Graduation Day: Voter Cards With Diplomas
Indiana Writers Group column for April 12 and thereafter 740 words by Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS — By Indiana law, all high school students must take a one-semester government class before they can get a diploma. A proposal by former presidential candidate John Anderson would reward those students with a voter registration card as well. In Read the full article…
Pence: A Lonesome Voice Against Spending
Indiana Writers Group column for March 29 and thereafter 730 words by Andrea Neal A March 23 report by the Heritage Foundation puts congressional spending trends into terms taxpayers can understand. At current rates of increase, "the budget will require a $7,000-per-household tax increase" within a decade, says researcher Brian M. Riedl. Think it can’t Read the full article…
Hoosier Oranges: Economics Is More Than Counting Jobs
Indiana Writers Group column for April 3 and thereafter 547 words FICTIONAL NEWS FLASH: Purdue University professors have developed an orange-production technology for Indiana. State economic development experts lauded the news, saying hundreds of new jobs are coming. "The hemorrhage of Hoosier dollars to Florida is over," said one. By T. Norman Van Cott Read the full article…
Newspaper Economics 101
Indiana Writers Group column for March 22 and thereafter 556 words by Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz In 1970, English language newspaper circulation in the United States was 62.1 million subscriptions. By 2004, this had fallen to 54.6 million subscriptions. This is a 12 percent decline, during a period when population has increased by 45 Read the full article…
Indy Superintendent Sets High Goals
Indiana Writers Group column for March 15 and thereafter (A mug shot of Superintendent White is available on request) 750 words by Andrea Neal On a recent Sunday night, when so many were gathered around TV sets to watch the Oscars, some 500 Indianapolis residents gathered to hear Superintendent Eugene White lay out his vision Read the full article…
A Simpson-Watcher Assesses Our Constitutional Literacy
Indiana Writers Group column for March 8 and thereafter 568 words by Nicole Garnett Here is something bound to keep late-night comics busy: A recent poll revealed that Americans apparently know more about the television cartoon series "The Simpsons" than about the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Only one in four respondents could Read the full article…
