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By Leo Morris — Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:39am — Opening Argument

Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass didn’t hire men’s basketball coach Tom Crean. But he’s sure bent on keeping Crean in Bloomington for a long time.

Last week, Glass announced that Crean’s contract is being extended two years—through 2020. An extension always amounts to a pay raise.

Posted in: Bob Knight, Hoosier lore, Sports, Tom Crean

General accounting

By Leo Morris — Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:11am — Opening Argument

Hey, how about this for a novelty -- a general in the middle of a scandal that doesn't involve sex:

Gen. William “Kip” Ward, the one-time head of the U.S. Africa Command, was demoted Tuesday and ordered to repay $82,000 he blew on extravagant trips and other unauthorized expenses.

Posted in: Current events, Politics and other nightmares

Flirts of fancy

By Leo Morris — Wed, 11/14/2012 - 9:56am — Opening Argument

Sure hope we find out how innocent or "inappropriate" the emails between General John Allen and Jill Kelley were, so I can sleep at night again:

Posted in: All about me, Current events, Web/Tech

You say you want a revolution?

By Leo Morris — Wed, 11/14/2012 - 9:32am — Opening Argument

This seems a little drastic. I mean, we do recall what happened the last time don't we?

Posted in: Current events, History, Politics and other nightmares

Loosen up

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 10:49am — Opening Argument

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on an amendment to the Constitution he would approve of, and this might surprise a few people:

Posted in: Current events, The law and the jungle, Politics and other nightmares, Scalia, supreme court

Knockout

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 10:13am — Opening Argument

The David Petraeus scandal is becoming a three-ring circus, and it's beginning to look lik Jill Kelley is the real start attraction. There is this:

Posted in: Current events, Politics and other nightmares

Drop that steak, kid!

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 9:30am — Opening Argument

It's a vegetarian conspiracy!

For one day each week, the Los Angeles City Council wants residents to go vegetarian.

In a unanimous 12-0 vote, the council approved a resolution Friday endorsing the "meatless Monday" campaign and asking residents to make a personal pledge to ditch meat for one day a week.

Posted in: Cudrrent events, Food and Drink

Broken any rules today? Sure?

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 9:17am — Opening Argument

Actually, the real surprise here is that the number is so low:

It’s Friday morning, and so far today, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website.

In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices – an average of 68 a day.

Posted in: Current events, Politcs and other nightmares

Good gig for a turncoat

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 9:08am — Opening Argument

Oh, dear God, say it isn't so:

President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.

Posted in: Current events, Defense, John Kerry, Politics and other nightmares

The vast -- and emptier -- wasteland

By Leo Morris — Tue, 11/13/2012 - 8:46am — Opening Argument

"Misery loves company" department -- the newspaper industry (and print in general) isn't alone if feeling stressed by everybody's new-media options:

Posted in: All about me, Current events, Television

Do the math

By Leo Morris — Mon, 11/12/2012 - 10:38am — Opening Argument

I know Bill Kristol doesn't speak for all conservatives, but his is a major conservative voice that commands attention. So this should not be taken lightly:

Conservative commentator and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Sunday the Republican Party should accept new ideas, including the much-criticized suggestion by Democrats that taxes be allowed to go up on the wealthy.

Posted in: Current events, Politics and othere nightmares

Cha-cha-cha-changes

By Leo Morris — Mon, 11/12/2012 - 10:09am — Opening Argument

This strikes me as a pretty simplistic -- that is to say, almost simple-minded -- analysis:

INDIANAPOLIS — What do President Barack Obama, Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett and State Treasurer Richard Mourdock have in common, aside from losing Indiana voters this year after winning them over on previous ballots?

They all represented break-neck change, and Indiana voters said "No, thank you."

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

11/11 plus one

By Leo Morris — Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:54am — Opening Argument

Happy Veterans Day, even though 11/11 was, well, you know, yesterday, and this three-day-weekend crap that ignores the real holiday observances is getting way out of hand.

Here's President Obama, speaking at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, the right day, thank you very much:

Posted in: All about me, Current events, Politics and other nightmares

Oh, goody

By Leo Morris — Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:32am — Opening Argument

Maybe he can teach the course on "Looking the other way when the politicians you like screw up" or the one on "Sneering at those you disagree with while pretending to be objective":

President Barack Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod said on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday that his next project will include inspiring young people to become "journalists."

Posted in: Current events, Politics and other nightmares

Nuts

By Leo Morris — Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:15am — Opening Argument

End Times may be closer than we think:

Posted in: Current events, Television

What happened?

By Leo Morris — Sun, 11/11/2012 - 3:38pm — Opening Argument

OK, let's do an election once-over before moving on to more important things.

Posted in: All about me, Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

Whew!

By Leo Morris — Fri, 11/02/2012 - 3:26pm — Opening Argument

I've had my usual pre-election vacation, now I'm taking the much-needed post-election recovery week. See you again on Monday the 12th.

Posted in: All about me

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The case for not voting

By Leo Morris — Fri, 11/02/2012 - 10:08am — Opening Argument

Like me, you've undoubedly been assaulted from all sides in recent months about the need to know the candidates and study the issues so you can go out there and do your civic duty by voting responsibly. So let's hear at least one voice from the other side, "Your Vote Doesn't Count":

Posted in: History, Politics and other nightmares