Morris: The Card Game Resumes
by Leo Morris We’re about to have our first weekly bridge game after a year-long hiatus, and I admit to some trepidation. We’re old geezers, so we will gather with COVID-vaccination protection, but our pandemic overlords have insisted that we stay masked and do social distancing until the Earth’s core cools or the Sun explodes, Read the full article…
The Outstater
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE public policy meets an absolute, that is, where no compromise is possible between two conflicting options. Such is the case now with law enforcement in Indiana’s metropolitan cities. City councils in the next few years will have to make a hard choice. Yes, politicians hate that but it cannot be Read the full article…
Franke: Spring and Baseball
by Mark Franke I watched my first baseball spring training game last Sunday and was immediately transported back into the mists of memory, that of a young boy at the first sign of spring heading outside with his glove, baseball and pitchback contraption. First, a word about that pitchback. It was a metal frame with Read the full article…
Morris: Commonsensical Self-Defense
by Leo Morris I will defend myself. I do not claim that as a “right.” I merely state it as a fact. It is a biological imperative – is it not? – for an individual to decline to submit meekly to the murderous intent of others. To that end, I possess a license to carry Read the full article…
McGowan: U.S. Citizenship in a Bull Market
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. During the years I taught ethics at Butler University, I asked my students what word they heard most. The word? Diversity. I also asked them what their parents said to them when they did something stupid with a bunch of friends. I requested they finish this sentence: “If your friends jumped Read the full article…
Keating: Coming Together on Government Debt
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Personal advice like, “Don’t buy a house costing more than three times your annual salary” or “Mortgage payments should be no larger than a quarter of your take home monthly income,” are useful. In these contentious times, wouldn’t it be great if Americans, regardless of political persuasion, could adopt a Read the full article…
