Indiana at 200 (38): A ‘Radical’ Republican
by Andrea Neal George Washington Julian did not think much of compromise. In the decades before the Civil War, he was Indiana’s most radical abolitionist. Although he is little known by Hoosiers today, Julian made a lasting mark on the national scene. “He was always the ready champion of the principle of fundamental democracy — Read the full article…
Doc Ippel: An Endangered ‘Small Business’
By Bruce Ippel, M.D. I have a small business — a service business — but it’s not like your accountant or plumber or lawyer. I’m a doc, a family doc. And I can save your life or at least make it longer and more pleasant. I’ve been in this business a long time. I see Read the full article…
Bohanon: A Lion of Economics Dies on Election Day
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. One of my favorite professors from graduate-school days passed away on Election Day. Gordon Tullock was a founding member of the Public Choice School of Economics. Public Choice uses economic tools, models and ways of thinking to analyze the decisions of voters, legislators and bureaucrats. Voters, for example, should be well Read the full article…
The Outstater: OK, Now Let’s Try Political Character
POLITICAL UNITY is perhaps the most impossible of human goals. There is no combination of policies on the table in front of us that would achieve it. But the Devil, as a new GOP leadership will soon discover, loves an impossible task. He will have his snare and compromises ready. A veteran political observer, William Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (37): 1851 Constitution Kept Us Debt Free
by Andrea Neal “To the end that justice be established, public order maintained, and liberty perpetuated; we, the people of the state of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our own form of government, do ordain this constitution.” — Preamble, Indiana Constitution Legal scholars say you can Read the full article…
The Outstater: Paddling Toward Ferguson
For the use of the membership only. “I’m drowning, and you’re describing the water,” says the troubled Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) in exasperation at some well-meant but useless advice. — “As Good as It Gets,” directed by James L. Brooks. AS MEMBERS OF A GREAT SOCIETY led by the smartest people, we have been humbled Read the full article…
