Economists Make Everyone Mad
A family has come on hard times. Both mom and dad are unemployed. Although the mortgage is paid-up (for now) and there is enough food in the pantry to last to the end of the month, two service disconnections are scheduled for today. The first is for a cable television bill of $88 and the Read the full article…
Are Voters Ready for Mitch’s ‘Tough Love’?
For release March 16 and thereafter (670 words) When Sen. Richard G. Lugar declared his candidacy for president on April 19, 1995, he offered an ambitious domestic policy goal: balancing the federal budget in seven years. Central to his vision was a plan to replace the national income tax with a retail sales tax and Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: Commentary Against Commentary
AFTER a weekend of watching talk shows and talks shows about talk shows, this must be said: Our commentators are falling alarmingly behind in alarming us about our need to be alarmed. We are at a crisis point in the discussion of crises points. You can see it on Fox News even, not to mention Read the full article…
We Should Have Broken the Union
Indiana legislators have received thousands of letters and email messages from concerned teachers, principals and superintendents. Many are politically generated by special-interest groups. Most, though, are from dedicated educators whose passion for the classroom is made clear in every word. Yet, I disagree with almost all of their conclusions. As a new member of Read the full article…
A Pandemic of Political Missteps
Time sensitive; for immediate release (670 words) Indiana House Republicans goofed when they added a “right to work” bill to the legislature’s already loaded policy agenda. The bill not only energized organized labor, but it inspired Democrats to flee to a hotel in Urbana, Ill., denying lawmakers a quorum for conducting business. In a reasonable Read the full article…
A Crisis in the GOP Leadership
For immediate release (511 words) “The road to hell is paved with Republicans.” — anonymous Are Indiana Republicans missing a historical turn? Do they fully understand what happened Nov. 2 ? According to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, a leading Senate Republican believes his party could have repealed Indiana’s collective-bargaining law this session but “wanted to Read the full article…
