This is why Gov. Daniels' plan to privatize the lottery is a horrible idea, no matter how worthwhile the deeds he wants to fund with the profits:
The Hoosier Lottery has a mediocre track record, with more than half of U.S. lotteries boasting higher sales per resident.[. . .]
Never say it's as silly as it can get when it comes to the state finding things to protect us from. Rather than link to it -- it's short -- I'm reprinting the whole thing so you can appreciate the awesomeness of the idea:
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would require the interior designers hired to spruce up Hoosiers' homes and businesses to be registered in the state.
Despite the seemingly innocuous subject matter, this is at least the third year the bill has been debated in the General Assembly.
Of all the prejudices people have, antisemitism has always been the most incomprehensible to me. Just don't get it. But obviously it thrives, even in places like Indianapolis:
Former Fort Wayne educator Eugene White is shaking things up in Indianapolis:
INDIANAPOLIS - From 180 days a year in school to 210? That is what IPS Superintendent Eugene White thinks middle school students need. As he expected, White's idea is meeting immediate controversy.
IPS middle schools were closed Wednesday so that teachers could get some extra training. Middle school students will get an extra six weeks of classroom instruction each year, if White's idea becomes a reality.
If newspapers are to make a comeback and compete with the online world, it will probably be with hard-hitting, incisive journalism like this: What's in your fridge? The feature is just what you'd think. The paper asks people what's in their refrigerators and shares the information with readers. Today's guest is Quinn Buckner, whose fridge includes peanut butter, ketchup, mustard and the usual eggs and also -- sit down for this! -- strawberry sorbet and -- gasp!
Here's another case of a student journalist feeling abused for not being given First Amendment rights:
But what control can
Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but this basketball player sounds like a real -- well, you know:
In a spat over a cat and her kittens, Carolina Panthers punter Jason Baker, Carmel, is slated for court Wednesday.
The Indiana native is hoping to wrest $2,000 -- and 8 percent interest -- from a former Carmel neighbor for kitty-cat damages to his home's crawl space.
A report on research by Indiana university notes the "tide of of Latino immigrants" in Indiana: "Hispanic enrollment in state schools doubled from 1998 to 2005. During that same period, the percentage of Latino students who tested as 'Limited English Proficient' nearly quadrupled. The Mexican population in Indiana is growing faster than that of any U.S.
After 10 years, The Journal Gazette editorial page says it was wrong and reverses its opinion, but its reason for doing so isn't exactly clear to me:
Indiana might not lose its very soul if it breaks up the state high school boys and girls basketball tournaments. But it would lose at least as much as it would gain by going to tournaments based on school enrollments.”
I think the bill requiring a doctor to tell a woman considering abortion that life begins at conception is wrong, for a lot of reasons, the main one being that legislators have no business declaring legal certainty over something about which there is no medical, philosophical or ethical certainty. But one of those reasons is not improper religious interference:
