"But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land."
"But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land."
Let's hear it for the values of the Heartland, where we watch out for our hard-earned dollars instead of just throwing them away like those profligate wastrels on the coasts:
The husband of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told police he paid a prostitute $150 for sex in February.
This is just stupid:
Indiana's Democratic chairman said his party is ready to challenge the votes of any lifelong Republicans who attempt to vote as Democrats in the May 6 primary.
Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker said he is concerned Republicans may try to cast crossover votes to skew results in the close presidential primary between U.S. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
George Orwell would understand:
CLEVELAND -- It's no secret that schools need volunteers in order to do more for students, but one proposed law would make it a requirement for parents to volunteer at their child's school.
Parent Darlene Boyd has been volunteering at her grandchildren's school for six years. If the state legislature passes House Bill 519, she'll have a lot of company.
Now we know -- the fussbudget rulemongers will follow us to the grave:
People in Michigan City are growing frustrated over updated cemetery rules.
The cemetery board recently approved the rules to crack down on over-decorating problems.
[. . .]
After losing her daughter and grandson, Jean Hoopingarner finds comfort in decorating their graves.
Schools have been stuffing our kids with "self-esteem" for years, telling them that collaboration is better than individual effort, that "we're all in this together" is more important than "look at what I did." I suppose some are now going to criticize some students who actually acted on the advice:
We haven't had a "Department of the Obvious" report in a while, so let's check in:
The "pursuit of happiness" might be part of Americans' birthright, but John MCain sure doesn't seem to think much of it:
Good lord. Here's someone who doesn't have a single clue about what this country was built on or how the real world works, and she is paid (I presume) good money to write a column for a major American newspaper:
For my "the world is getting stranger in ways I don't even want to think about" file:
BOSTON - The new commissioner of the state's prison system said Tuesday he plans to re-examine the case of a convicted killer suing the Department of Correction to try to get a sex-change operation.
Thank God. Now we can get over this and move on:
Indiana University has reached an agreement with Tom Crean to become its next men's basketball coach.
IU trustee Phil Eskew confirmed the hiring tonight. Eskew said the Marquette coach has signed a letter of agreement.
Have you been April-fooled by the dimwitted office pranksters with no imagination? Then enjoy the true geniuses who perpetuated the top 10 hoxes of all time. You gotta love Horace De Vere Cole:
His most memorable prank was probably giving carefully selected free theatre tickets to bald men so that when their gleaming pates were seen from the Upper Circle a rather rude word could clearly be seen.
Now that's classy.
A lot of changes are called "historic" that really aren't, but this one sure seems to qualify:
BAGHDAD (AP) -- When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.
Now, I'm really worried that Barack Obama is just not ready to be president. He went bowling, and got a . . . 37. A 37! Man, that' s a lot of gutter balls. My cats could beat that:
Now, this is a good judge:
BELEN, N.M. - Marlene Chavez stood before a hushed courtroom, acknowledging the consequences of her second drunken-driving offense. Among the spectators were hundreds of teenagers who hung on her every word.
Hillary Clinton is going to have a Fort Wayne office in the 2000 block of Fairfield. The second place we lived when my parents moved us here was in the 2200 block of Fairfield, so I know the area well. It is gritty, blue-collar -- well, you get the idea. Barack Obama, on the other hand, has his Fort Wayne headquarters on Columbia Street, which is like yuppie urban-revival heaven.
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, on John McCain:
"While we honor McCain's military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn't understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years."
Yeah, a blatant opportunist. What cunning calculation to let himself be taken prisoner in Vietnam just to add to his presidential potential.
Thanks to the Reporter-Times of Martinsville for putting the sales-tax increase in terms I can relate to:
Starting Tuesday, that cranberry scone and tall latte at Starbucks is going to cost you five cents more.
Good for the kids. Despite all the garbage they are exposed to every single day in the popular culture:
Young Americans have a reverence for national institutions, traditions and family values, a U.S. survey indicates.
A survey of so-called "millennials" -- those between 21 and 29 -- revealed the group overwhelmingly said they support monogamy, marriage, the U.S. Constitution and the military, The Washington Times reported Sunday.
Most of us in the press and the blogosphere -- including me -- were pretty tough on Jack Trudeau when the story broke about his apparent hosting of a drinking party for his child's graduation. Here's a different point of view:
