Christmas Seminar
As a regular reader of our articles we especially want to see you at the annual seminar, Dec. 1-2 (attend one or both days). Seats go quickly, so please reserve your place at the members price of $36 for the Saturday lunch. The No Name Tag dinner the previous evening is a pay-your-own-way event and doesn’t require Read the full article…
The Outstater: Of Arnold Toynbee and Flannel Shirts
by Craig Ladwig Men’s fashion is unconcerned with appearance so much as the projection of accomplishment — sports and warfare being the historic drivers with employment status a distant third. Everyone knows that the brass buttons on a blazer were designed to keep a Napoleonic soldier from wiping his nose on his uniform sleeve. And the buttons Read the full article…
Movie Review: ‘The Founder’
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Most people think that “The Founder” is a good movie — well-acted and well-produced, a compelling story on a topic of cultural interest. But it’s a terrific movie if you’re into business, economics, ethics and entrepreneurship. When I’ve asked people about it, they say it was good, but it left them feeling Read the full article…
Op-Ed: Corporate Journalism and a Loss of Trust
Note: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette rejected the below letter from a city councilman who is concerned about the recent decision to meld the two newspapers there. The company’s policy is not to publish letters critical of competitors. by Jason Arp It should come as no surprise that the print edition of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel is no more. A friend of mine with years Read the full article…
OP-ED: When We Ask the Police to Solve Our Problems
“However much the recent crime increase threatens the vitality of America’s cities — and thousands of lives — it is not, in itself, the greatest danger in today’s war on cops. The greatest danger lies, rather, in the delegitimation of law and order itself.” ― Heather Mac Donald, “The War on Cops: How the New Read the full article…
The Outstater: Pledge this, Indy Star . . .
(For the use of the membership only; not for publication, distribution or reproduction.) “I pledge to no longer tolerate hate and racism in my city, in Indiana or in the United States and take the following steps (fill in the blank) to make a better world for those living here and for future generations.” — the Read the full article…
