Schansberg: A COVID-19 Basic Income
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. You may remember Andrew Yang. He was a Democratic candidate for President who had a surprisingly successful run. He didn’t have any political experience. And unlike most of his competitors, he brims with joy and thoughtfulness about policy. His most intriguing (and popular) proposal is to give every American $1,000 per Read the full article…
Teevan: Phase II of the Coronavirus Struggle
by John Teevan, D.Min. Our economy is disintegrating, but we are getting a good start on COVID-19. We can handle a few weeks of staying home, but now isolation is turning into a shutdown disaster that could economically harm virtually every American. A stepped program, however, could addresses both concerns in what could be called a phase II of this Read the full article…
Morris: Serenity in Times of Trouble
by Leo Morris Some years ago, life as I knew it was put on a sudden and dramatic hiatus in the form of an inattentive driver who attempted to cross U.S. 30 near Plymouth in the path of our car. My left hip was broken and, this being before insurance companies decided an overnight stay Read the full article…
Bisson: The Coming ‘New Normal’
by Ken Bisson, M.D. As a retired physician I have been following the developments of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic with interest. I think there will continue to be great disruptions to our economy for the short term. We are all becoming familiar with the obvious disruptions to our “old normal” routines. But I believe a “new normal” Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Holcomb to the Ramparts
WITH THE WUHAN VIRUS upon us we are gaining perspective on the Holcomb administration’s “leadership” style. It boils down to this: If there is the possibility of criticism, based on even the most narrow or isolated of anecdotal misfortunes, they throw principle out the window. The tenant-landlord relationship is an example. The administration, fearing an Read the full article…
The Outstater
MY FRIENDS KNOW THAT l tell these stories too often, especially in chaotic times. So I promise to keep them short on the chance they might guide those fashioning Indiana public policy today. First, the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 (also called the Loma Prieta earthquake, perhaps to avoid upsetting San Francisco realtors) caused 63 deaths, 3,800 injuries, Read the full article…
