Backgrounder: Cuba Can’t Blame U.S. Embargo
by T. Norman Van Cott A recent letter to my hometown newspaper included an erroneous assumption regarding the now decades-old debate about the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Debaters, both pro and con, take it as given that Cubans would be inundated with things American should the embargo be lifted. Nothing could be further from the Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (99): 9/11 Etched in Hoosier Memories
by Andrea Neal Sept. 11, 2001. The very mention of that date sends chills down the spine of all Hoosiers, indeed all Americans, who lived through it. It was the day that terrorists from the Middle East turned commercial aircraft into weapons of mass destruction, killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Read the full article…
Huston: The Blaine Campaign
by Tom Charles Huston History may not repeat, but it forewarns. James G. Blaine was the preeminent Republican of his time. Speaker of the House of Representatives, United States Senator, Secretary of State during the brief presidency of James Garfield and unsuccessful candidate for the White House in 1884, Blaine was known by his friends Read the full article…
The Outstater: When ‘Legacy’ Is Just Another Word
George C. Parker, a character to whom you will be more fully introduced later, would relish the ongoing discussions of how supposedly earmarked or set-aside funds can be spent by Indiana mayors. Few issues are so loaded with misconception, a specialty of Mr. Parker. It is an assumption of our municipal governments that city officials Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Fidel and Roberto, a Comparison
by T. Norman Van Cott, Ph.D., and Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The October 1997 death of Roberto Goizueta, the former CEO of Coca-Cola who fled Cuba in 1961, and the recent death of Fidel Casto, Cuba’s president for life, offers an opportunity to make a telling comment on the Cuban economy. To wit, the corporate regime Read the full article…
Backgrounder: The Uncertainty of the Electoral College
by John Pickerill For some, the good news from the election was that Hillary Clinton wasn’t elected as President. For others, the bad news was that Donald Trump was elected President. The reality, however, is that not one vote has yet been cast for President of the United States. When you were voting you might Read the full article…
