Super Bowl XLVI official logo revealed! Big whoop.
Kinda busy, isn't it? Shouldn't an effective logo be a little simpler and easier to grasp in a glance?
Super Bowl XLVI official logo revealed! Big whoop.
Kinda busy, isn't it? Shouldn't an effective logo be a little simpler and easier to grasp in a glance?
Just because the governor has majorities of his party in both House and Senate, that doesn't mean he's going to get everything he wants:
A bill to abolish Indiana's 1,008 township boards failed in the Senate Tuesday -- an ominous sign for the township reform campaign pushed by the governor and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Speaking of government shutdowns, how would you like to live in Belgium?
Unable — or unwilling — to work together, bickering politicians have left unassuming Belgium without a fully functioning government for eight months, the longest for any nation in Europe since World War II.
What's in a name?
Each time Libya appears in the news, scores of newspaper editors go bananas. Once possessed of faculties that could detect a breaking story as readily as a dangling participle, these poor souls are now reduced to a jabbering stupor, as though they had gazed into the tentacled maw of Cthulhu himself.
Another judge has upheld Obamacare's individual mandate. For those keeping score, that makes three Democratic-appointed judges in favor, two Republican-appointed ones against. Philip Klein at The American Spectator zeroes in the scary part of the ruling that makes clear "how broadly one has to interpret congressional powers to find the mandate constitutional":
Omigod, state government has shut down! Are you prepared for the end of life as we know it, as the big, gaping hole of anarchy opens wide to swallow us all? Actually, the longer the Democrats stay away, the less mischief the General Assembly can create. Any big or important bills that missed deadlines for action can be introduced as amendments later on, so nothing really crucial is likely to be left undone. Maybe that's why Gov. Daniels is so nonchalant:
God, I love this business. MTV's "Skins" is getting some heat for showing its underage stars in a racy photo spread in Elle magazine. Is it appropriate for the TV show to do that? Is it appropriate for Elle to do it?
The student newspaper of my alma mater says union protesters in Indiana and other states are to be commended for their "peaceful protests" against "what they believe to be an injustice," but, really, something "should have been done about it in November."
The Indianapolis Star reports on how the pressure on Mitch Daniels to take a stand on illegal immigration is growing, from both sides:
“We would absolutely love to hear what he says about this bill. It's one of our top priorities in the tea party movement,” said Monica Boyer, a leader of Kosciusko Silent No More. “It will show courage. It will show strength. Silence is never good on an issue like that.”
A bunch of college students get together to drink. Some of them are over 21, and some are under:
Police arrested three Notre Dame students on felony charges for providing alcohol to minors early Sunday morning, according to South Bend police logs.
One 19-year-old male was also arrested on a misdemeanor charge for the same offense. Of the three arrested on felony charges, one was 21 years old and two were 22.
Even when it comes to honoring presidents, we've resorted to praising everybody instead of trying to single out the really great ones. So, we forget George Washington and celebrate President's Day, the nation's "most nondescript holiday" and another one of Richard Nixon's terrible ideas:
My fellow libertarians, here's a spending cut that seems petty and counterproductive even to me:
Jurors in some Lake County cases won't get free lunches while serving because budget cuts have forced judges to halt a practice of using public money to feed them.
The changes affect Lake Superior Civil Division Courts but not jurors serving in the better-funded Lake Circuit and Lake Criminal Courts.
Often, when somebody protests the inappropriateness of an ad campaign, it's a case of too-delicate sensibilities unable to find a sense of humor. But the protesters complaining about the billboards put up by the Hacienda in South Bend have a point: The Jonestown mass suicide is probably not the best way to sell cocktails. The billboards were taken down, and a compay representative tried to explain the goof:
Indianapolis has the dubious distinction of experiencing one of the largest increases in gas prices in the nation this week, a trend that seems "a mystery" that some felt "could not be explained." . Why?
Fuel wholesaler Karl Kelb said the spate of warmer weather probably brought on a decision by many stations to raise prices.
Disheartening development on the "Tame that federal budget by targeting every program but ours" front. The U.S. House this week voted to kill $450 million in funding for the F136, an "aleternaate engine" for the new Joint Strike Fighter. This does not please the Terre Haute Tribune-Star, which notes the 200 high-paying jobs that would not be added at the local General Electric susidiary:
Today's journey into the obvious. Your children aare avoiding adulthood as long as possible:
A recent study found that young people in Spain take six more years to reach adulthood compared to their counterparts 20 years earlier.
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But what about young Americans?
Man, Chris Christie just keeps sounding better and better, doesn't he?
And in a shot at politicians of all stripes, including some 2012 GOP potential contenders, he faulted the refrain supporting “American exceptionalism” that has cropped up in the political dialogue.
“I love when people talk about American exceptionalism,” he said. “But American exceptionalism has to include the courage to do the right thing. “
It isn't just in Indiana that teachers unions are fighting off challenges from the governor and legislators. It's happening in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Nevada, Florida.
The Indiana Senate locks and loads:
Indianapolis — If some lawmakers have their way pretty soon you'll be able to carry a gun just about everywhere in Indiana.
