The Outstater
“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld answering Read the full article…
Holcomb’s ‘Special’ Laws
“It was the legislature that passed the Emergency Management and Disaster law, which gives the governor broad power to take action to protect public health during emergencies. And if a global pandemic that has infected millions of people globally and killed 150,000 in this country in four months’ time is not an emergency, what is?” Read the full article…
A Question for Nov. 3: Is it Fair to Soak the Poor?
by Mark Franke We have all heard enough of the progressive-liberal mantra that the rich don’t pay their fair share. Proposals for millionaire taxes, which somehow always seem to hit hardest on the middle class, are a dime a dozen . . . provided they are on someone else’s dime. Okay, but look at several recent Read the full article…
Morris: Governing ‘Emergencies’
by Leo Morris Early in my stint on the News-Sentinel’s editorial board, county officials came to lobby for the newspaper’s support of a proposed new tax. They knew we had a conservative editorial page, so they gave us their best sound arguments based on fiscal prudence. The impact on individuals would be minimal – a Read the full article…
Coming in the Fall Journal
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Op-Ed: A Freshman Senator’s Leftward Lean
by Richard Moss, M.D. I watched the interview of my friend and former political opponent, Sen. Mike Braun, Republican of Indiana, on the “Tucker Carlson Show” earlier this month on the topic of BLM and police reform. I know Senator Braun because we are both from Jasper, Indiana, a small town in south-central Indiana. He Read the full article…
