The Outstater: The Real Job of Journalism
by Craig Ladwig Knowing for whom to vote is difficult these days. It won’t be any easier if journalists, whatever their political leaning, muddy the ideological labels. Economists talk about “rational” ignorance. Average citizens are “rationally ignorant and apathetic,” writes Dr. Eric Schansberg in the current issue of The Indiana Policy Review. “They know little Read the full article…
Morris: Stamping Out Road Rage
by Leo Morris In the dog days of summer, when the news dries up even as the humidity soars, it can be tough to find a current crisis over which to obsess. So we must turn to our earnest statisticians, always ready to furnish bored journalists with a fresh batch of state-by-state comparisons around which Read the full article…
Morris: Legal Immigration Is Political Anathema
by Leo Morris Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is a brave politician who went against his party to support President Donald Trump’s demands for billions of dollars to build a border wall. So says one of his campaign ads. No, no, no, insist attack ads aimed against him. Donnelly supported amnesty for millions of illegal Read the full article…
Check Out What’s Coming in the Fall Journal
When Government Goes Bad As a student and teacher of political economy and public policy, I am frequently asked to explain the behavior of government agents. Whether the actors are local, in Indianapolis or in Washington; whether the policy realm is economic or social; whether the focus is foreign or domestic — citizens are routinely frustrated by Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
“It is your responsibility to do something, whether you think it’s your responsibility or not.” — A protester shouting into his megaphone as students this week toppled the “Silent Sam” statue at the University of North Carolina IN AN ICONIC FILM of my youth, “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is given a single word Read the full article…
Morris: Confessions of an Anti-Straw Man
by Leo Morris As a good conservative, I naturally start each day vowing to do everything I can to help destroy the planet. I have never, ever recycled a single thing, since recycling is of course a Communist plot designed to divert our attention so our neglected landfills can be captured. I proudly display my Read the full article…
