Another pope calls for "economic justice," i.e. the market's profit motive being useful only as a means to the end of eliminating poverty and various "glaring inequalities." The writer, a fellow at a theological center, makes this interesting point:
Another pope calls for "economic justice," i.e. the market's profit motive being useful only as a means to the end of eliminating poverty and various "glaring inequalities." The writer, a fellow at a theological center, makes this interesting point:
Since a "proxy" is someone who is authorized to act for another, isn't that sort of part of the definition of a representative of "the people," even one with such a lofty title as "senator"?
You probably thought the General Assembly just wasted its time this year on trivialities such as the budget and public education. But our lawmakers took up a really serious lack in the law and did something about it:
There was a time when you didn't know what to expect when pulling up to a building with a "Massage" sign in the window.
If this guy really has entertained thoughts of running for governor, a couple of words of advice: Forget it. As a matter of fact, you don't even deserve to be mayor:
Let's hear it for the humble pocket knife:
Let us give thanks to, and wish for continued common sense from, the so-called centrists of the Senate Democratic Conference:
Half a dozen members of the Senate Democratic Conference pose the biggest threat to President Obama's agenda, giving Senate Republicans a fighting chance to block the administration's major expansions of government.
Guns don't kill people, the "gun culture" kills people:
The flag won't be flying at half-mast at the Morris compound today:
Robert Strange McNamara, the former secretary of defense whose record as a leading executive of industry and a chieftain of foreign financial aid was all but erased from public memory by his reputation as the primary architect of U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam, died early this morning at age 93.
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Dang, what will Mayberry get next, electric lights?
Question of the day, helpfully used as the headline on a story about 4th of July revelers getting dumped into a creek in a park in Marrillville: "Why did Indiana bridge collapse?"
Answer of the day:
The 80-foot span was designed to hold 40 people, but "at least twice as many" were on it when it collapsed, said Ross Township Trustee John Rooda, who runs the park.
Mystery of the day:
This article, like many others I've seen, assumes that Sarah Palin is resigning as governor in order to better run for president, not because she caved to the pressure or is making a pre-emptive move because of some scandal we don't know about yet. Guess we'll have to watch the "surprising, perplexing and just plain fascinating" story unfold to find out for sure. The article also lists the advantages would have running for president without the burden of being governor, such as:
The lame leading the pathetic:
According to the National Association of Health Education Centers, children's stress levels have increased 45 percent over the past 30 years.
Youngsters are most frequently worried about parents, peers and grades, the organization said.
The Tea Parties aren't always about the federal government's spending habits, as the one in South Bend this week illustrates:
Ron Hosinski was among the crowd, holding his sign high as tension spread and tempers flared.
"You don't spend more than you take in," said Hosinki. "I don't care if you are a family, a government, a mayor, a governor or president. You don't spend more than you make."
The invasion has begun, and we're all going to die! No, quit looking at the sky, dummy! It's from the other direction:
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another.
The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination.
Delusion seems to have taken permanent hold in Gary:
No matter where they originate, the masses continue to descend on the small northwestern corner of Indiana to honor the King of Pop.
As a result, the mayor of Gary, Indiana, Rudy Clay, has big plans for Jackson's childhood stomping grounds.
Video show of solidarity for the people of Iran. Cool.
Members of the Indiana General Assembly stopped playing chicken in time to pass a new budget just before the special-session deadline of midnight arrived, so the state government won't have to shut down. Crisis averted.
So, even the "plain people" can be seduced away from tradition and lured to the Good Life:
The great increase in discretionary income spawned a "keeping-up-with-the-Joneses mentality," says Mervin Lehman, 39, an Amish father of four who says he was making more than $50-an-hour and working up to 60 hours a week as an RV plant supervisor before he was laid off in November.
Most of the stuff I've read about "Public Enemies" makes it sound either like another Hollywood romanticization of criminal thugs or a boring biopic without much character or depth. But Roger Ebert liked it a lot more than most of the other critics seemed to:
Can somebody please shut this guy up so I don't have to take a few days off work, get in the car, drive to South Carolina, hunt him down and kick him where he deserves to be kicked?
