Morris: A Bit of Hallmark Christmas Brightens this Old World
by Leo Morris I have a confession. It’s not exactly a guilty pleasure, but something I am a little embarrassed to admit in public. I am hopelessly addicted to Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. If you’ve ever seen one of them, you’ve seen all of them. You can tell 10 minutes in exactly where the movie is Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Football, the Flag the Anthem and Race
by John Gaski, Ph.D. Someone else should have been the one to transmit this message. It should have been done by Roger Goodell, the National Football League commissioner, or perhaps even more appropriately ― for reasons to be disclosed presently ― by former NFL boss Paul Tagliabue. The precipitating issue and provocation is the current Read the full article…
Morris: Forcing Us to Think What We Do not Think
by Leo Morris I’m stumped. I’ve been trying for days, ever since checking out the oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case now before the Supreme Court, to come up with an analogy that would make the issues involved easier to understand. But there isn’t one. How do you simplify something so glaringly obvious that Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Who Is Working?
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. For those between jobs, nothing puts a damper on Holiday cheer like Aunt Nellie’s inevitable question, “Now where did you say you were working?” Although the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.1 percent approaches full employment, the actual number of people with jobs is two million below its prerecession peak (Edward Read the full article…
Morris: A Test of Good Municipal Government
by Leo Morris What makes a city great? That was one of the main topics explored at a two-day seminar in Wabash I recently attended put on by the conservative think tank Indiana Policy Review. Many things add to a community’s quality of life, the attendees concluded, one of the principal being that government takes Read the full article…
The Outstater: Questions Unasked
This morning’s newspaper ran almost 20 paragraphs on our city council’s decision to give a downtown section special tax consideration. The story included testimonial after testimonial to the brilliance of this action, including a picture of smiling beneficiaries in a congratulatory pose. The degree of acclamation was such that the reader was surprised when in Read the full article…
