Schansberg: Statistical Discrimination
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. I had an interesting moment with a student this summer. He emailed to ask for a religious accommodation to join his family in celebrating Eid al-Fitr — a Muslim holy day that celebrates the end of Ramadan. I’m happy to grant schedule extensions in these cases. Until the email, I knew Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
by Craig Ladwig I may be hypersensitive to the plight of 79-year-old Charlotte Martin, who lost her position last week with a county political party. The Indianapolis Star, you see, found out she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is easy for me to imagine that generations from now my great-great-grandaughters, should they have joined a Daughters of Read the full article…
Morris: Indiana — What’s in a Name?
by Leo Morris “Indiana” has to go, so we’ll need to come up with a new name for the state. That’s not an outrageous statement. It can be logically inferred from remarks by Gov. Eric Holcomb. At a recent press conference, a reporter hit the governor with a question that went something like: In light Read the full article…
Asking ‘the China Question’
WE WOULD LIKE to know more about the thinking at Indiana University and Purdue regarding students from China. Specifically, how it was decided to bring so many of one group of foreign student to campus in the first place. But nobody is answering what might be called “the China question.” There is the money, of course. The one million international Read the full article…
It Begins: the Renaming of ‘Indiana’
OUR SYMPATHY GOES OUT to the dozen or so of you who were counting on Eric Holcomb to stand strong against the culture-cancelers and statue-topplers. Here is the governor responding to a question yesterday on changing the name “Indiana”: “You know, I haven’t given that any thought, although I’ve talked with Native American friends of mine about our Read the full article…
Franke: Do We Really Want to Be Like Seattle?
(Editor’s Note: We are reposting Mark Frank’s essay on Seattle as the winner of this quarter’s Prescience Trophy.) by Mark Franke “If we could only be more like Seattle . . .” How often have you heard that comment from city leaders, Chamber of commerce spokesmen and other economic development officials? They conjure up images of Read the full article…
