Have you ever had one of those days where something so bizarre occurred that it took a long time for you to even believe it happened? Well I did and today was that day. I was downtown patronizing one of my usual places when my buddy, the shop owner, asked me what I was planning […]
I caught a lot of grief recently for a column that I wrote recently arguing that local law enforcement should use its own version of “stop and frisk” as part of a strategy to address Indianapolis’ growing murder problem. I was accused of being insensitive to the black youth who would likely be the targets […]
Be honest, whether you like the First Church of Cannabis (TFCC) or not, you know you were just waiting to see or hear reports of someone lighting up and getting arrested and then mayhem ensuing. I was. No such luck. I attended the inaugural service of the TFCC and sans the marijuana, it was […]
I am going to throw a thought out there that will probably make my political friends heads spin like Linda Blair in the Exorcist, but I think it’s worth discussing. How about a consolidated primary for municipal elections? Seriously! Instead of voters having to choose a Republican or Democratic ballot for Mayor or City Council […]
Those were the numbers of murders in Indianapolis in 2012, 2013 and 2014. However, I decided to do a little digging into those stats to get a more complete picture. Here’s what I found. You can draw your own conclusions. 2012 96 murders 73% of the victims had an adult felony record. 70% of the […]
This may sound odd, but if you are a Republican who does not live in Indianapolis, you should be concerned about the Indy Mayor’s race. Why? Allow me to explain. Later this week, Marion County Republicans are slated to unveil their candidate for Mayor. Right now the only candidates that have filed are former Fall […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am not a big fan of the Indianapolis chapter of the NAACP. In the past I found them to be outdated and particularly ineffective. For example their “education” platform is really just a page out the out of any teachers union playbook. And when it came to responding to Charlotte Lucas’ rant about minorities […]
I am no longer disappointed that my good friend Greg Ballard isn’t running for a third term, because Democrat Joe Hogsett is doing it for him. As I listened to the speech that Hogsett gave Wednesday at the Kennedy-King Memorial at 17th and Broadway, everything he spelled out that he wanted to do Ballard has […]
