Hoosier lore

Drug warriors

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/26/2013 - 9:16am — Opening Argument

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A sweeping plan to overhaul Indiana's criminal sentencing laws will go before a legislative committee after Republican Gov. Mike Pence said last week he worried the proposal wasn't tough enough on low-level drug offenders.

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Law, what law?

By Leo Morris — Tue, 03/26/2013 - 9:00am — Opening Argument

The attorneys general of 21 states, including Indiana, have filed briefs before the Suprem Court in defense of the right of states to ban same-sex unions. The attorneys general of 15 states have filed briefs on the other side of the issue. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller explains his actions:

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Winning ugly is still winning

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/25/2013 - 8:57am — Opening Argument

Anybody else watch the Indiana-Temple nailbiter all the way through?

Posted in: Hoosier lore, Sports

Sound advice

By Leo Morris — Fri, 03/22/2013 - 9:20am — Opening Argument

Strange little editorial on gun safety in the Evansville Courier & Press:

Owning a gun is a right and a responsibility. Now that a state court has left no doubt that Hoosiers may carry a handgun in all but a few exempted places, let those who choose to exercise this right do so in a responsible manner.

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Don't throw me under the bus

By Leo Morris — Wed, 03/20/2013 - 9:40am — Opening Argument

Even some small-government advocates might think the Tea Party is going too far here:

INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation intended to expand mass transit in central Indiana is drawing opposition from tea party activists who oppose the local tax increases that would fund the proposals.

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Whatever you're about to do, just stop it, OK?

By Leo Morris — Wed, 03/20/2013 - 9:22am — Opening Argument

A reasonable preventive measure or an unfair invasion of privacy?

A high school in Northwest Indiana is considering brethalyzing its students at senior banquets and Prom to curb underage drinking.

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Drop that salt shaker, kid!

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/18/2013 - 2:00pm — Opening Argument

The nanny state begets the nanny county:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana county plans to use a $20,000 federal grant to teach local restaurants and residents how to cut sodium levels in food to make for healthier meals.

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Posted in: Food and Drink, Hoosier lore, Politics and othr nightmares

There oughta be a law, not

By Leo Morris — Mon, 03/18/2013 - 9:58am — Opening Argument

No need to repeal a city ordinance when the state's new law amounts to a de facto repeal:

HAMMOND, Indiana — The losing attorney in a case over Hammond gun-control ordinances vowed to take the matter to the Indiana Supreme Court after a state appeals court upheld a ruling that two area residents weren't adversely impacted by the restrictions because they're moot under Indiana law.

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