The Outstater
OUR MODEST-SIZED CITY in northeast Indiana performed relatively well during the week of rioting. The police and the mayor (a Democrat) did their job trying to protect property and persons. That was true in the midst of the dizzying hypocrisy of crowds elsewhere, in a pandemic, looting oxycontin, electronics, jewelry and Nikes in the name Read the full article…
Franke: The Soul of Civil Disobedience
“Thirty-one percent of likely U.S. voters say it’s likely that the United States will experience a second civil war sometime in the next five years, with 11 percent who say it’s very likely.” — Rasmussen Reports, June 27, 2018 by Mark Franke (April 12) — First it was sanctuary cities, primarily on the West Coast, Read the full article…
Morris: Space, the Next Frontier Again
by Leo Morris “Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth Put out my hand, and touched the face of God“ Those are the first and last lines of “High Flight” by 19-year-old Canadian Air Force pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr., who wrote the 14-line sonnet after a solo run in his Spitfire in Read the full article…
The Outstater
A FRIEND, trying to make sense of the then new government-subsidized economic development programs, came up with a word picture that seemed to work. It envisioned money falling from the sky at a certain time and place — a helicopter drop. Carrying the idea far as it would go, it could be imagined this would create local development not only Read the full article…
Keating: Penny-Pinching in a Crisis
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. The affluent generally have no need to second-guess themselves on spending. The rest of us do well to question practically every single expenditures in terms of our pocketbooks. Is it appropriate to evaluate a national response to COVID-19 in terms of the dollar cost for testing of all Americans for Read the full article…
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