Morris: Our Last Redoubt
by Leo Morris In Huntington, the powers that be are getting a little high-handed, so some residents are getting a little testy. It’s politics at its best and worst. Late last month, the City Council passed an ordinance that, among other things, put some teeth in Gov. Holcomb’s mask mandate. Police can issue a written Read the full article…
The Outstater
WE ARE ACCUSED HERE of being against all laws, even those that would require us to wear swatches of cloth over our mouth and nose as a medical fashion. That is unfair. Below we list a few government actions that have our wholehearted support, some of them laws and others resolutions. The issues range from campaign ribbons to Half Windsors. And yes, a Read the full article…
Franke: Old Enough to Vote?
by Mark Franke A high school-aged friend of mine asked me a question which had never entered my mind. Should the voting age be lowered to 16? She was working on a paper for her rhetoric class and that was the assigned topic. The situation required a dodge, certainly not the formal rhetorical term her teacher would Read the full article…
Morris: The Hypocrisy Line
by Leo Morris I’ve mentioned this in passing in a couple of columns, but I think it bears some elaboration: Hypocrisy is a very boring subject. It’s the cheapest sort of complaint to make against somebody, reflexive and shallow. Very high schoolish. When we first understand the power of logic and the beauty of destroying Read the full article…
Menge: Hoosier Votes Canceled
by Margaret Menge What does Indiana have to do with the allegations of widespread fraud in the presidential election in several Democrat-controlled cities? Quite a lot, if you think about it. It’s likely that the 1.7 million Hoosiers who voted for Donald Trump for President this year were disenfranchised, their votes canceled out by the Read the full article…
The Outstater
“Former Reality TV Show Host’s Son Tests Positive for COVID-19” — Yahoo reporting that Donald Trump, Jr., had tested positive for the virus THE THOUGHT OCCURS that the reason criticism of journalism has so little effect is that it is directed at individuals who aren’t actually journalists. The profession has changed into something else entirely, something beyond recognition or Read the full article…
