Welcome, Gary Varvel
Please welcome Gary Varvel’s work to our membership distribution list. Varvel joins Andrea Neal, Leo Morris and Craig Ladwig in our group of award-winning Indiana journalists. “Gary Varvel’s Views,” is a one-stop shop of his political cartoons plus links to supportive commentary including selected work from The Indiana Policy Review. Members of the foundation can sign Read the full article…
Morris: Lefties Suffer the Military Salute
by Leo Morris With Veterans Day coming up, it’s time to demand that the U.S. military truly create a welcoming environment for all who wish to serve in the defense of this country. Efforts have been made to accommodate women, religious and ethnic minorities, gays, transgenders, even non-citizens. But the feelings of one of the Read the full article…
All Lives Matter, Mr. Kaepernick
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. When I teach about “personal discrimination” I often use the example of bigotry against the number 13. You’ve probably heard that some people have the strange religious belief that 13 has supernatural powers. Owners of tall buildings have succumbed to this bigotry by getting rid of the 13th floor. Well, not Read the full article…
Reparations: A Memorandum
by Terry Smith The early definition of “reparations” was simply “war debts.” It consisted of war losers paying the cost of waging war to war winners. As they say, “To the victor go the spoils.” Citizens in their individual capacity did not participate in the flow of reparations. The transfer of wealth was from one Read the full article…
Morris: An IU Mascot
by Leo Morris There is distressing news from Indiana University. In the Daily Student newspaper, the headline tells the sad story: “Forty years have passed since IU sported a mascot.” The university is one of only three of the 14 schools in the Big Ten conference, along with Michigan and Illinois, to have no mascot. Read the full article…
The Lost Magic of Property
“If we’re going to turn our local governments into investment banks, we’ll need to find smarter people to run them.” — a Fort Wayne manufacturer IT IS WHAT you hear most, and should trouble you the most: “I don’t know about the financing but I love what’s going on downtown.” In Indiana, that might be Read the full article…
