Violence Is Focal Point of Indy Mayoral Race
Indiana Writers Group column for June 27 and thereafter 710 words By Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS — The FBI’s report that murders are up in big cities came as no surprise to Indianapolis residents who could have guessed as much reading one week of newspaper headlines: “Man fatally shot outside nightclub,” “Man dies after shooting near Read the full article…
Don’t Drink (Milk) and Drive It’s Too Expensive
Indiana Writers Group column for June 20 and thereafter 663 words Digital mug shot available on request; editors may want to insert their local milk prices for those in paragraph six. By Eric Schansberg After a bike ride with our boys two weeks ago, my wife and I went to a local grocer and were Read the full article…
Refiner Profits and Indiana Gas Prices
Indiana Writers Group column for June 13 and thereafter Digital mug shot available on request 438 wordsBy Dr. Cecil Bohanon It is inevitable. As soon as Indiana gasoline prices rise the protest begins: “Big oil interests are ripping us off.” This time it is the gasoline refiners who are the villains. Refiner mark-ups are currently Read the full article…
Immigration: Senator Lugar Owes Us an Accounting
Immigration: Our Tenured Representatives Owe Us an Accounting Indiana Writers Group column for June 6 and thereafter 639 wordsBy Craig LadwigThe problem seemed simple — or at least when we were young and callow fellows. A few of us staffers met in a Senate cafeteria to hear representatives of a group, now forgotten, express their Read the full article…
Civic Education Scores Remain Stagnant
Indiana Writers Group column for May 30 and thereafter 700 words By Andrea Neal In 1998, right after tests revealed what one expert called “gross deficiencies” in civic knowledge of students, political leaders and educators called for immediate reform of K-12 civic education. The latest test results are in, and nobody’s cheering. “Civics scores have Read the full article…
A Tale of Two Indiana Election Days
A Tale of Two Indiana Election DaysIndiana Writers Group column for May 16 and thereafter 745 words By Andrea Neal A pilot project in Wayne County that replaced 31 precinct polling places with just four centralized voting centers is getting good reviews. Considering the disaster that occurred in Marion County on primary day, Indiana Read the full article…
