Morris: When Will the State Quit Taxing?
by Leo Morris Today’s entry for the “juxtaposition is everything” file: Indiana lawmakers working on the new state budget have learned that they will have $1.5 billion more to spend than previous revenue forecasts predicted. The state ended fiscal year 2022 with about a $6.1 billion surplus, the so-called “rainy day” fund. Both the Indiana Read the full article…
The Outstater
Don’t Give Up on the Democratic Process Just Yet THE APPROVAL RATING of Congress is 10 percent. The incumbency rating is 90 percent. What does democracy mean in that context? There have been nagging doubts for 300 years that something is wrong with the system. It is clearly vulnerable to manipulation by scalawags and the self-serving. “Remember, democracy Read the full article…
Franke: The Risk Inherent in a Convention of States
by Mark Franke “You are uninformed.” I was told this at a display table for the national Convention of States (COS) organization which was exhibiting at the spring conference of the Indiana American Legion. This was in response to my stating concern that such a convention could go rogue because the sponsors could not absolutely Read the full article…
The Outstater
The Power of Voting ‘No’ COULD IT BE SO SIMPLE as to elect people who will vote “no”? Not about everything, of course, that would be naysaying. And not about faux social and sexual bizzareries that are best worked out by society over time. But about those things that — right at this very moment — endanger our families and our Read the full article…
Morris: A Quaint Expression Rings True
by Leo Morris A few months after my father died, I asked my mother how she was doing. “I miss having him to talk to,” was all she said, but that’s all she needed to say. No matter how many friends and relatives she had to talk with, no matter how much her children tried Read the full article…
Franke: The Attack on Marriage Is an Attack on Society
by Mark Franke In this iconoclastic age which revels in knocking down as many Western mores as possible, one should not be surprised at what will be frog-marched to the cultural Jacobin guillotine next. I practice a 21st century version of “know nothingness” by simply ignoring much of what goes on around me. Foolish? Yes, Read the full article…
