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Donald Trump and ‘Truth Social‘ ONE THING ABOUT the old smoke-filled rooms was we knew who was in them — and that they were all U.S. citizens. Campaign finance “reform” took that away. The Virginia House of Burgesses prohibited George Washington from popping a cork for some political friends: “No money, meat, drink, entertainment or provision, any Read the full article…
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Our ‘War’ with Indiana University “ARE YOU GOING TO WAR with Indiana University-Bloomington?” is the question prompted by a string of essays challenging the university’s leadership, particularly its admission policies. Hah, it would be a short war, is our reply. Our foundation is no match for a university with rooms full of lawyers to field Freedom of Information Read the full article…
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Welcome to the Kipling Cluster EVER WONDER where you fit in society — exactly, that is? I wonder, and it’s ugly. There’s the eye color, a physical characteristic akin to skin pigment, one that can be used to discriminate by a brown-eyed majority. The blue-eyed in America stand at only 25 percent and dropping, a mere 8 Read the full article…
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No, Dr. Whitten, We’re Not Equal “We are not the party of identity politics, you utter idiots.” Ann Coulter critiquing the GOP response to the State of the Union. READING THE WORDING in the 74 bills that Gov. Holcomb signed into law this week, you were struck by the hypersensitivity to offending even slightly any segment of Read the full article…
Franke: Trump as Andrew Jackson
by Mark Franke It is a matter of discipline with me to avoid listening to political speeches. They are hardly edifying and the current trend is a pronounced one toward less and less enlightenment each time a politician rises to his legs and starts talking. Last week’s State of the Union address by President Biden Read the full article…
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IU Tenure and the Heidt Memo WE APPLAUD the Indiana Legislature’s revolutionary attempts this session to reign in group-think and lockstep tenure in the university system. It’s about time. We call it “revolutionary” in the sense the Founder’s used the term and as it is explained in our newly published “Indiana Mandate: A Return to the Read the full article…
