Morris: At IU, It’s Benton ‘No,’ Kinsey ‘Yes’
by Leo Morris Go away, Thomas Benton. We don’t want your kind around here. Welcome, Alfred Kinsey. You are one of us. So it goes in the swamp of 21st century culture. Or perhaps we are just witnessing the moral vacuum in one prestigious university. Thomas Hart Benton was a renowned painter, along with Grant Read the full article…
A Directory of Effective Councilmen
THE FOUNDATION is requesting financial support for a project we are excited about. It is compiling a list of free-market council members in Indiana’s top 25 cities. No, it won’t be a long list but we think it will be an important one. These men and women, often outvoted, deserve help and encouragement. They aren’t Read the full article…
Franke: The Treasure of Our Constitution
by Mark Franke I don’t usually give Congress credit for passing useful legislation. Bills that run to a thousand pages or more just can’t prove beneficial, especially when our elected representatives admit to or even brag about not reading them. An exception to my cynical appraisal of congressional mischief is its designating every September 17 Read the full article…
Morris: The Military Trust Gap
by Leo Morris After a year and a half of trying to balance full-time college with full-time work, I had had enough and quit Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. That made me eligible for the military draft, a true government-induced hardship, all you college-loan whiners. But I had a plan to thwart the draft board. “You Read the full article…
The Outstater
Indy Crime and Overcoming the ‘Envy Barrier’ ALTHOUGH WE OUTSTATE would rather ignore it, someone has to explain what has gone wrong with Indianapolis. This is in reference, of course, to the city’s uncharacteristic inability to address a serious crime problem. Indianapolis made international headlines in this regard recently. Three members of the Dutch Commando Corps, in Read the full article…
The Outstater
Getting a ‘Foothold’ AS PART OF ITS “Foothold” project, our foundation this week sponsored a webinar with Dr. Dennis Ganahl, an independent political consultant. He reminded us that at the most local level the Republican Party isn’t much practical help to local conservatives. Indeed, there it tends to bleed away the best intentions, energy, money and time. Read the full article…
