McGowan: The Travail of a Letter-Writer
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Each morning, I read a newspaper, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and a Gannett product, the daily paper that has many of the same articles in its Milwaukee paper as in its Indianapolis paper. As well, Gannett products have cut back on editorial commentary, especially letters to the editor. The result, as lamented Read the full article…
The Outstater
The ‘Popobawa’ Election Analysis ALL OF US in the field of political commentary have been searching these past few years for similitude to the current predicament. Although the presidential election is upon us and time is short, I think I’ve found it. First, please know that my associates at the foundation have done their best. The economists have Read the full article…
Franke: Compromise Is Hard
by Mark Franke Well, another Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives is in trouble with the most extreme of his own party. The bipartisan budget deal reached by Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, presumably with White House blessing, is too repugnant for these true believers to swallow. In the interest Read the full article…
The Outstater
More ‘Press-Release’ Eco-Devo HOW DID INDIANA and its largest cities come to believe that prosperity could be achieved by simply leveraging government money to bribe investors? They call it economic development (eco-devo) but no economist we respect recommends it. They say it defies the laws of economics. Investigative journalists now suspect malfeasance if not fraud. So Read the full article…
McGowan: Domestic Abuse Revisited
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. Periodically, the Indianapolis Star has an article about domestic abuse. Consequently, I periodically research the data on domestic abuse. In mid December, Danyette Smith was featured in a Star news article, “Sunglasses to Survival: Indy woman wants to help stop hiding abuse.” (Dec. 13) The article was timely. Domestic abuse occurs more frequently on major holidays, Read the full article…
Franke: After Modernity, What?
by Mark Franke The history of western civilization is generally divided into three epochs, if memory serves from my junior high world history class. This classification scheme was retroactively applied by historians trying to make sense of why things changed so dramatically at certain points in time. The first epoch, antiquity, covered the thousands of Read the full article…
