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Delay of Indiana Gay Marriage Debate a Sign of Victory
The Indianapolis Star published an article today with the headline “Delay of Indiana gay marriage debate not a sign of victory.” The central assertion is that as long as the Supreme Court continues to...
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State of Higher Education
During the State of the Union address last night the President briefly focused on the unsustainable rise in college costs: Through tax credits, grants and better loans, we’ve made college more...
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Close The Minimum Wage Loopholes
President Obama proposed expanding the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9.00 an hour last night. Mark Perry at the American Enterprise Institute puts the current minimum wage regimen into context:...
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Spilling Pixels
I dislike spilling pixels about the unintelligible gossip that emerges from the child typists at The Purdue Exponent, but today I will make an exception. The exciting story of “Universities pursue...
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John McCain Filibusters Hagel Appointment Because Whatever
They produce that lovely print copy of POLITICO in DC (that makes them a newspaper, right?), so somewhere in Monday’s garbage is this quote from Sarah Palin’s former ticket-partner, United States...
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Going Galt
Mr. President, how do you combat something that may not even be caused by humans? #global-warming #sotUGottaBKiddingMe— Trevvor Dayn Long (@Trevvor_Long) February 13, 2013 Raising minimum wage only...
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Is Marlin Stutzman the Most Conservative Member of the House?
The most conservative member of the U.S. House of Representatives is Marlin Stutzman, of Indiana. The most liberal member of the U.S. House of Representatives is Nydia Velázquez of New York, Jared...
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Ron Paul Delirium
This MS Paint doodle has appeared twice in my Facebook feed in as many days. It’s rather stunning that individuals are persuaded by this instead of actual data. But alas, if I have learned anything...
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Joe Donnelly Falls for the Structural Unemployment Lie
Before the State of the Union address last week, Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) issued this statement: There is no greater issue than our continued economic recovery. I hope President Obama’s speech...
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Government Just Small Enough to Drug Test All the Poors
Doug Masson highlights how the Indiana General Assembly passed House Bill 1483, requiring every Indiana resident receiving TANF benefits be subjected to drug testing. This is a moral failing of the...
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Selective Enforcement and Voter ID
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in the case of Shelby County v. Holder, considering whether Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional. SCTOUSblog described the oral...
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Bunker Mentality
Over the weekend, Chris Hayes made a particularly salient point about how political actors can withdraw when denied the levers of power: HAYES: But I think it also has to do with whether you view...
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Donnelly Doubles Down
Senator Donnelly (D-IN) doubled down on the lie that elites love to tell themselves about the unemployment crisis, something about skills. Though they never really get specific, but it has to be...
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Reminder: Justice O’Connor Still Terrible
Justice O’Connor is out on a media blitz of sorts, making sure you’re still fully aware that she is still capable of scribbling an unintelligible book length apology letter to America. Just kidding!...
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Statewide Unemployment Day
Some rotten news on your editor’s first day back. The BLS released statewide unemployment data under their new 2013 model and Indiana saw a pretty significant increase: Nine states reported...
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Daniels’ Tuition Cut
K— Mitch Daniels (@purduemitch) March 09, 2013 A new open letter from Purdue’s President, Mitch Daniels, explains his budget priorities and the recently announced tuition freeze. As a fierce liberal...
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Check Point
Hoosier Access draws my attention to a statewide campaign against intoxicated driving that includes sobriety checkpoints. They argue that checkpoints are a violation of the Fourth Amendment: March 8...
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Age, Class and Marriage
I was up far to late last night reading The National Marriage Project’s new report Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America. The report is a broad and fair assessment of social...
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Brave Legislator Backs Universally Popular Idea
Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) cautiously (and finally?) announced his support for universal background checks on firearm purchasers this week, a policy that the rest of the country already finds...
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Bill O’Reilly Confused Babyboomer
So I just watched Bill O’Reilly’s talking point memo’s from the past week, in an act of obvious masochism. If you are sad because it’s not 1950 anymore and would like to hear this sentence uddered...
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