Nixon’s Revenge: Modern Journalism
WATCHING A NATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE in the pandemic era is a painful experience for the aged journalist. It reminds us of the wallow that our profession has become — an abandonment of historical purpose that even without the Internet explains the low esteem in which we are now held. It is sad that this essay Read the full article…
Moss: When Red State Governors Act Like Blue
by Richard Moss, M.D. My state folded. The people didn’t fail; our government did. Specifically, our governor. Indiana is a red Republican state with two Republican U.S. Senators, seven (out of nine) Republican Congressman, a Republican Statehouse and Senate, and, ostensibly, a Republican governor. Gov. Eric Holcomb is his name. With Republicans like him who needs Read the full article…
Morris: Choose, While You Still Can
by Leo Morris I like being asked. It means I have a choice. I can say no. Not that I always do. They’ve been asking me, over and over during this stay-at-home pandemic, to support our local restaurants. If I don’t help them stay afloat by using their carryout and delivery services, their dining rooms Read the full article…
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…
