The Outstater
Socrates Is on Your Side THERE IS HELP for those having difficulty with political talks at the dinner table or at the office — dreading them, actually, and whenever possible avoiding them. Instead, try calling on Socrates and 2,300 years of wisdom. Over the holidays I came across a tool for navigating, surviving, these talks. It Read the full article…
McGowan: Thomistic Thoughts at Christmas
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. The thought of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), patron saint of educators, provided the great pivot in Western civilization and, likely, the world. He reasoned thus: God is Truth and known primarily by faith and scripture. God created the world, giving people the capability to reason. The human capacity for reason drives the Read the full article…
Franke: New Year’s Resolutions for the Nation
by Mark Franke January 1 means most of us will spend too much time developing a list of resolutions for improving our lives in the new year. And most of us, myself included, will spend more time creating the list than actually executing it. Exercising more and losing weight are the old standbys but I Read the full article…
The Outstater
IU Law and Stereotypes “Have we reached the ultimate age of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” — Thomas Sowell WHY WOULD AN INDIANA LAW SCHOOL abide an admissions policy that rejects hundreds of Read the full article…
The Outstater
Politics: The Big Shift “There is life and then there is life in the newspapers.” Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), British author THE MORNING AFTER THE ELECTION I awoke to the news and immediately and for the next few hours experienced what was for me an unusual sense of well-being. I write on politics, after all, and my normal state Read the full article…
Franke: Reflections on the Election
by Mark Franke Now that the election is a month in the past, it is time to take stock of what we learned from it. Not much. Or perhaps, too much. If the political pundits are to be believed, the Republicans won a clear mandate. True, Donald Trump won the presidency and the Republicans turned four Read the full article…
