Gen. Wayne: An ‘Acceptable’ War “Whoever has a sword should take it.” (Luke 22:36) SOME OF US acknowledge the concept of a “just war” while realizing that it becomes mere semantics when swords clash and gunpowder ignites. The destruction of Iran’s Islamic regime would fit the definition, though. As would the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and the expulsion of the Communist Party from Cuba.  Still, mankind being mankind, the ultimate outcomes of even victorious wars are uncertain. You…

Justice for the Tattoo-less “Feminism liberated women from the natural dignity of their sex and turned them into inferior men.” — Francis Parker Yockey IF YOU ARE TRYING to catch up with the times, you may be having trouble determining when it is proper to discriminate. Indeed, you may have assumed that we had eliminated discrimination entirely. My assistant, Grok, counts more than a dozen laws at the federal level outlawing discrimination beginning in 1964 with Title VII of…

by GARY VARVEL  Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” How do you “fundamentally transform” a nation? Answer: Through education. As the saying goes, “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will become the philosophy of the government in the next.” Transforming the next generation became the mission of John Dewey, known as the Father of Progressive Education and the fifth man listed in Dave Breese’s book “Seven…

The Pampered Civic Mind Chesterton’s Fence: A principle advising against removing any law, institution or custom unless you first understand why it was put in place. A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS at a local high school organized a protest this week against imagined activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (there hasn’t been much). The students carried signs quoting the absurdly ingenuous Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “No More Kids in Cages.”  Truly, youth is wasted on the young. The superintendent fired off a sternly…

A Mamdani for Indianapolis DIFFERENTATION is not allowed in the corporate newsroom. That is, all individuals and groups are to be treated equal in their motivation and character (except conservatives, who are racist and evil). This softens intra-office relationships but makes predicting the twists and turns of politics difficult.  So it is unsurprising that nobody is asking this simple question: In Indianapolis, could a candidate in the mold of Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani be elected within the next couple of cycles? Well, considering the…

by Mark Franke Political drama. Sadly, this was the reluctant opinion of my Socratic discussion group after we took on the issue of immigration last month. Any workable long-term solution requires political sense in Washington DC and particularly in the halls of Congress. Expecting anything sensible from that dysfunctional bunch is drawing into extremely long odds.  Instead the issue has been hijacked by the two extremes needing to act out in public. Meanwhile those 535…

Delineating ‘Growth OUR MAYOR likes to tout her city as being one of the fastest “growing’ in the state. The scare quotes are to alert you that growth needs some definition. The mayor is talking demographically, that is, her city is increasing in the raw number of people. That is the wrong metric, it will be argued here. For many of our newly arrived are low-income. My assistant Grok says that a majority may fall below the…

Race and Crime: Stats Matter (He) “struggled with mental health issues” and appeared to have “suffered a crisis.” — the mayor of Charlotte describing the man who stabbed to death 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska riding the train to her work. A FRIEND, a young man with a wife and two small children, was shot a few days ago — in the morning, driving to work. That is the fifth person in my middle-class otherwise mundane circle, all simply…

We’ve Lost the Founders’ Mindset SOME OF US have spent decades studying the legislative mind. Most of us have worked through our cynical phase where we assumed it was all selfishness and venal ambition. There are many Indiana legislators sincerely trying to advance measures that they consider important for all of our well-being. It’s just that they aren’t trying hard enough, and only up to a point. The mindset is that of a lawyer (the officeholder) representing clients (you…

by John F. Gaski, Ph.D.  The media and American people don’t seem to get it.  A few talking heads have verged on elucidating what is happening, but the true gestalt has yet to be adequately processed in the general media.  Namely, why must today’s liberal Democrats resort to such fanatical measures, in government and in the streets, to protect the illegal alien presence in our country?             What gestalt?  First, it took most of the media far…