I had to emcee an event Wednesday night with the Educational Choice Charitable Trust, Governor Mitch Daniels was the honored guest.  It was also as you know my wife’s birthday, so I had to get special permission to do the event.  While on stage I jokingly asked the Governor if I could borrow some of […]

Someone asked me what I thought about the recent controversy surrounding LiteBox.  For those of you who may have been out of the loop, LiteBox is the pet project of Bob Yanigahara, an California-based entrepreneur who announced last he was bringing his company to Indianapolis and creating 1,100 jobs in the process.  The problem with […]

I attended the Wednesday morning news conference over on the east side of town where local leaders were joined by Billionaire Warren Buffet in announcing a new development project in the area where the Meadows used to be. The $27 million East Village in Avondale is supposed to help revitalize the area near 38th and […]

The nice thing about the 21st Century is that if I want a book I don’t have to run to a bookstore anymore and look for it. I picked up, or in this case, downloaded a copy of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ book, “Keeping the Republic; Saving America by Trusting Americans”. After finishing the book […]

I always joke that on any given day the four most hated people at the Marion County Democratic Party are Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels,  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Indiana State Democratic Chairman Dan Parker, and everyone’s favorite political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz. I also always say that whomever comes in first depends on the day.   I […]

I had a pretty good response to yesterday’s “audio blog” so we’re going to give this another shot.  I’m still working out the formula so bear with me.  I did slow down more on this one.  Today’s subjects include… Politicizing the State Fair Tragedy ISTA Cheers Court Decision on Contracts Former CEO of Carmel Performing […]

I’m trying something a little different today on Indiana Barrister.  Instead of writing out thoughts I’m recording them for playback.  I’ve had a lot of people tell me they want to hear what I have to say in the mornings (I recommend something else), so we’re going to give this a shot and see what […]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels spent some time with the news media today speaking on a number of issues; his decision to not run for the Presidency, the current crop of Presidential candidates, the recent Supreme Court ruling that there is no right to reasonably defend yourself from police if they enter your home illegally and […]

The only thing better than getting more than 900 birthday wishes (Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, text messages, phones calls) is the political gossip, rumor and innuendo that comes along with it.   So without further delay, here we go… Governor Mitch Daniels’ mood was described to me Monday as “majorly bummed” because he is not running […]

Today is your favorite political pundit’s birthday.  So I’m going to spend the day doing what I love to do, talking (we’ll be discussing Mitch Daniels’ decision not to run for President; easiest three hours of radio in the Universe), smoke a good cigar, have a few good cocktails, play a few video games, and […]