Half Past the Month
WE OWE TO NOBEL PHYSICIST Niels Bohr our definition of an expert. He is someone, preferably from out of town, who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. I am an expert — in bluebirdology. More narrowly, I am an expert on how to get the ugly, bad-mannered Read the full article…
The Outstater
OUR ADJUNCT, MARGARET MENGE, hit on an interesting story this week. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development, the people responsible for making insurance payments from the money collected by force from Hoosier paychecks on the rationale that it would be available in an emergency, seem unable to fulfill that promise. “The thing about unemployment compensation Read the full article…
Special Report: DWD Call Centers
by Margaret Menge What if a pandemic hit and hundreds of thousands of people were suddenly unemployed, and when they turned to the people responsible for making insurance payments from the big pot of money — money collected from society by force over many years — those people aren’t there? Don’t pick up the phones. Read the full article…
Moss: Rethinking the ‘Deplorables’
By Richard Moss, MD My neighbors hunt. They can survive in the forest, hills, lakes, and rivers, here in Indiana. They understand the world of nature, its vicissitudes and barbarism. Appreciating its transcendent beauty and cadences, they also accept its fierce cruelties. They do not worship nature. They seek reconciliation with it that they may Read the full article…
Morris: Indiana’s Branding Problem
by Leo Morris I was going to write a wry but pointed column about Indiana’s coming search for a new tourism slogan, something along the lines of, “Wave on your way to Michigan” or, “Thanks for not stopping by.” Our past attempts to snare visitors with a catchy phrase have always come up embarrassingly short. Read the full article…
Schansberg: Hobbits, Wardrobes and Wars
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. If you’re into C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, or the impact of the World Wars on society, religion and culture, I’d recommend Joe Loconte’s book, “A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War.” Loconte describes Lewis’ faith journey in detail. Well before “Chronicles of Narnia,” he embraced atheism after being raised in Read the full article…
