“It was the legislature that passed the Emergency Management and Disaster law, which gives the governor broad power to take action to protect public health during emergencies. And if a global pandemic that has infected millions of people globally and killed 150,000 in this country in four months’ time is not an emergency, what is?” — Nancy Marcus, a Fort Wayne attorney quoted in the July 29 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette as an expert on the…

by Mark Franke We have all heard enough of the progressive-liberal mantra that the rich don’t pay their fair share. Proposals for millionaire taxes, which somehow always seem to hit hardest on the middle class, are a dime a dozen . . . provided they are on someone else’s dime. Okay, but look at several recent highly publicized demands which put the lie to their claims of ideological purity.   First, there are the blue-state governors…

by Leo Morris Early in my stint on the News-Sentinel’s editorial board, county officials came to lobby for the newspaper’s support of a proposed new tax. They knew we had a conservative editorial page, so they gave us their best sound arguments based on fiscal prudence. The impact on individuals would be minimal – a “dining out” tax of a mere 1 percent on food and beverages. The use of the revenue would be strictly…

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by Richard Moss, M.D. I watched the interview of my friend and former political opponent, Sen. Mike Braun, Republican of Indiana, on the “Tucker Carlson Show” earlier this month on the topic of BLM and police reform. I know Senator Braun because we are both from Jasper, Indiana, a small town in south-central Indiana. He attended my children’s bar and bat mitzvahs. He is an immensely successful businessman whose company employs more than 600 individuals.…

Students who publicly express conservative opinions at school often are mocked or bullied by classmates and typically find their views caricatured or misrepresented. As you prepare to return to campus this fall, you may be faced with significant peer pressure to adopt the most radical positions of the “social justice” and Black Lives Matter (BLM) movements. For those who choose to exercise your free speech rights, here are some research-backed talking points that may help…

Secession ‘Lite’: The Federalist Solution by Mark Franke Our nation is in trouble, deep trouble, and there is no gainsaying that. We have always been divided as a people, at least during my lifetime. Perhaps the 1950s with Ike in the White House is an exception but then I may be looking back on a childhood that becomes more and more idyllic as I age. Being of high school and college age during the Vietnam…

by Leo Morris In this time of national nervousness, with pandemic fears and civil unrest widening our already vast political divide, I am just one of the little people waiting for the change our leaders have promised. And they all have done it. Sometimes, they just hint that a new direction is called for. Donald Trump pledged to make the country great again. George W. Bush vowed to practice “compassionate conservatism,” and George H.W. Bush…

by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. I had an interesting moment with a student this summer. He emailed to ask for a religious accommodation to join his family in celebrating Eid al-Fitr — a Muslim holy day that celebrates the end of Ramadan. I’m happy to grant schedule extensions in these cases. Until the email, I knew virtually nothing about him. I knew his name: a Western first name and an East-Asian last name. But the course…

by Craig Ladwig I may be hypersensitive to the plight of 79-year-old Charlotte Martin, who lost her position last week with a county political party. The Indianapolis Star, you see, found out she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is easy for me to imagine that generations from now my great-great-grandaughters, should they have joined a Daughters of the Vietnam War, will be similarly shamed for being my descendants, linked by ancestry to another “Lost Cause ideology.” That’s…