Voters Face a Barrage of Negative Ads
For release noon Oct. 26 and thereafter (670 words) On the eve of the 1800 election, a letter by Alexander Hamilton accusing John Adams of character defects and declaring him “unfit” for the presidency was leaked to Adams’ rivals. In no time, the words went viral. Consider it one of the first examples of negative Read the full article…
‘Make a Difference Day” — Really?
For release noon Oct. 19 and thereafter (620 words) “Make a Difference Day,” also known as the National Day of Doing Good, will be this Saturday. I confess to being unaware until a year or two ago that “the day” has been an annual event since 1992, co-sponsored by USA Weekend magazine and the Points Read the full article…
Voters: Go and Gerrymander no More
For release noon Oct. 12 and thereafter A GOP takeover of the Indiana House would put Republicans in control of redistricting in the 2011 legislature. This makes it all the more important that voters get candidates on record now. It would be way too tempting for Republicans to use their majority status to draw lines Read the full article…
The Yuan and Indiana Jobs
For release noon Oct. 5 and thereafter (780 words) The U.S. government is putting diplomatic pressure on the Chinese to permit the value of the Yuan to rise with respect to the U.S. dollar. The assumption is that if Americans pay more in dollars per unit of Chinese currency, Chinese goods would be less attractive Read the full article…
Tax Caps Aren’t to Blame for Local Woes.jap
For release noon Sept. 28 and thereafter (655 words) In Indianapolis, a library volunteer blamed “our shortsighted taxpayer revolt and cap” for reduced hours at the Central Library Downtown. In Anderson, the business manager for the public schools blamed property tax caps for a $7.8-million shortfall. In Columbus, a street department supervisor said the caps Read the full article…
A Government of Unions
For release noon Sept. 21 and thereafter In the two decades that the Indiana Policy Review Foundation has been commissioning research on public-sector unions, it has never been made clear to me why such unions exist. And now, in the middle of a recession, with union contracts straining Indiana municipal governments to the breaking point, Read the full article…
