They came for the flush toilets, and I did not say anything, because I always flush twice anyway. Then they came for the incandescent bulbs, and I said nothing, because I've come to appreciate wine by candlelight lately. Then they came for my plastic bags:
The inevitable question faced by shoppers at the grocery checkout, how to tote their food home, may soon get simpler.
George Bush will not be on the presidential ticket. His popularity seems likely set new record lows. Yet a liberal advocacy group is planning to spend $8.5 million on an anti-Bush campaign:
The proposal to punish Indiana businesses that "knowingly employ" illegal immigrants is still alive in the General Assembly. For those who think such a law won't work, consider the Arizona experience:
PHOENIX, Arizona (AFP) — One month after Arizona introduced a law cracking down on businesses which employ illegal immigrants, Latino workers are fleeing the state and companies are laying off employees in droves, officials and activists say.
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Everybody seems to be on the Billary Watch now:
Amazingly, neither party seems to fully recognize the contours of the road map. In the Democrats' case, the full-throttle emergence of Billary, the joint Clinton candidacy, is measured mainly within the narrow confines of the short-term horse race: Do Bill Clinton's red-faced eruptions and fact-challenged rants enhance or diminish his wife as a woman and a candidate?
I yield to no one in my dislike of taxes and fees. But motorcycle riders converge on the capital to protest a $10 fee?
A bunch of bikers converged on the Statehouse last week, sporting black leather jackets, impressive Fu Manchus and a beef with a law that legislators passed last year.
Can't wait till Clinton or Obama gets elected so we can get started on that "universal" health care:
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.
Twenty-six states have passed legislation requiring one- or two-year cooling-off periods for legislators wanting to leave office and become lobbyists. Gov. Mitch Daniels has instituted such a policy for members of the executive branch. It is a rather modest reform. But our thin-skinned legislators are having none of it:
That casino Mayor Tom Henry wanted to snag for Fort Wayne? Ain't gonna happen:
A bill that would have allowed one of two Gary riverboat casino licenses to be transferred to northeastern Indiana fizzled in a Senate committee Thursday and is likely dead this session.
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As the northeast Indiana co-chair of the VRWC, I'm happy to report that, after 10 years, the movement is alive and well:
On Sunday, January 27, 2008, our nation celebrates an important political anniversary. Ten years ago Hillary Clinton (then the First Lady) went on television with Matt Lauer and said:
The issue that just won't die:
The long-running debate over which time zones Hoosiers should observe got more complicated Wednesday when an Indiana House committee approved a bill to let voters choose their county's time zone through referendums.
House Bill 1047 would let residents of counties that border the Eastern-Central time zone boundary to put the issue to a vote.
