Van Cott: Jimmy Carter’s ‘Footwear Task Force’
by T. Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. The uproar over President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariff pronouncements has been a déjà vu moment for me. Early on in the Jimmy Carter administration, I was an economist for the U.S. Department of Labor and a member of the administration’s “Footwear Task Force” committee. The committee was implicitly Read the full article…
Morris: ‘Dreamers’ Free to Be Regulated
by Leo Morris I enjoy my regular coiffure-adjustment sessions because they give me a glimpse of something I seldom get to see — the back of my head, when the barber sticks the small mirror in front of my face so I can see into the giant mirror behind me. He always asks a variation Read the full article…
Franke: What’s Religion?
by Mark Franke What is the definition of a religion? By that I mean to ask: What is that which is protected under the First Amendment in its right to be freely exercised apart from governmental obstruction? Most would likely think in concrete, structural terms such as a church, synagogue or mosque building as the Read the full article…
Schansberg: Saving Bernie Carbo
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Bernie Carbo was such a rule-breaker that some of his biggest moments in baseball are blurs he can’t recall. Years of marijuana, alcohol, amphetamines, pain pills, and sleeping pills will do that to you. He doesn’t remember striking out to end the 10th inning of Game 6 in the 1975 World Read the full article…
The Outstater: The Indy Star Death Watch
PLEASE MARK TODAY’S RECURRENT ANNOUNCEMENT that another of the Indianapolis Star’s top editors is reluctantly leaving Indiana, a place that he or she profess to have come to love, and, having accomplished all of his or her assigned tasks in this God-forsaken place, has been called back to Rome, blah, blah, blah . . . Three immediate observations: 1. Follow the Read the full article…
Squadrito: School Security Can Be Managed at a Cost
by Joe Squadrito For two decades now our political leaders and school officials have been attempting to deal with the tragedies which have occurred in our school systems. The senseless slaughter of our children and educators has prompted numerous proposals ranging in firearms legislation to mental health intervention. Some of these proposals have merit and are Read the full article…
