The Outstater
A Man for the ‘Masses’ AS ERIC HOLCOMB prepares to leave office after another summer of foreign travel ostensibly in search of jobs for us, the opinion of him has softened. It is expressed to friends this way: He is a blockhead but he is our blockhead. And as the view has become more charitable, we have had to put certain pictures out of our mind. Read the full article…
The Outstater
‘Family’ Misdefined THE BABY BOOMERS thought they had invented a better way — the single-parent (female headed) family, easier to form and to organize. The next generation sped up the trend as young women’s salaries increased relative to young men’s and divorce became more practical in a reordered social structure, all while government support increased. The rationale Read the full article…
Franke: The Trump Effect
For immediate release. by Mark Franke I will come clean up front: I am not a Donald Trump supporter. I will also come clean by publicly stating I voted for him in the 2016 and 2020 general elections but in neither primary. What choice did I have when considering the alternatives? The current state of Read the full article…
Ganahl: Legislative Reform — A ‘Little Dab’ll Do Ya”
by Dennis Ganahl, Ph.D. Advertisers understand incrementalism better than anyone. They leverage a brand’s growth with the understanding that change comes in increments sometimes imperceptibly. Who was the genius copywriter who created the directions on a shampoo bottle, “wash, rinse and repeat”? I’m guessing sales doubled. In the 1950s, Brylcreem created the slogan, “A little Read the full article…
Protected: The Roanoke Boatman’s Society
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Backgrounder: The Downtown ‘Doom Loop’
By Jason Arp and Craig Ladwig A friend, a longtime political observer here, quipped that if Fort Wayne city councilmen were going to pretend to be investment bankers, we should elect smarter city councilmen. That has proved woefully prescient as workers and businesses nationwide are abandoning downtown offices for more flexible, safer and more efficient remote work. Read the full article…
