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The Indianapolis Star's Matthew Tully takes a break from politics and lists 10 good things about the Colts' dismal season so far, including:

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Drop in the bucket

Bible study

This seems like another one of those "let's do a study because we can get the money" studies:

How do Americans read the Bible? Scholars in Indianapolis have received a $500,000 grant to figure that out.

Oil ethics

Never mind that the Canada-to-Gulf Coast pipeline might create jobs for more than 100 Indiana companies. Never mind that it would reduce dependence of oil from the Mideast and lessen the need for tankers that could go aground. Never mind all the impact poltically and economicall from 700,000 barrels of oil a day that would be carried the 1,700 miles. There could be a leak, which would be an "ecological disaster!"

Every move you make

And so it begins:

New street lights that include “Homeland Security” applications including speaker systems, motion sensors and video surveillance are now being rolled out with the aid of government funding.

The new math

President Obama has a Dan Quayle moment during his fundraising speech in Las Vegas:

Work release

Bad neighbors

I suppose this would annoy me, too. Early morning noise is not something I want to experience before I even have my first cup of coffee. (It's a "major turnoff," as the playmates say in their centerfold interviews.)

The Greenwood High School marching band has long celebrated wins with an early-morning performance on the band director's lawn.

Gun happy

Encouraging news, 2nd Amendment fans:

A record-low 26% of Americans favor a legal ban on the possession of handguns in the United States other than by police and other authorized people. When Gallup first asked Americans this question in 1959, 60% favored banning handguns. But since 1975, the majority of Americans have opposed such a measure, with opposition around 70% in recent years.

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Lost

Jimmy Carter, 1979:

The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.

Barack Obama, 2011

We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge.

Welcome to dystopia

Orwellian? Oh, at least:

A proposed revision to Freedom of Information Act rules would allow federal agencies to lie to citizens and reporters seeking certain records, telling them the records don't exist.

Pitiful, pitiful

If the Indianapolis Colts were rated as the lousiest, ugliest bunch of losers in the NFL, that could at least be a perverse point of pride. But they can't even get that right, coming in at No. 31 in the power rankings, one notch above the Miami Dolphins at 32.

Flat is better

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan has its flaws, but until recently it had the virtue of being the only plan that started with blowing up the current tax code instead of tinkering with it. Now, though, things are starting to liven up as other GOP candidates start to realize the need for radical structural reeform.

Rick Perry:

Regarding Rupert

When someone seeks office as a third-party candidate, there is always the chance he's just doing it for a hoot and isn't really delusional about his chances of winning. But what do you say about a college newspaper that seems to take his candidacy seriously?

On Saturday, reality television star, Rupert Boneham, formally announced that he will be vying for the Libertarian Party's nomination in the upcoming election for Indiana governor.

Lincoldn-Douglas style

Here's an anomaly for you -- a real debate in a sound-bite world:

What's vital?

With the attack ads of Mayor Tom Henry and challenger Paula Hughes getting nastier and more cartoonish, here's something that might pass for an actual issue:

At-large

Wrapping up our candidate videos, today's feature is the at-large City Council race. It's so long that decided to break it up into two parts, and one of them still tops 15 minutes. Not much to do about that, though -- it's hard to get six candidates answering five questions in a much shorter time. A few notes:

  • The video of Gordon Anthony is too dark (but he's still visible). That's an equipment malfunction.
  • The text has candidate Tom Freistroffer's last name misspelled. That's a Leo malfunction.

It's a mystery

Well, by golly, if George Will says it's a mystery why conservatives are mad at Richard Lugar, then it must be so:

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