Huston: The Evolvement of George Will
GEORGE WILL has been evolving over the past 40 years as a public intellectual and pundit. The fellow who wrote this column bears no resemblance to the author of the 1983 conservative best seller, “Statecraft as Soulcraft.” In the preface to that book, Will wrote: “I am often asked: ‘Why do you call yourself a conservative Read the full article…
The Outstater: Seasonal Bric-a-brac
TRYING HARD to take the advice of our friend Tom Huston to prevent our crank from becoming a crackpot, we begin with a bright spot in this oh-too-fleeting season. An Indiana homemaker wrote Aunt Millie’s Bakery to thank the consummate family-owned Hoosier company for its special Christmas packaging showing a young girl in prayer. An Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Indy vs. Oklahoma City
by Craig Ladwig The fellow at the next desk loved to tell about his first assignment in a little river town founded as the disembarkation point for prostitutes, gamblers and pickpockets kicked off the steamboats. The town still had an edge, he said. Some of us prefer cities founded along ports and rivers, cities with Read the full article…
The Outstater: Pigs in a Poke
BACK WHEN WE BABY BOOMERS came of credit-card age, the trigger word was “new.” It was everywhere in advertising promotions carried by the then-novel medium of television. It came to signal products that were overpriced or of lower quality — pigs in pokes, products that couldn’t withstand close inspection. So it is today with “must” Read the full article…
Volmerding: Render Unto God and Care for the Poor
By Donna Volmerding “For the poor you have with you always, but you do not always have Me.” — Jesus Christ In a letter to a local newspaper, a pastor wrote that “if we are authentic Christians, we are always on the side of the poor, the marginalized, the least, the last and the lost.” Read the full article…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: At risk of dampening the boosterism generated by the multi-million dollar Regional Cities hoopla, we offer this counter proposal written by our adjunct scholar Fred McCarthy in 1989 and published in the fall 2011 issue of The Indiana Policy Review: “The State of Indiana announces a new policy for business development. In the Read the full article…
