Karen Francisco, The Journal Gazette's editorial writer who specializes in education issues, notes with approval Gov. Daniels' daylong academy for the trustees of Indiana's public colleges and universities. One thing bothers her, though:
But I'm troubled by the single quote the governor's office chose to highlight in a news release: "We want to see an Indiana where there is a place for every student, but not every student can go every place."
The State Department included a Justice Department lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law into a United Nations human rights report to show how U.S. rule of law can be an example to the world, a State Department spokesman said Monday.
Nothing a libertarian likes better than a 30-year-old ordinance that a city finally decides to enforce:
Logansport residents who fail to get a permit before holding a garage sale could see their profits land in the city's hands.
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Most the coverage I saw over the weekend of Katrina's five-year anniversary was downright gushy about New Orleans' comeback and the "resilience" of the people who live there. President Obama's words got a lot of play:
The legacy of Katrina, said the President, must be "not one of neglect, but of action; not one of indifference, but of empathy; not of abandonment, but of a community working together to meet shared challenges."
Today's quiz. "It's clear that his intent was to be divisive" refers to:
A. Conservatives' reaction to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's Ground Zero mosque plans.
B. Civil rights leaders' reaction to the Glenn Beck rally in Washington on Saturday.
If you wanted to answer C, "Most of the stuff I read on this blog," w
The Indianapolis Star's Matt Tully thinks the "far right" should leave Sen. Richard Lugar alone. He'll undoubtedly face a primary challenge from the tea party types who think "he's been in D.C. too long and worked with Democrats too often." But Lugar will survive the challenge for a lot of reasons, the chief one being that "Hoosiers are smarter than that."
A little late, but the right move:
The Indianapolis public safety director identified at least one police policy Thursday that is likely to change in response to the fatal crash involving officer David Bisard.
I'm no particular fan of Alan Simpson, but his description of Social Security -- a "milk cow with 310 million tits" -- had enough truth in it to be the kind of provocation that should create meaningful if heated discussion. No, that doesn't mean kicking old folks penniless into the street; but the system is an illustration of the entitlement mentality we've drifted into. And the expression is just a variation on the "government teat" phrase that's been around forever.
People seem so happy that the baseball stadium and team are doing so well that a lot of them are ignoring what hasn't been done at Harrison Square:
Should Fort Wayne continue working as a cooperative partner with the developer that hasn't built the condominiums it promised downtown, or should it turn to a tougher approach? That's a question Fort Wayne City Councilman John Shoaff, D-at large, wants the council to confront.
A typically demented libertarian uses the egg-recall care as an excuse for a predictable and tiresome op-ed in The New York Times about the spread of government power:
