Indiana at 200 (10): Hoosier Values Were Shaped by Northwest Ordinance
by Andrea Neal Indiana became a state in 1816. Its political values, moral compass and physical boundaries were shaped by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The ordinance spelled out how new states would be added to the Union and the rights that would be guaranteed to citizens. John J. Patrick, professor emeritus of education at Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: Ready for a ‘Convention of the States’?
“What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?” — Thomas Sowell by Craig Ladwig It seems this week that the entire Eastern Seaboard has risen up to warn us against overreacting to what is viewed as the forgivable excesses of a determined government searching Read the full article…
Bohanon: Is Government Redistribution Biblical Justice?
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. For those of us of the Jewish or Christian faith, the prophet Micah provides a succinct summary of our personal and social obligations in the eye of the Almighty: “. . . and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, and to love mercy and to walk Read the full article…
The Outstater: ‘Twittering Away the Political Discussion’
“Joe Biden (@VP) has a little more than 179,000 followers. But fakers.statuspeople.com reports that 27 percent are fake. It reads like an official Twitter account, with very little personal engagement.” — Bill Murphy, Jr., www.ink.com, May 29, 2013 CAREER POLITICIANS have met their match, but it may not be health care, the shutdown or even the Read the full article…
Watts: Hold that Minimum-Wage Hike
by Tyler Watts, Ph.D. For the use of the membership only Building on recent fast-food strikes, an Indiana University law professor, Fran Quigley, a leader of the “Raise the Wage Indiana” movement, made an appeal for higher minimum wages in the Indianapolis Star. His reasoning, though, runs counter to my work experience as a young Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (9): George Rogers Clark, Indiana’s Hero
by Andrea Neal If not for George Rogers Clark, we Hoosiers might be snacking on scones with jam and clotted cream and speak with cockney accents. An exaggeration perhaps, but as Kelley Morgan points out, “George Rogers Clark was almost singlehandedly responsible for the U.S. gaining the Old Northwest Territory.” Morgan is interpretive manager at Read the full article…
