The Outstater: Coolidge in the Voting Booth
“To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.” — Calvin Coolidge THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLS TELL US that next week’s local elections will advance those candidates with the most governmental-political experience. That makes sense, right? We want officials, Republican or Democrat, experienced at governing. Read the full article…
Pickerill: When Is a Republican not a Republican?
by John Pickerill Since being elected chairman of a county Republican Party two years ago, I’ve heard a lot of people claim how they’ve been a “registered Republican” for a number of years. That always puzzles me. According to Indiana state law, there’s no such thing as a registered Republican (or Democrat or any other Read the full article…
Bohanon: The Danger of Being ‘Right’
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The Wall Street Journal recently polled Republicans and Democratic voters on their ideological identifications. In 1990, the newspaper commissioned a more or less identical poll. The differences between then and now are revealing and explain much about the state of contemporary political discourse. In 1990, 21 percent of all Democrats identified Read the full article…
Keating: ‘The American Dream in Crisis’
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015 (386 pages). by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. If you suspect that the quality of American life for least-advantaged youths has become pernicious, and you are among those lamenting the disappearance of a national civic culture, “Our Kids” offers Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (62): Miami Denied Recognition
by Andrea Neal In 1897, an assistant attorney general made a legal error that cost the Miami Nation of Indiana its federal recognition as a tribe. They’ve been fighting ever since to win it back. “Our people are as upset now as they were 100 years ago,” declares Chief Brian Buchanan. It’s a story that Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: ‘All Land Matters’
“What if I should fall right through the center of the earth and come out the other side, where people walk upside down?” — Alice in Wonderland IF LAST NIGHT’S MAYORAL DEBATE in Indianapolis is portend, we will need to learn to think creatively and upside down like Alice. That will be difficult for feet-on-the-ground Hoosiers, Read the full article…
