OK, all you long-shot artists who bet that a debt-ceiling compromise would be reached before the NFL owners and players would settle, pay up:
OK, all you long-shot artists who bet that a debt-ceiling compromise would be reached before the NFL owners and players would settle, pay up:
Welcome to politics, Mr. Businesman. The main rule is to win:
Hoosiers used to the big ideas of Gov. Mitch Daniels' time in office may find themselves a tad parched as they wait for ideas from the early front-runner in the race to succeed him in November 2012.
The Sunday Journal Gazette ran an interesting piece by syndicated columnist Margaret Carlson about the proliferation of pledges being shoved under candidates' waiting pens by special-interest groups. She dwells mostly on conservative pledges -- no new taxes, no to abortion, no to gay marriage; but she does briefly acknowledge that liberal groups have them, too -- the pro-choice pledge, for example.
Vincent A. Musetto of the New York Post, writer of what many consider to be the greatest headline in the history of tabloid journalism, has retired.
The best evidence yet that public opinion polling has been taken to ridiculous extremes:
Most Americans say they are pleased with the job God is doing these days.
Here's a departure for political columnist Charles Krauthammer, a short essay about Chester, the black Lab who caused him to reflect on the "long-ago pact between humans and dogs":
If you become known as "President Obama's favorite Republican" and face a primary challenge from your right, it's probably smart to come out early with a strong ad:
But Chris Chocola of the Club for Growth, which ran an ant-Lugar ad recently, isn't buying it:
The National Journal has an article using neighbors Indiana and Illinois to illustrate the increasingly divergent paths of Red States and Blue States:
The National Journal has an article using neighbors Indiana and Illinois to illustrate the increasingly divergent paths of Red States and Blue States:
There was an episode of "M*A*S*H" in which Hawkeye was mistakenly listed as dead, and the Army maddeningly insisted on treating him as dead until all the paperwork was properly filled in and properly filed. A Morristown, Ind., man is going through something similar. When he got divorced, his wife was mad at him, so she told the BMV he had narcolepsy. Despite numerous notes from his doctor that he does not have the chronic sleep disorder, the BMV keeps making him take more tests and taking his license away from him.
I'm not sure, but I think he was trying to insult us:
Downtown Fort Wayne could support a year-round farmers market, a Maine consultant has concluded, but in part because of the city's “cheap food” mentality start-up costs would have to be minimized
Have you noticed that when polticians get into big debates, they tend to push themselves to hard-to-defend extremes? Democratic Mayor Tom Henry and Republican challenger Paula Hughes are arguing about how much debt the city is obligated for, and they're both saying things open to challenge. Hughes decries the latest debt load, which she says is $516.4 million and includes a $21 million increase last year. But Henry says no, the city actually reduced the debt it owed by $13.2 million.
Yeah, so? And the problem with that is . . .?
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) said on the House floor last night that if the balanced budget amendment Republicans are supporting is ratified and included in the Constitution it would make it “virtually impossible” to raise taxes.
I think that's just another way of saying that the balanced budget amendment would make it "virtually impossible to keep increasing spending." If only.
Perhaps ny quest for the perfect coney dog will lead me to the conclusion that I have to make my own sauce. Here's a recipe from John Whiten of southern Indiana which is claimed to be "the ultimate coney sauce."
John Wilhelm's Coney Island Sauce
3 pounds ground beef
2 19-ounce cans tomato puree
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon mustard
Let's put Michele Bachmann's politics aside for a moment and argue about that another day. The big story in the last few days has been how debilitating her migraine headaches might be:
One former top Bachmann staffer, who denied being a source of the Daily Caller report, told POLITICO the congresswoman's migraines were so prevalent that the entire office and campaign staff — even interns — knew about the problem.
You want to find an in-the-pen pal, you're on your own:
A federal court has upheld an Indiana Department of Correction policy that prohibits prisoners from advertising for pen-pals.
Indiana prison inmates had filed a class action suit against the state challenging the policy, claiming it violated their constitutional right of free speech.
Amen -- it's time to kick farmers off the federal dole:
Many city folk have an emotional attachment to a way of life they have never experienced. The image of the “family farm” possesses particular appeal.
If God really cared who won the Republican presidential primary, wouldn't he pick just one?
The county plans to tighten the rules on tattoos and body piercings:
Operators of Fort Wayne tattoo and piercing parlors will need to buy an annual license from the health department costing $295 and each artist at the establishment will need an artist license that will cost $65 a year. No one under the age of 18 will be allowed to perform tattooing or body piercing.
I did not know Indiana had this distinction;
On the table was a proposal to set a monetary threshold for what would constitute a felony theft that carries prison time. According to the commission's researchers, Indiana is the only state in the nation that has no threshold, meaning a prosecutor can charge a suspect with a felony theft, no matter how big or small the value of the item stolen.
