Huh. The Journal Gazette had a gun control editorial this morning that I didn't totally hate:
Sorry I can't join you for that Mayan Apocalypse thingy on Friday. My ride is here:
Fewer Santas at the mall these days. No, not because of the War on Christmas. It's all about demographics:
“We are a destination shopping center (versus a mall) that caters specifically to those who work and live in Mission Valley,” Lisa Gualco, general manager for Hazard Center, said in an email. “As such, we want to keep their shopping experience quick, efficient and convenient throughout the holiday season.”
As we start taking in all those end-of-year assessments, we're likely to feel a little gloomy, because the analysts and prognosticators tend to be a pessimistic lot. As an antidode:
When the president speaks people listen -- two graduation speakers at Indiana State University catch the "You didn't build that" fever:
A federal judge and a newly minted nurse reminded Indiana State University graduates Saturday they didn't get where they are - and won't get where they're going - entirely on their own.
INDIANAPOLIS — A powerful Republican state senator says he now opposes amending a ban on same-sex marriage into Indiana's constitution.
Yes, we all saw this coming from a mile away, but that doesn't make it any less depressing:
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has offered to raise the top tax rate for earners making more than $1 million, a source told the Associated Press.
Everybody's going to have an opinion about the Connecticut shooting horror. FWIW, here's my two cents in the editorial I wrote for today's paper. It isn't meant to offer solutions, just the place where the conversation should start:
There are two things we desperately need to talk about – the availability of guns and the failures of our mental health systems. We can't seem to talk seriously about either one, but for different reasons.
What do you think about this?
Officials in a central Indiana county have repealed a local smoking ban that was stricter than a statewide ban the General Assembly approved earlier this year.
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling for over-the-counter contraceptive sales, arguing that such a move would take a potent political issue away from Democrats.
"Let's party like it's 1984" department. From my current favorite libertarian, Andrew Napolitano:
If this is accurate, it's almost as much of a sign of evolving attitutes as the recent voter approval of gay marriage in three states:
A new poll shows Hoosiers are split on legalizing same-sex marriage, but also oppose amending Indiana's state constitution to ban it.
Man, this score is so lopsided even "blowout" doesn't do it justice:
INDIANAPOLIS - The athletic department at Bloomington South High School is defending a controversial 107-2 win by its girls basketball team.
The win came Tuesday night over Arlington High School in Indianapolis, whose only points of the game came from free throws.
Getting really, really, really tired of the metaphor:
Here's why many are optimistic that a brief fall over the cliff wouldn't derail the economic recovery:
For the last time, there is no such thing as a "brief fall over the cliff." You fall over a cliff, you hit bottom -- there's no turning back.
Is anybody really shocked by this?
When Gov. Daniels came through a few weeks ago, we asked him about what might be in store for defeated Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett. He said something like, "Oh, don't worry about him -- he'll land on his feet." Didn't take long for him to be proven right:
Hey, another state looks to Indiana for inspiration for a change instead of the other way around:
The Journal Gazette never met a tax hike it didn't like, and the feeling seems to be the same for any source of government revenue, including user fees:
Raise the rates for downtown metered parking, it’s long overdue. Fifty cents is not too much to pay to park for an hour in a prime parking space.
The new figures reveal that the lightsabre-wielding disciples are only behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in the popularity stakes, excluding non-religious people and people who did not answer.
