NEAL: Daniels’ Successor Has Head Start
For release July 18 and thereafter (665 words) by Andrea Neal Call it Mitch Daniels’ gift to the next governor. While 31 states are still struggling to close budget shortfalls blamed on the recession, Indiana is touting the largest surplus in its history: $2.15 billion. Some will be put aside for a rainy day. $360 Read the full article…
Vietnam Student Has Advice for Indiana Teachers
For the use of the membership only (448 words) The author, an intern at the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, is a sophomore at DePauw University majoring in political science. Miss Hang La is a native of Hanoi, Vietnam, where she was winner of the A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) scholarship. Most recently she Read the full article…
Multi-Class Basketball: Trophy Welfare
by Craig Ladwig Up until 15 years ago Indiana had something special. It was the single-class state basketball championship. But Hoosiers, despite the iconic movie, never understood what was so special. So they lost it. Last week, the Indiana High School Althletic Association (IHSAA), announced that the public and the experts had spoken for good: Read the full article…
Tuesday Lunch: Why an Honest Arbiter Is Important
If you’ve ever wondered where the line is between extreme and reasonable in the Indiana political discussion this gubernatorial election is going to draw it for you. Don’t expect, though, to learn much about the issues themselves. We’ve been writing lately about the importance of an independent mass media as an honest arbiter of the Read the full article…
NEAL: Tall Trees and American Exceptionalism
by Andrea Neal Visalia, Calif. — In Sequoia National Park in California, tall trees beckon one million visitors a year. The tourists come from all over the world to see something exceptional: the largest living things on earth. Rangers don’t think twice about marketing the park’s uniqueness. Brochures in multiple languages brag of “big trees, Read the full article…
BOHANON: Tax Reform Meets the Guy in the Mirror
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Here is a simple federal income-tax reform proposal. All earners report their income based on the current definition of adjusted gross income (AGI). All current tax exemptions, deductions and credits are abolished. Taxable income becomes adjusted gross income. All tax preferences are gone — tax breaks are nada, nothing, nil, not Read the full article…
