Bohanon: Obamacare Is a Penalty on Bootstraps
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Government programs designed to help the poor are usually means-tested. This implies that recipients only get the benefits if their income earnings are sufficiently low. Most see this as a good thing because it ensures that persons who do not need the benefits don’t get them. It seems daft to tax Read the full article…
‘Noblesse Oblige’ for an Indiana Senator?
For the use of the membership only (325 words) The polls agree that the Affordable Care Act, which took effect Oct. 1, is unpopular. More unpopular in Indiana, though, is that officialdom is perfectly comfortable exempting itself from the full cost of the law. A member of the foundation relates a conversation witnessed at a Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (8): First Church Congregation Still Thriving in Vincennes
by Andrea Neal Roman Catholics claim bragging rights to Indiana’s oldest church. Jesuit missionaries visited the French fort at Vincennes within months of its establishment in 1732. A resident priest, Sebastian Meurin, arrived in 1748. People have been worshiping at St. Francis Xavier Church ever since. “If the French built a fort, there was a Read the full article…
Bohanon: Universal Benefits — the Impulse to McGovern
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The impulse to redistribute income did not begin with the Obama administration. In the 1970s, when income was seemingly more equally distributed, progressives called for increased government income redistribution. There are two ways for government to redistribute income from the rich to the poor. The first is through universal benefit programs. Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (7): Bison Made First Indiana Road
by Andrea Neal Bison made Indiana’s first highway. It started at the Falls of the Ohio near modern-day Clarksville where the beasts came together to cross the Ohio River at its shallowest point. It ended near Vincennes where they scattered to graze on Illinois prairie grass. If you look closely, you can still see signs Read the full article…
The Outstater: The End of Rust Belt Chic
In the 1990s at the morning coffee shop, I would run into a former mayor of my city, now retired. He was from the beginning a successful businessman and gifted politician, albeit a Democratic one. This is to thank him for his wisdom and prescience. One morning, the mayor let down his guard to make Read the full article…
