This can't really be a big surprise to anyone:
Without anyone much noticing, our national government is on the verge of a permanent expansion that would endure long after the present economic crisis has (presumably) passed and that would exceed anything ever experienced in peacetime. This expansion may not be good for us, but we are not contemplating the adverse consequences or how we might minimize them.
Whoever came up with the idea of taking stray dogs into prison was brilliant -- it helps the dogs and can give the inmates an idea of what it's like to be a responsible human being. But now they're trying the same thing with cats, and I'm not so sure about that one:
Schlusser and his fellow offenders work in eight-hour shifts caring for 59 cats who entered the facility on June 22.
Holy cow. I've been griping and griping about the federal government, and it turns out I should be grateful to it for doing states such a big favor:
President Obama's economic stimulus package, more formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, offers state governments a number of unprecedented opportunities, but none more important than in the area of health care.
Oh, my goodness! Is it July already? And I haven't even started looking for a tree:
It's Christmas in July at Sears Holdings Corp.
Happy 20th anniversary, Hoosier Lottery!
Lottery officials say players have won more than $7.2 billion in prizes since the first ticket was sold on Oct. 13, 1989.
That's a lot of money, but all the rich people it created must be in hiding or something so the rest of us won't get jealous.
If you have a job, you probably have a dress code, and we all remember them from school, too. Some fancy restaurants have them. But how about having to comply with one just to do your banking?
SOUTH BEND — It's every bank teller's worst fear — the next customer could be the one who pulls a gun and demands money. At least one local credit union is now using a dress code to deter robbers.
We don't have nearly enough apathetic voters who rarely even show up at the polls and have no clue about any of the issues when they do vote. Thank goodness someone cares enough to remedy the situation:
At first blush, it sounds like Nancy Pelosi, in refusing to allow a proposed House resolution honoring Michael Jackson's "humanitarian work" is suffering from a minor case of common sense. But then she explains her reasoning:
It's hard to stop the gravy train when so many want to ride:
Muncie City Council has joined the Delaware County commissioners and Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora in urging U.S. Rep. Mike Pence to rethink his boycott of budgetary earmarks.
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Probably not what the child-care specialists mean when they say fathers ought to spend time doing things with their sons:
A father and son have been found guilty of molesting a young girl in Jackson County.
Headline on this story: "Michael Jackson's casket was the same used for James Brown." So what have they done with James Brown?
Good advice from the GOP national chairman to the party faithful:
"Lift your heads," Steele told about 800 people at the Indiana State Republican dinner at the downtown Marriott Hotel. "I'm so sick and tired of Republicans whining and moaning and complaining. You lost, get over it. "
And some easier-said-than-done words:
Private enterprise, defined by the need to make a profit and compete with others trying to do the same:
Another group with a big image problem turns to the government for help:
Little People of America, at its annual conference in Brooklyn this week, has called for the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.
The Indiana constitution's guarantee of a free public education isn't really being met, and that lack will become more and more pronounced as new technologies become increasingly available and seen as necessary. It's not just books anymore but things like computers:
It's official. As of yesterday, the SciFi Channel is the Siffy Channel:
What's in a name? For the SciFi Channel, which morphs into “SyFy” effective today (Tuesday, 7/7), a new name means a new identity, even if the cable channel is kinda sorta the same as it was before in terms of the shows it airs.
"For what it's worth" department. Ratings are out for the govenor (upgraded to "taxpayer friendly") by Watchdog Indiana, which:
provides the only ratings of state legislators and the governor based on how their votes on key legislative proposals from 2002 to the present affect the state and local tax burden of Hoosier working families.
Maybe "Buy Indiana" doesn't sound as scary as "Buy American" or "Buy Chinese," but it's part of the same mindset:
Council members Mitch Harper, R-4th, and Liz Brown, R-at large, voted against recommending passage of the ordinance.
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Poor President Obama. He can't leave Joe Biden alone for a minute:
The administration is trying to tamp down talk that it didn't get it quite right -- talk created by Vice President Biden. On Sunday, he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "We and everyone else misread the economy." But he insisted that the stimulus "is the right package given the circumstances we're in."
Here's a site where you can vote on the "100 greatest places to stand in the USA" and watch the results change until the vote is closed on Dec. 1.
