The ‘Foothold Project’
A goal of the Sept. 12 seminar in Terre Haute is to build an action plan, “Footholds,” that will guide members throughout the state on how to be effective as minority members of a city council. If you cannot attend, please consider making a tax-deductible gift in the interest of your city. Your help with podium fees Read the full article…
Keating: Indiana Corn, California Oranges
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. It is sometimes helpful to use an analogy to get a handle on difficult economic concepts. Assume for the moment that Indiana and California are two separate sovereign states. Indiana exports large amounts of corn to California, and California in turn exports large amounts of oranges to Indiana. What if Read the full article…
The Fall of the Star: Ownership Mattered
by Craig Ladwig Gannett Company, Inc., which owns five metropolitan dailies here in Indiana and more than 100 nationwide, is nearing a deal to combine with a private-equity-backed firm with “a reputation for aggressively slashing expenses,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “The companies are grappling with a brutal environment for local newspapers around the country,” Read the full article…
Morris: Multilingually Short
by Leo Morris When I heard that South Bend Mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg had taught himself Norwegian just to read more books by an author he enjoyed, my immediate reaction was to join with other conservatives in hurling a wicked retort. Mine was: Now, perhaps he will learn English so he can read Read the full article…
The Outstater
“Only the future is certain, the past is always changing.” ― Douglas Schofield in “Time of Departure” MY CONGRESSMAN was in the Indianapolis Star the other day promising that he would make certain that white supremacists are named, targeted and defeated. “I deployed to Afghanistan as a response to radical Islamic terrorism,” he said. “We Read the full article…
Schansberg: A Healthcare Odyssey
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Charging $700 per hour for routine physical therapy — my first thought was to switch professions. I love my job, but for the standard 2,000 hours of work per year, $700 an hour equates to $1.4 million for services that are professional but relatively modest and routine. I could live with Read the full article…
