Hoosier lore

I wonder what Birch Bayh, who has been trying to eliminate the Electoral College for decades, will think of his son's sudden affection for the institution?

In the digital age, medical people can share information about us more easily, but our medical privacy is harder to maintain:

A suggestion for an innovative approach to urban blight in Indianapolis:

Indiana, having solved all other crime problems, has let its attorney general, Steve Carter, assume the duties of gasoline czar. If you think you are being overcharged for gas, just turn the dealer in. Not everyone is impressed:

Before we again tackle the controversial issue that failed in the General Assembly this year, we should have some hard facts, The Indianapolis Star says in an editorial:

Are bank robbers a drain on the state's economy, or a boon? Are public hospitals, as supporters' of Delph's bill asserted, overburdened by treating bank robbers? What is the net cost of bank robbing for taxpayers?  

Another language pet peeve:

The Clintons are barnstorming Indiana, with six stops today and Thursday in a push to win this state's May 6 primary election.

It's silly season in Carmel:

The Carmel City Council considers a controversial resolution Monday night supporting a child-safe community standard for the city. The resolution would ask businesses to put away anything from magazine covers to lingerie out of the view of children. Proponents say it would make the city more wholesome, but critics charge it legislates morality.

We matter! They like us! We matter! They like us! With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all but deadlocked, Indiana isn't ignored this year. Obama hit Indianapolis, and Clinton is swinging through several Hoosier cities on Thursday. And Fort Wayne will be Blessed With Bill tonight at the Grand Wayne Center:

Morrone said there are no tickets for the event. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis for the “Solutions for America” rally.

You get the impression listening to the Democratic presidential candidates (especially Obama) that they would never go to war anywhere, at any time, for any reason. You get the impression listening to McCain that he would make war first and ask questions later. I doubt this is quite true, but that's how the candidates sound, so that's where the debate tends to be steered.

We tend to focus on the current war:

If your basketball team is behind, it's obviously because the refs are incompetent or crooked. And if you get a lousy slot in the tournament, something is fishy, too:

Shock and surprise were the initial reactions. Stemler said he thought the Hoosiers would probably be around a No. 6 seed. ESPN.com's Joe Lunardi in his final bracketology report Sunday afternoon had Indiana as a No. 5 seed.