Public School Funding in Indiana: Are We Spending Enough?
Indiana Writers Group column for release Feb. 14 and thereafter 618 words Editors: This article assesses the current funding system for Indiana’s public schools. It may be used independently or with the introduction by Dr. Sam Staley. These are the first in a group of articles on education reform to be released this legislative session. Read the full article…
Contracting Out Lottery Would Bring Risk With Reward
Indiana Writers Group column for Feb. 7 and thereafter 730 words By Andrea Neal “A lottery is a taxation — upon all the fools in creation,” said the 18th century English playwright Henry Fielding. “And heaven be praised, it is easily raised, credulity’s always in fashion.” Almost 300 years later, Fielding’s criticism holds true. Read the full article…
Xenophobia and Indiana Privatization
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 31 and thereafter 699 words by T. Norman Van Cott Dictionaries define xenophobia as fear or hatred of things strange and foreign, including people. In the economic realm, xenophobia manifests itself in animosity toward imports and immigrants. Foreign investors are two-headed monsters for economic xenophobes. Not only are Read the full article…
Indiana Has Enough Slot Machines Already
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 24 and thereafter 730 words By Andrea Neal FRENCH LICK, Ind. — When I walked on to the gaming floor at French Lick – my first time ever in a casino – I was struck immediately by the number of slot machines. There were hundreds of them, in all Read the full article…
A Short History of Health Care: Let Doctors Be Doctors
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 17 and thereafter 673 words By Andrew Horning Healthcare is an odd business in that it has always been both expensive and unpleasant. Until the 1920s, the average doctor couldn’t even help with the average ailment. While medicine then included a range of arts like phrenology, acupuncture, homeopathy and Read the full article…
The Strange Politics of the 2007 Legislature
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 10 and thereafter 735 words By Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS – A visitor passing through Indianapolis this week would be hard-pressed to decide if Indiana is a red state or a blue one, if it’s dominated by Republicans or Democrats, and what exactly those two labels mean here. As the Read the full article…
