I learned a long time ago from a very wise man that the only problem with playing games in politics is sometimes you come across people who can play better than you. I strongly suggest the Indianapolis City-County Council keep that in mind as it navigates the waters of Public Safety Director Frank Straub’s “confirmation” […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday heard what most are calling the most important piece of the President’s health care plan, the individual mandate that citizens must purchase insurance or pay a penalty. The logic being that if everyone has insurance health care costs prices will drop because no one will be running to the emergency […]
This is a picture from today’s rally in Indianapolis regarding Trayvon Martin. Now that everyone has protested and gotten this out of their system, the next question is now what do they do? The tragic part about events like this is that while thousands may show up to protest, unfortunately the only people who end […]
I have suspected for the past couple years that it may be time for Indianapolis City-County Councilor William “Duke” Oliver to call it a career because he is either completely out of touch with reality or he has completely lost his mind. The latest evidence of all this occurred at a Saturday gathering of the […]
I know some of you may find this hard to believe, but at one point in time I actually was a young black male. Now granted I was more Carlton and Cosby than Cooley High, but still a young black male nonetheless. And one of the messages that was always bombarded at me was that […]
New ads are going up in the race for the Republican Primary for the U.S. Senate. Incumbent Richard Lugar has unveiled this ad accusing challenger Richard Mourdock of “low rent” politics. Meanwhile, FreedomWorks, which is backing Richard Mourdock, is unveiling this web-based ad. It’s gonna be an interesting race, to say the least.
On March 26, the United States Supreme Court will begin three days of hearings with six hours of oral argument on the constitutional challenge filed by Indiana and 25 other states against certain sections of the federal health care law: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare.” This historic lawsuit […]
Join me this Thursday, March 22 at 5 p.m. for Cocktails & Conversation at Nicky Blaines Cocktail Lounge in Downtown Indianapolis. Our special guest will be State Representative Jerry Torr, the author of Indiana’s Right to Work law. Hope to see you there.
It’s time to be the bad guy, again, and say what needs to be said because a lot of people won’t man up and say it. Black people, please start getting some of your unruly children under control or do the rest of us with home training a favor and stop having them. Five teenagers […]
Indiana Governor’s decision to pick State Senator Connie Lawson as Secretary of State has implications far wider than just simply restoring a sense of stability to the Office that has been rocked by turmoil for more than a year and a half. Daniels made the announcement Friday, saying he had called Lawson the day before […]
