Timmons: Artificial Intelligence, an Interview with the Future
by Tim Timmons You may recall that I’ve written a time or two about Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to the experts at IBM, AI combines computer science and data to enable problem-solving. According to sci-fi fans, AI is Skynet from the Terminator movies, the evil force that takes over the world and goes to war Read the full article…
Franke: Baseball Cards — the Currency of Youth
by Mark Franke Ah, spring has returned to northeastern Indiana. The grass has turned green, the trees are budding and will soon flower, and the bluebirds are nesting in our backyard. God’s creation has reawakened once more in what will shortly be a panoply of color. But let’s cut to the chase. The major league Read the full article…
Morris: Welcome to the Reality Gap
by Leo Morris There is a report from the Indiana University research salt mines that’s highly disturbing, although not for the reason you might initially suspect. Suicide deaths, a new study from the IU School of Medicine declares, increase significantly during a full moon. Furthermore, older people are more inclined to be involved, and the Read the full article…
Indiana Assessors Defy the Tax Court
“Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man’s property is safe.” — Daniel Webster (1782-1852) by Craig Ladwig and Ken Davidson The president of the Indiana County Assessors Association (ICAA), a Republican incidentally, is leading a statewide Read the full article…
The Outstater
Zoning: Government for Government’s Sake My favorite public policy that creates more problems than it solves remains recycling. A close second, though, is zoning with its ignoble beginnings as a way to keep Jews off 5th Avenue in New York City. Recycling of course is the art of making millions of dollars convincing environmentally woke households to sort Read the full article…
McGowan: Baseball —’Tis the Season
By Richard McGowan, Ph.D. When I was growing up, only one team sport mattered: baseball. Most boys dreamed of becoming major leaguers. Heck, President Eisenhower was fishing with a friend once and he asked his friend, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” His friend answered, “President.” When his friend asked him, Read the full article…
