career but I traveled enough on business to look forward to never seeing the inside of a hotel lobby or airport concourse again. My retirement goal was to sit under “my vine and fig tree,” to use Biblical language. Voluntary travel ranked right behind Read the full article…
