Schansberg: We All Stereotype
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. This year is the 100th anniversary of the term “stereotype” in its modern sense. The term was coined in the late-19th century to describe printing plates and the setting of “type” to produce printed materials. Back in the day, paper and ink were pressed against a plate to produce sheets for newspaper, books, Read the full article…
Franke: What Does ‘Conservative’ Mean?
by Mark Franke Most people probably think of the ideological spectrum as a straight line, running left to right or right to left depending on one’s perspective. This places the extremes at the edges, furthest from each other. The middle holds the moderates, those who are considered the most reasonable and open-minded, if one identifies Read the full article…
Morris: The Bulls in the China Shop
by Leo Morris Poor Eric Doden. The Fort Wayne businessman has been hugely successful in large part because of his ability to maneuver through bureaucratic government mazes. He calculated that his close ties with the ruling class, an early announcement and a campaign war chest approaching $3 million might give him an easy run as Read the full article…
The Outstater
Knock, Knock . . I READ A LOT OF HEADLINES. To save time, I’ve learned to sort them into three stacks. The one is announcing that someone has devised a way to help absolutely everybody absolutely equally. The other is that the Biden administration, which has promised to destroy the nation for reasons that only future historians Read the full article…
Morris: Watch Out, They’re Rethinking School
by Leo Morris No sentence should strike more fear into the hearts of Hoosier parents than this one, variations of which have appeared in numerous recent news stories: “Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, said a top priority for House Republicans is to ‘re-invent’ high school, so that students can work and use job-based opportunities to receive Read the full article…
The Outstater
New Boss Just Like the Old Boss THE INDIANA SENATE leadership announced new committee chairmen recently for the 2023 session. We thought it would be interesting to compare the outgoing chairmen with the incoming chairmen. A handy way to do that is to compare ratings of the individual legislators on IndianaScorecard.org, an independent web site that measures Read the full article…
