Backgrounder: Schools and Changing Demographics
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Between 1992 and 2005, U.S. government spending on K-12 education, adjusted for inflation, doubled. However, per-pupil spending in the nation’s public schools fell for each year between 2012-13. In Indiana, during that same period, real spending per pupil declined 8.5 percent.. In 2014, New York spent in about $20,000 Read the full article…
Morris: Hoosiers Can Outgun Texans
by Leo Morris My brother and sister-in-law buy Peeps by the carload. They don’t eat the goofy marshmallow critters or give them out as party favors or use them as Halloween decorations. Periodically, they haul a bunch of them down to the shooting range they’ve built on their property, line them up against the wall Read the full article…
Morris: No More Mr. Nice Guys
by Leo Morris In 30-some years of writing about Indiana politics, there is one race that I miscalculated so badly it embarrasses me to this day. No, not Donald Trump’s romp through the 2016 presidential race. I’ll defer to the geniuses in the national press corps for that one.. It was the 2014 Republican primary Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Colin Kaepernick Redux
America has an appalling history of racism and brutal subjugation, and we should always be vigilant against any recurrence of that history. But the most influential sectors of our economy today practice preferences in favor of blacks. The main obstacles to racial equality at present lie not in implicit bias but in culture and behavior. — Heather Read the full article…
Op-Ed: The Peyton Manning Statue
“Peyton Manning was immortalized on Saturday. His likeness will tower some 13 feet over the northern entrance of Lucas Oil Stadium after the long-promised bronze statue was unveiled in a ceremony attended by an estimated 10,000 fans.” — Stephen Holder in the Indianapolis Star by Fred McCarthy “Immortalized”? Now really, a 13-foot bronze statue of a football player Read the full article…
Leo Morris: No Apologies for Giving Life a Chance
by Leo Morris I am the oldest of the three children who lived. Between my younger brother Larry and my younger sister Judy were the twins, Darryl and Dianne. I always assumed they were stillborn, so my thoughts rarely dwelled on them specifically but centered mostly on those left behind. The unbearable sadness my mother Read the full article…
