Indiana may not be as ready for a recession as we would like:
Many experts fear the nation may be on the footsteps of a recession.
The country has seen indicators like higher unemployment rates and an economic slow-down for the last few months.
Purdue Ag Economist Larry DeBoer said Indiana expects to have about 1.15 billion dollars in savings by the end of June 2009.
Some "unsightly billboards" are finally going to come down in Indianapolis. I've seen them, and "big and ugly" is the only way to describe them. So I defintely won't miss them. Still, this is a little troubling:
Pinnacle's battle with the city galvanized some Indiana business leaders to side with the billboard company.
Ireland is thriving. Guess why:
The relatively new emphasis on entrepreneurs in Ireland is the culmination of nearly four decades of government policies that have lifted the economy from centuries of poverty to modern prosperity.
The Code Blue folks succeeded in stopping the $500 million FWCS renovation project, and now they've set their sights even higher:
Their new mission, they say, is nothing less than to control - and thereby reform - an unaccountable, underperforming bureaucracy that is out of touch with the public it supposedly serves.
Congressional Democrats may have been ineffective on Iraq, earmarks, immigration and just about everything they campaigned on. But, by God, never let it be said that they can't get the big things done:
The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been shunted aside in favor of baguettes.
Most of the coverage of the presidential race these days is horse-race stuff -- who's surging, who's faltering, who seems to have a chance and who doesn't. But here, from The Associated Press, is a wrapup of what the candidates' positions are on certain issues. As far as I can tell, nobody's position has been distorted, so it should be helpful for those who want to catch up. No comments from me except to note all those billions of dollars listed in the Democratic plans.
For the "with friends like this, he doesn't need enemies" file:
ST. PAUL, Minnesota - In a legal effort to help a U.S. senator, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing that people who have sex in public bathrooms have an expectation of privacy.
I must have read 100 editorials and commentaries about the Indiana voter-ID law being considered by the Supreme Court. They are all depressingly similar -- the "fight fraud" side and the "voters are being disenfranchised" crowd just keep repeating the same mantras, over and over. Here's a typical passage from the "solving a nonexistent problem" camp, in The Boston Globe:
I'll bet a lot of you conservatives out there have thought, "Maybe President Bush has screwed up in a lot of areas, but at least he'll stand up for the 2nd Amendment." Guess again:
Since "unrestricted" private ownership of guns clearly threatens the public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions, according to the Bush administration.
We're running this Charles Krauthammer column on today's editorial page. It addresses something I've been thinking about, but he says it so much better than I could:
The Democratic primary campaign has been breathtakingly empty. What passes for substance is an absurd contest of hopeful change (Obama) vs. experienced change (Clinton) vs. angry change (John Edwards playing Hugo Chavez in English).
