Indiana at 200 (26): IU Began as a ‘Seminary’ in 1820
by Andrea Neal When the first classes were held in 1824, Indiana University had one professor, 10 male students and no building to call its own. The only subjects offered were Latin and Greek. Today, more than 3,000 professors teach 47,000 students on a campus graced by limestone buildings and woodland paths. Undergraduates choose from Read the full article…
Newsletter: Why Municipal Unions?
(For the use of the membership only) A POINTED EXCHANGE during a recent council meeting in my hometown served to demarcate the two sides of what will be a statewide, city-by-city debate over municipal collective-bargaining. And it did so without emotionalism, ideology or self-serving posture. The flow of the argument forced the council to see the Read the full article…
Registration Is Open for Summer Journal, ‘A Constitutional Moment’
To ensure an advance copy of the summer journal, please update your membership under the “Join Us” button above. June 15, 2014 ‘A Constitutional Moment’ “The prospect for success of an Article V convention is based on a growing awareness of inherent dysfunction in the traditional apparatuses of government. In other words, the people know we Read the full article…
Ippel: The Unintended Consequences of Pill Policy
by Bruce Ippel, M.D. My libertarian bent makes me skeptical of any government program, especially one that is thrown together to “solve” a crisis. The particular crisis I’m writing about is the marked increase in the abuse of prescribed pain medication in our country. Before the 1980s, doctors in our country rarely prescribed strong pain Read the full article…
Quick Hit: The Low Bar of the VA Veteran
HAS ANYONE noticed that the people expressing surprise that the Veterans Administration (VA) not only failed its charges but also shunted them aside were not the veterans themselves? No, surprised were the wives, the sisters, the children, the whistle-blowers and other well-meaning innocents. The actual veterans, those still alive, expected as much. Their bar for Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (25): Marquis de Lafayette a Big Hit in Jeffersonville
by Andrea Neal A half-century after the Declaration of Independence was issued, the Frenchman who helped the United States win the American Revolution returned to this country on a victory tour. It was a landmark event for cities on his itinerary. Jeffersonville, Indiana, was one of them. The 1824-25 visit to the United States by Read the full article…
