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The Ellsworth test

By Leo Morris — Fri, 04/02/2010 - 9:07am — Opening Argument

Speaking of the Senate race, an article in The American Spectator says Brad Ellsworth's Senate candidacy will be an important test: "Does Rahm Emanuel's strategy for turning red states blue still work in 2010 -- or has Rahm's boss turned those states red again?" In 2006, when George W. Bush's approval ratings had tanked, the GOP's reputation was in tatters and the war in Iraq was immensely unpopular, Ellsworth ran for the House as a pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, anti-illegal immigration Democrat.

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

This just in

By Leo Morris — Fri, 04/02/2010 - 8:49am — Opening Argument

This story seems about a year or two too late to be even interesting, let alone important, doesn't it?

INDIANA (Indiana's NewsCenter) - The way people watch movies is rapidly changing, and those changes could be threatening the future of traditional video rental stores. There are more options than ever, and that means more competition.

Posted in: Books, Music, Our town, Television, Uncategorized, Web/Tech

Throw them ALL out?

By Leo Morris — Fri, 04/02/2010 - 8:32am — Opening Argument

The Tea Party movement is strong enough in Indiana, but on Monday it'll get a boost:

The cross-country Tea Party tour that kicked off with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaking in Nevada last weekend is coming to Evansville on Monday.

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

65 and counting

By Leo Morris — Fri, 04/02/2010 - 8:13am — Opening Argument

Maybe it's just the editorial-writing cynic in me, but I'd say if they're "considering" it, it's pretty much a done deal:

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ninety-six teams could make the men's tournament if the NCAA decides to expand from the current field of 65.

Posted in: Current Affairs, Sports, Television

Now, here's a big fxxxxxx deal

By Leo Morris — Thu, 04/01/2010 - 10:42am — Opening Argument

Amen:

Step back, and the real question isn't whether the agency has the authority to regulate the Internet - it's why the FCC has authority to regulate anything.

Posted in: Politics and other nightmares, Television, Web/Tech

You can't always get what you want

By Leo Morris — Thu, 04/01/2010 - 8:43am — Opening Argument

Oops. Jeffrey A. Akard thought his 93-year-sentence for brutally raping a homeless woman was too harsh, so he asked that it be reduced to 40 years. Things didn't go quite as he might have hoped at the Indiana Court of Appeals:

In an unprecedented and unanimous decision issued Tuesday, the panel of three judges ruled that Akard's sentence be increased to 118 years because of the crimes' heinous nature.

Posted in: Hoosier lore, The law and the jungle

The great divide

By Leo Morris — Thu, 04/01/2010 - 8:32am — Opening Argument
Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

Kid control

By Leo Morris — Thu, 04/01/2010 - 8:22am — Opening Argument

Police subdue a dangerous criminal:

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana police say two officers have been placed on administrative suspension after they used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old boy at a home day care:

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Posted in: Hoosier lore, The law and the jungle

Sorry, Mulder

By Leo Morris — Thu, 04/01/2010 - 8:11am — Opening Argument

Those who worked at Area 51 have now been released from their pledge of secrecy and, unfortunately for UFO buffs, their story is one of a CIA Black Op to test spy planes, not a coverup of dead aliens:

About the aliens.

Noce and Barnes say they never saw anything connected to UFOs.

Posted in: Current Affairs

Taking the fifth

By Leo Morris — Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:49am — Opening Argument

I have a question about the new licensing rules for Indiana teachers that will put more emphasis on mastering the subjects they teach and less on courses about how to teach:

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

Basketbawl

By Leo Morris — Wed, 03/31/2010 - 9:18am — Opening Argument

OMG, Butler is in the Final Four, so a hometown team will get to compete on national TV! This is just so cool! It's like Hoosiers! The underdog Cinderella team will give us all a reason to hope for a brighter tomorrow and . . . but wait a sec.:

Having a hometown team play in the Final Four has Indianapolis buzzing, but Butler's remarkable run — and the proximity of two other competitors — could hurt the bottom line from one of the NCAA's biggest events.

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Sports, Television

Drill bits

By Leo Morris — Wed, 03/31/2010 - 8:42am — Opening Argument

I don't know who will be angrier about this -- conservatives who think they're being suckered into climate-change legislation, or liberals who think their environmental concerns are being sold out:

Posted in: Politics and other nightmares, Science

Big, bad

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/30/2010 - 9:34am — Opening Argument

The big, bad sheriff is going to clean up that nasty old Washington just like he did when he made Vanderburgh County safe for "Hoosier values."

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares

Conspiracy theory

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/30/2010 - 9:11am — Opening Argument

"Let's Pretend" is getting a little out of hand. A woman in Elkhart County pretending to be a Health Department employee showed up at a restaurant:

Posted in: Current Affairs, Hoosier lore, The law and the jungle, Politics and other nightmares

Jerk

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/30/2010 - 8:26am — Opening Argument

Not in the running for Father of the Year:

Steven M. Fougerousse, 31, Switz City, was arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail at 4 a.m. Sunday because he allegedly left two young children alone in a vehicle for almost two hours.

The vehicle was in the parking lot behind the Bottom's Up bar.

Police found Fougerousse inside the bar.

At least it wasn't a crack house -- guess that makes him more of a traditional" jerk.

Posted in: Hoosier lore, The law and the jungle

Baby step

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/30/2010 - 8:04am — Opening Argument

Told you so:

As difficult as it was, passing the health care bill is only "a critical first step" in overhauling the system so that it "works for all Americans," President Obama told NBC's Today show.

It's always just a "first step" when government does something, and the program always ends up bigger, costlier, more instrusive and unconstitutional than when it started. "Works for all Americans" is

Posted in: Current Affairs, Politics and other nightmares

Right problem, wrong solution

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/29/2010 - 10:39am — Opening Argument

The Journal Gazetee had an editorial Saturday that contained much I agreed with concerning the ill-conceived No Child Left Behind Act, which was supposed to ensure all students reached state-defined proficiency levels in reading and math by 2014. Such a stunning overreach was bound to fail:

In the end, a great deal of time and money was wasted with little benefit to students, as the national test scores show.

Posted in: Current Affairs, Hoosier lore, Our town, Politics and other nightmares

Natural-born killer

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/29/2010 - 10:17am — Opening Argument

"Birthright citizenship" is irrational public policy, but it doesn't have to remain policy. We just :

Posted in: Current Affairs, The law and the jungle, Politics and other nightmares

Food fight

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/29/2010 - 9:52am — Opening Argument

Why do you think they call it dope junk food, kid?

Scientists have finally confirmed what the rest of us have suspected for years: Bacon, cheesecake, and other delicious yet fattening foods may be addictive.

Posted in: Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Science

Green Goldberg

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/29/2010 - 9:32am — Opening Argument

Remember Reynolds, Ind.? Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2005 touted it as BioTown USA, the state's first project to make a community "produce enough energy to be self-sufficient." It hasn't quite gone as planned:

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Politics and other nightmares, Science
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