There have been quite a few news items that have been on my radar screen this week that I’m finally getting a chance to chime in on, so with that said, here they are. Senate Stuff Is it my imagination, or is there a 9-11 subtext in the latest round of Dan Coats political commercials?  […]

I realize that most of the blog space I have dedicated to the Baptist Ministers Alliance of Indianapolis (BMA) has not been flattering.  I freely admit to being skeptical of an organization that says it’s been around for more than 140 years when it filed as a not-for-profit with the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office […]

After spending a few days away for quality time with the lovely Mrs. Shabazz, we return to our regularly scheduled pontificating on local government.  And of course that means a look at what’s been going on with public safety.  Between news conferences, umpteen rallies, bugs that don’t work, internal tug-of-wars, we have to admit it’s […]

This weekend the lovely Mrs. Shabazz and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary.  It’s been a great year.  Lots of highs, an occasional low, and a love that grows everyday, and I’m not talking about me for myself.    So that means the blogging and tweeting is going to be kept down to a bear […]

Although my time lately has been spent preparing for the the first weeks of college teaching and more importantly, making sure everything goes well for my first anniversary this weekend,  I’ve still been keeping close tabs on the situation involving the latest troubles regarding the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. I was not surprised that the […]

I had a very good conversation with U.S. Senator Dick Lugar Tuesday evening.  We talked about Iraq, Afghanistan, the 2010 midterm elections and his own re-election bid. I asked him his reaction to critics who say he’s been in office too long and what he thinks about a primary challenger?  He told me he will […]