The ‘Good Guy’ List
HELP US BRING TOGETHER Hoosier councilmen committed to limited government. The foundation again this year will be linking local officeholders throughout the state.* You supply the contact information, the foundation does the rest. Foothold meetings (free food and drink) are being scheduled now. The good that can come from sharing issues, contacts and strategies cannot be overestimated. Please send your nominee to director@inpolicy.org or call 260/417-4094. * Read the full article…
Following Up: Students from China at IU
LAST SUMMER the Indiana Policy Review released a series of papers reporting on the 3,000 students from China enrolled at Indiana University and why they were more of a national-security concern than typical foreign students. This Friday, a congressman-elect, a former member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, described such students as acting “like a spy network.” First, Read the full article…
Moss: Chanukah, Christmas and Western Civilization
by Richard Moss, M.D. JASPER, Ind. — Chanukah, the festival of lights, is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the victory of the Maccabees (or Hasmoneans) over the powerful armies of the Seleucid (Greek) Empire under King Antiochus IV. King Antiochus, in 167 BC, in a show of force, forbade important Jewish observances such as keeping the Sabbath Read the full article…
Franke: Making Sense of English
by Mark Franke I used to find English class one of the most boring of all the subjects I suffered through in elementary and high school. I wanted nothing to do with it, even more so than those hated math classes. It wasn’t the teachers; it was the subject matter. The only part I liked was Read the full article…
The Outstater
“The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it is so rare.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan ERIC HOLCOMB’S JOB seems to be to make the imagined world of his ruling political class palatable to us common zeks. As such, he is making a mess of it — particularly in the intractable matter of Read the full article…
Keating: Putnam’s ‘Upswing’
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. The significant contributions of the American political scientist Robert Putnam, author of “Bowling Alone” and ”Our Kids” are widely recognized. His new book, “The Upswing,” co-authored with Shaylyn Romney Garrett, similarly consists of careful analysis of societal trends but is somewhat troubling given the authors’ conclusions and prescriptions. Many share the authors’ Read the full article…
