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Return of the 1-Room Schoolhouse SCHOOL CHOICE, an issue championed by the Indiana Policy Review Foundation since its beginning, has taken root. Thirty-four states including Indiana have adopted some form of school choice, with 1.5 million students participating. Now another of the foundation’s early recommendations, micro schools, is gaining attention as well — a high-tech version of the Read the full article…
Franke: Avoiding Another ‘Oil War’
by Mark Franke It seems that every time gas prices jump up at the pump, politicians are quick to find media microphones to blame Big Oil or the Arabs or the previous administration. That’s what we do best these days — find someone to blame. It saves mental energy otherwise wasted on research and analysis. Read the full article…
McGowan: Marx and the Mayor
by Richard McGowan, Ph.D. For people who are uncertain about whether the mayor of New York is indeed a socialist, and a Marxist at that, it is worth reading his inaugural address in light of the “measures” Marx proposed at the end of The Communist Manifesto’s section II and other scattered ideas. Of course, parallels Read the full article…
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Beau Bayh to the Rescue ONE SUPPOSES now that Beau Bayh has drawn on his vast criminal forensic experience to explicate the Minneapolis chaos for us — “Participation in a protest and lawful firearm possession are not justification for the use of deadly force” — there’s not much left to say. Before we leave the subject, though, Read the full article…
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Haitian Stew Anyone? I AM ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for illustrations of exactly how out of touch is the staff of the Indianapolis Star. I can tell you that the pickings are rich. Here is the latest headline that caught my eye: “Comforting Haitian Stew Is Next Dish You Should Try in Indy” The Star’s food editor has discovered Read the full article…
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Childcare and Charitable Exhaustion THE PROPHETS WARN that the devil loves an impossible task. A newsroom corollary is that corruption follows an inarguable good. Both apply to the challenge of caring for children in troubled homes due to poverty, emotional crisis or the myriad snares of modern society. Indiana spends $147 million a year in state Read the full article…
