The ‘Chicago Way’ Becomes the ‘Fort Wayne Way’
Say, do you remember Dancing in September Never was a cloudy day Golden dreams were shiny days – “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire By Liz Brown “September” might be the sad song Fort Wayne will be humming soon. Will we remember the September before our city government was on the precipice, before it came Read the full article…
What Did the Chicago Strike Teach Our Educators?
by Jeff Abbott, Ph.D., J.D. Oh well, the mayor of Chicago settled a labor contract with the Chicago teachers’ union after an eight day strike. Teachers were happy to secure concessions limiting a school-reform program that they said would harm students and cost teachers jobs. Mayor Rahm Emanuel walked away with a teacher-evaluation system and Read the full article…
The Outstater: Death by Solipsism
“(President Barack Obama) spoke of a ‘colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.’ — Fouad Ajami in the Sept. 21 Wall Street Journal The editor of my local newspaper, trying to be helpful perhaps, Read the full article…
Neal: Cutting the Sales Tax Would Be a Better Idea
For release Sept. 19 and thereafter (660 words) by Andrea Neal At 3.4 percent, Indiana’s personal income tax is one of the nation’s lowest. A half dozen states, including Texas and Florida, don’t charge income tax at all; 41 states impose a rate higher than Indiana’s. At 7 percent, the Indiana sales tax ties for Read the full article…
Keating: Parsing Unemployment, Looking for a Cure
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Without identifying the cause, we know when we are ill and hurting. Obviously, it is not advisable to experiment with a variety of remedies to determine which one works. Similarly, in economics, we know that an unemployment rate exceeding eight percent is too high. And even though the situation is Read the full article…
Bohanon: To Sharpen a Point on the Obama Pencil
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Barack Obama and progressive Democrats are correct: No one builds a business on their own. This is a truism and truisms should be recognized as true. But it also is a straw man. There is no argument that the production and distribution of goods and services requires cooperation. Most all recognize Read the full article…
