Morris: Lawyers, How Low the Bar?
by Leo Morris There is an old joke riddle that goes: “What do you call the person who graduates last in the class in medical school?” “Doctor.” There isn’t an equivalent joke for lawyers, but there should be. And if current trends continue, there likely will be. According to news reports, Indiana is following the Read the full article…
Yet Another Eco-Devo Scandal
by David Penticuff It was a nice phrase used in William Makepeace Thackeray’s 19th century novel “Vanity Fair,” in which he wrote of a “perfect storm of sympathy.” Pardon us if we rework the now well-worn expression. The confluence of power in my Indiana county of a former mayor and his brother, plus the county’s Read the full article…
The Outstater: Holcomb and Hate
Gov. Eric Holcomb, pushing a plan this session he says will discourage blatant hatred, said the other day that he is confident a majority of Hoosiers agree with him. Putting aside the depressing thought that his expectation is only 51 percent rather than, say, 85 percent, the governor imagines he is on the highest moral Read the full article…
Morris: Standing Up for the Corrupt
by Leo Morris “Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me.” – Don Corleone, “The Godfather.” Hoosiers owe the brave members of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents a vote of gratitude for making a courageous move that could bring needed reform to Read the full article…
The Outstater: Eric the Flaccid
AS THE ERA OF THE SUPERMAJORITY stretches to historical length, Gov. Eric Holcomb and House Speaker Brian Bosma are working hard to set the flaccidity bar ever lower. Their recent statements on public education could have been written by a committee of ISTA pensioners on Methaqualone. Remarks this week at the always unremarkable Bingham-Greenebaum-Doll (BGD) Read the full article…
Keating: How to Become a Billionaire
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. A recent article in the New York Times reports that a former security guard in Venezuela became a billionaire even as his country crumbled. The amount of money involved is inconceivable to most of us, yet attainable given just two conditions. First, you must live in a country where government Read the full article…
