Well, it’s official. As of December 31, 2014 we had 135 murders here in Indianapolis; one of the highest in a while. And once again, what’s most annoying is by my last count, about 80 percent of the victims had adult criminal histories and about 90 percent of the suspects. Those criminal histories included crimes […]
Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse of Auburn has just hit it out of the ballpark. He wants to introduce legislation next session that would require Indiana students to take a civics test before they could get their high school diplomas. According to my colleagues over at the Indy Star, the bill would require all public […]
One of my favorite quotes comes from C.S. Lewis. It reads as follows… “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may […]
When you love cigars and have a wife who speaks Spanish, there’s no better news than the President moving forward to normalize relations with Cuba. He made the announcement last week. Now granted, we won’t be flying down anytime soon, and there is that matter of that little matter of the embargo, but I can’t […]
Although I don’t celebrate Christmas, I did get an early present this year. A couple years ago my mother was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. My siblings and I had noticed earlier that she was getting a little more forgetful, but we all just attributed that to getting older. However, things were getting to the point […]
State Senator Karen Tallian and I don’t agree on a lot, but I think she is definitely right when it comes to legalizing marijuana for medical purposes. According to the Associated Press, she plans to introduce a bill this session that would allow for pot to be used for medical purposes now that the Justice […]
recently read an article in the New York Times about how the middle class was on its last leg and America was turning into something out of the film Elysium. The author talked about how U.S. productivity has grown, but the typical family household income has not. He says workers are twice as productive as […]
Whenever I get asked if I have ever been the target of “racial” profiling, I jokingly reply “when you look this good, you don’t mind getting profiled, just make sure they get both sides.” But seriously, due to recent events in Ferguson, I thought it was an appropriate question. My answer, maybe. Allow me to […]
Some people just have way too much time on their hands. The City of Indianapolis is looking at revamping its zoning laws to allow for digital billboards. However, opponents say this is the first sign (pardon the pun) of the apocalypse. They present a laundry list of reasons why digital billboards are bad, but allow […]
In this week’s debate over immigration the President played the GOP opposition like a Stradivarius violin, which is surprising following the recent mid-term election results. In a nutshell, the President’s plan gives legal status (not citizenship nor permanent residence) to about 5 million undocumented immigrants. They have to have kids who are American citizens and […]
