Reversing Orwell’s ‘1984’
While we were all busy monitoring the General Assembly as it slogged through proposed legislation, the Indiana Supreme Court sneaked a pretty...
Comments on Congress: More than ever, candidates’ skills matter
Now that spublic attention is turning to the mid-term elections, we know what the parties want us...
Inflation is a policy and political problem
The Consumer Price Index was released this week, showing inflation at 8.3 percent, year over year. The...
Redefining the homestead
A bill flying under the radar would redefine what constitutes a homestead in terms of property taxes.
Changing the definition...
Where are inflation and growth headed?
The inflation data last week pointed to continued high prices, despite an announcement by the Federal Reserve...
Are we losing the consent of the governed?
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
These words of Thomas...
Debating Indiana partisan school board elections
In the 2011 session of the General Assembly, the legislature passed (and I supported) HEA 1074 that effectively changed the state’s school...
Indiana Legislature’s short session agnosia
Everyone will have a favorite piece of legislation to root for or against this session of the...
Blacks saying bye-bye to Biden
A new report from Pew Research shows that the sharpest drop in approval for President Joe Biden...
Birch Bayh helped young women 50 years ago
The idea that a high school girls basketball team could draw as many fans as the boys team wasn’t common in early-1980s...