Hoosier lore

Oh, give it a rest, people!

Hoosiers will begin to observe Daylight Saving Time Sunday, but some at the Indiana Statehouse are continuing a long-standing argument that the clocks will be set to the wrong time.

Andrea Neal of the Indiana Policy Review: Say, about that "low-tax state" thing:

Popular perception to the contrary, Indiana is not a low-tax state. When you add up all the different taxes — property, sales and income assessed by federal, state or local government — we rank right in the middle.

Beretta to Maryland: If you pass that gun law, we just might leave.

Spurred by the Newtown massacre, Maryland is poised to pass one of the strictest gun control laws in the country. 

Juxtaposition of the day. First, from the world of sports:

Hoosier Hysteria is back -- and Indiana University is the big winner even before the first tip-off in a tournament game.

I wrote an editorial last week in favor of Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long's resolution calling for a national constitutional convention to define limits on the commerce and taxing powers of Congress:

States’ rights, Long says, might disappear altogether. This is a way to keep it from happening “with a process that is legal, that is constitutional and that, if done correctly, will be effective.”

OK, sure, some punishment is called for here, but a felony?

FEBRUARY 26--Meet Lendsey and Delilha Harbin

The married couple went to the movies Saturday night at a multiplex in Portage, Indiana, where they watched “Snitch,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. When the action flick ended, the Harbins exited theater #13 and headed into theater #15, where the zombie film “Warm Bodies” was about to start.

Outstanding news, if they can actually get something done:

Indiana lawmakers are considering deregulating a number of professions, including real estate brokers, home inspectors and several others.

Nail salons and dozens of others lumped under the “beauty culture” umbrella are also under review.

Aw, hell:

How'd you like this for a job -- spending a whole year just talking about poop?

A Purdue University-based state office is reaching out to Indiana’s farmers to educate them about new restrictions on using manure to fertilize cropland.

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Who knew there was such a thing as felony snacking?

A Walmart employe in Indiana has been charged with felony theft after she was caught munching Oreos filched from the store’s shelves, police said.

When confronted by cops with video of the alleged theft, Penny S. Winters, 63, admitted she ate the cookies and said she had been doing it for years.