Bohanon: Dylann, Dzhokhar and the Devil
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. We saw the face of evil in Charleston, South Carolina. A 21- year-old man, Dylann Roof, took the lives of nine innocent people who had welcomed him into their house of worship. If any crime calls for the death sentence, this is it. We saw the same face two years ago Read the full article…
Huston: The GOP Fallout from RFRA
For the use of the membership only. THE NUMBER ONE ITEM on the agenda of the Indiana Democratic Party these days is gay rights. It is all that party leaders talk about, and it is all that the party’s principal organ – the Indianapolis Star – writes about. There are a number of reasons why Read the full article…
The Outstater: Walter Mitty Polls the Governor
“’Quiet, man!’ said Mitty, in a low, cool voice. He sprang to the machine, which was now going pocketa-pocketa-queep-pocketa-queep. He began fingering delicately a row of glistening dials. ‘Give me a fountain pen!’ he snapped. — “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber in the March 18, 1939, New Yorker WALTER MITTY Read the full article…
Huston: A Crowded Field Until the Finish?
For the use of the membership only. by Tom Huston Lots of people seem to think it is inappropriate for unauthorized people to seek the presidency. While they don’t seem to agree on who does the authorizing, Democrats are convinced that too many aspirants are trying to climb aboard what they love to call the Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Redefining the ‘thin blue line’
“In a recent Quinnipiac poll of New York City voters, 61 percent of black respondents said they wanted the police to actively enforce quality-of-life laws in their neighborhood, compared with 59 percent of white voters.” —Heather Mac Donald in the June 14 Wall Street Journal For immediate release (645 words). by Joe Squadrito Before we let Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (53): Gene Stratton-Porter
by Andrea Neal Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, John Burroughs. To this list of famous American naturalists, add the name Gene Stratton-Porter of Indiana. Decades before the modern environmental movement began, Stratton-Porter warned against human activities that could lead to climate change. Also a best-selling fiction author, Stratton-Porter brought the beauty of the earth to Read the full article…
