Morris: The Doomsday Clock Has Stopped
by Leo Morris Tick, tick, tick. It’s 100 seconds till midnight. Scared yet? I guess we’re supposed to be. That’s the current time on the Doomsday Clock, which was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group of University of Chicago scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to help develop Read the full article…
The Outstater
THIS IS A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. I am going to laud the performance of a professional politician. And in full disclosure, he is a longtime friend to some of us here. Nonetheless, it has to be don Close observers of the political scene have noticed something different about Jim Banks. Unlike the rest of Indiana’s congressional delegation, his Read the full article…
Moss: The Last Bastion
by Richard Moss, M.D. These are treacherous times. Our principal institutions have been overtaken by the Left. We are fast approaching French Revolutionary levels. However dysfunctional and disturbed they may be, the Left rules us, and they grow more authoritarian and imperious as we speak. The latest example of their audacity and command of our Read the full article…
Franke: The Masters Golf Tournament Prevails
by Mark Franke I have a love-hate relationship with golf. It started in my pre-teen years when I got my first regular job as a caddie at the nearby country club. I could earn $2.25 plus tip for carrying a single (one bag) or $5 plus tip for a double. Somedays I was lucky enough to Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
I FOUND MYSELF at a luncheon some time ago where the speaker was a local businessman. The speech was like many I have heard in recent years: a mix of crony capitalism and social justice with a splash of mercantilism toward the end. In his talk, civic progress depended on public-private partnerships (where risk is borne by that amorphous entity, Read the full article…
Morris: Curbing Executive Power
by Leo Morris During my tenure as president of one of the nonprofit boards I served on, there was a dispute between board members and the executive director over something the director proposed to do. He thought – and about half the board agreed with him – that the action would be consistent with his Read the full article…
