Should teens be banned from using cell phones while driving? Of course -- do we really even need a debate?
But in light of California's potential ban on teens using the electronic devices while driving, is something similar on the horizon for Hoosiers?
Wagner's initial response was somewhat skeptical.
"You've got to remember," he said. "We live in Indiana. It's not going to happen here."
When I skimmed the first few paragraphs of this Indiana Daily Student piece, I thought it was headed toward the typical college-student, mushy-headed conclusion that we have to have pity on the poor criminals. But then the writer got to the heart of his argument:
Here's somebody's idea of the top 10 "most evil women" in history. I don't know enough to judge its accuracy, but note the number of serial killers, for those of you who think that is exclusively a male enterprise. One of them is Belle Gunness of LaPorte, Ind., whom I read a lot about when I lived in Michigan City:
Sometimes, after I see the bill for a restaurant meal, my reaction is, "This is robbery!" Little did I know:
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Ha. The Indiana and Ohio bottle and can Mafia are running their contraband into Michigan and costing the state a bundle:
LANSING
Even the federal government can't bring itself to do anything about "undocumented workers," and Sheriff Ken Fries wants to track the activities of "illegal aliens"?
The Allen County Sheriff's Department is one of the first in Indiana to track crimes committed by illegal aliens.
But will it translate into helping rid the community of that unwanted influence?
ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) — A naked man driving along the Indiana Toll Road was arrested and charged because his lewd conduct distracted other motorists, police said.
"No, Martha, I don't think I missed the exit. Why don't you get out the map and . . .Oh! My! God! Don't look! Don't look!"
I missed this the first time around in late July, but somebody else in the blogosphere linked to it, an editorial in the Indianapolis Star, which, once upon a time, was honestly conservative.
I'm glad Simon Rios will never see the light of day again, but pleading out a case this monstrous sets a troublesome precedent. Indiana has not been frivolous with its death penalty -- it's reserved for the worst of the worst. Rios abducted, raped and killed a 10-year-old girl, then murdered his whole family. If that's not the worst of the worst, what is? What's the point of even having a death penalty if this case doesn't qualify?
I'm guessing that anything that's less of a hassle for police will be more of a hassle for us:
Getting a traffic ticket in Indiana will soon become a little less of a hassle, at least as far as police are concerned.
