Cummins: Why You Don’t Live in the ‘Best’ City
by Ryan Cummins What will it take for my town — or for your town — to be what the people who live there believe to be best? A hint: It is not parks, jobs, housing, industrial parks, downtowns or any of those things, although you might find them in the better cities and towns. Read the full article…
Outstater: The Rachel Maddow School of City Government
MY MAYOR is the fellow you would like living next door — cheerful, thoughtful and civically involved, and his family until recently owned a tavern. So some of us were conflicted this week reading his uncharacteristically strong statement on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. He opposes the decision, we learn, because he is “deeply concerned” Read the full article…
Keating: Indiana’s Sense of Well-Being
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Is there a link between good local governance and the self-reported well-being of residents? An article in the summer Indiana Policy Review surveys the research and outlines existing data for 45 cities and towns across Indiana in 2013-2014 to weigh factors associated with self-reported levels of well-being. The goal of Read the full article…
Book Review: ‘The Founders at Home’ by Myron Magnet
The reviewer, an adjunct scholar of the foundation, is formerly the Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Reviewed by Mark Franke It’s difficult being a classical liberal these days. Is one a conservative or libertarian in current political speak? To get all the way down into the verbal gutter Read the full article…
The Outstater: Mitch Daniels in the Land of Fools
Not for publication, quotation or distribution. For the use of the membership only (630 words). MITCH DANIELS is said to suffer no fools. With the diplomas handed out and the federal student loan money in the bank, it is a good time to reflect on what that might mean for Indiana higher education. Daniels is sympathetic to the thinking Read the full article…
Reality Check
Q. If you were to relocate or start a business, which Indiana cities would you consider? Click HERE to participate in this quarter’s sample of membership opinion.
