A pretty silly column in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, under the headline "Civility continues to rule in Indiana":
A year removed from the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, tensions have been high among Indiana voters as the right-to-work legislation has led to the second Statehouse stalemate in as many years.
What would you call a proposed bill to make it more expensive for state-sponsored universities to acquire land? How about "a good start"?
Ball State University spokesman Tony Proudfoot says the school opposes the bill because it changes the law for just one entity that can use eminent domain.
Couldn't agree more. Make it more expensive -- and much more difficult -- for all units of government in Indiana to acquire private property.
Scientists speak, so it must be true:
Earth could be entering a new Ice Age within the next millennium, but it might not, the deep freeze averted by warming from increased carbon dioxide emissions. Humans could be thwarting the next glacial inception, a new study says.
Is President Obama's intention to create a leaner military a "pragmatic vision" that takes into account our deep fiscal problems?
I don't want to irritate you or anything. But:
Indiana's state tax collections continue to run well ahead of a year ago, with last month's revenue nearly 5 percent greater than in December 2010.
Figures released Thursday by the State Budget Agency show that the nearly $1.2 billion collected was also $12 million more than what was projected in the state's most recent revenue forecast.
Digital-age common sense from the New York Times op-ed page:
The Statehouse security policy that caused public outcry and concerns that it would limit public access to state government lasted less than one morning.
Gov. Mitch Daniels rescinded the policy at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, saying he would "restore the traditional unlimited access" to the building.
Looking for a good cause you can be enthusiastic about? Hop on board:
And on and on it goes:
US Closes 2011 With Record $15.22 Trillion In Debt, Officially At 100.3% Debt/GDP, $14 Billion From Breaching Debt Ceiling
Stayed tuned for another round of
