I just couldn’t help myself with this one.  

Happy Birthday, America!   You’re 236-years old now start acting like you’ve got some sense!  

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today announced that state coffers will show a $2 billion surplus at the end of the fiscal year, kicking in a taxpayer refund of $100 for individuals and $200 for couples who qualify. Daniels said today that since reserves total at least 14 percent of the state’s budget, most Hoosier taxpayers will […]

MARION COUNTY SHERIFF FOR PUBLIC RELEASE CASE REPORT: 12-0000722 – 0000   INCIDENT: 612 ANIMAL INVESTIGATION LOCATION: 4735 SOUTH COUNTY ROAD 800 WEST GEO ZONE: AREA: BEAT: OCCURRED: 06/27/2012 22:53 TO 06/27/2012 23:59 REPORTED: 06/27/2012 AT 22:53 ARRESTS: 0 INJURED: 0 DEAD: 0 VEHICLE TOWED: 0   MODUS OPERANDI: METHOD OF ENTRY: POINT OF ENTRY: […]

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the President’s health care plan, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the discussions have now moved to how the plan will be implemented.  I’m particularly interested in the expansion of Medicaid portion of the legislation.  A lot of state lawmakers aren’t crazy about expanding the program, and they […]

I’ve been pretty busy this week working on some other projects and have to run out of town this weekend.  So I decided to leave you guys with an open forum to bat around whatever floats your boat.  Here are a few topics. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on health care reform. Mike Pence’s “9-11 […]

I’ve been posting some interviews over on IndyPolitics.Org regarding the immigration debate following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Arizona law.  I’ve decided to repost the interviews here. The only interview I haven’t been able to do yet is with State Senator Mike Delph, the author of Indiana’s illegal immigration law.  Delph and I […]

I originally had planned to attend last week’s  Indiana Democratic Convention in Fort Wayne but unfortunately – or fortunately depending on your perspective – I had to attend a conference in Las Vegas. I did make it a point to follow my media colleagues on Twitter as well as read what they wrote when I […]

I have never been a good golfer, so mulligans and I are good friends.  Luckily, my role in a round of golf is to bring the cigars and jokes, while the other players bring the actually game.  Unfortunately, politics doesn’t work that way.  A big mistake can totally derail a political campaign, so can a […]

One question being asked in the wake of news that Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is slated to become the next President of Purdue University is “how exactly would he run the school”?   One way to make that determination is to look at what Daniels has done as Governor when it comes to higher education. I’ve […]