Turnout Will Be Decisive Nov. 2.jap
For release noon Sept. 14 and thereafter (656 words) As it turns out, the biggest issue on Election Day won’t be tax caps, Evan Bayh’s open Senate seat or Republican hopes of regaining a majority in the Indiana House. It will be turnout itself. By all indications, voter enthusiasm Nov. 2 will dictate the outcome of Read the full article…
Australia, Indiana and the Internet.jap
For release noon Sept. 7 and thereafter (856 words) A USTRALIA is a long way from Indiana, but Hoosiers can learn a valuable lesson by observing the debates from the recent national election in Australia. One of the principal topics in their electoral campaigns this summer has been the provision of Internet broadband services to Read the full article…
World to End: Editorial Writers Hit Hardest.jap
For immediate release (622 words) First of all, full disclosure. I have spent my adult life, sad though it may seem, writing editorials. So there is a vested interest here in the topic of this article — the public discussion. When public battles are fought by assigning motives rather than citing facts, we are in Read the full article…
Wind Power: Verdict Is Pending.jap
For release noon Aug. 31 and thereafter (669 words) If the term wind power evokes images of picturesque Dutch windmills amidst a landscape of tulips, take a drive up I-65 north of Lafayette. A wind farm in an Indiana cornfield looks more like the setting for a sci-fi film than for a 17th-century Flemish painting. Hundreds Read the full article…
Nobody Here but Us Reformers.jap
Exclusive to the Muncie Star (614 words) “If you spend any time rubbing shoulders with Indiana’s ruling class, you’ll recognize the circular logic: ‘The solutions to our problems are not politically achievable, and in any case they are beyond local control.’” The ink on the above introduction to the fall issue of The Indiana Policy Read the full article…
Making a Constitutional Splash.jap
For release noon Aug. 24 and thereafter (502 words) In my home town of Muncie, a group of local citizens wants a public swimming pool, currently in disrepair, expanded into a full-fledged local water-park complex. The group has developed initial plans for an $8-million water park near downtown Muncie with the following mechanism to fund Read the full article…
