The biggest snow storm that I can remember was in January 1967. We were living on Polk Street in Gary, across from Indiana University. I think it was on Thursday that I drove to work in Hammond at the NIPSCO gas meter shop.
It began to snow that [...]
In a stunning display of I’m not sure what, an Iowa state legislator has introduced a bill that would essentially eliminate the common law.
It would forbid a judge from using case law or judicial precedent as a basis for his or her rulings. The only permissible legal authority would [...]
I think I just shot my writing time firing off a thousand-word memo to the students staffing GrossePointeToday.com. It started off as a general guide to covering small city councils, and, as usual, became something else. When something starts with “be on time” and ends with a little story [...]
We’re running a feature asking readers to vote on whether certain famous people would look better with or without a beard. (Go here to vote if you’re snowed in and really, really bored today.) I’m glad to see beards are enough in favor now that we [...]
Those mean old taxpayers just don’t understand that we need their money to do good things for them. But if that’s what they want, sniffle, sniffle, well, all right, guess we won’t fight it. Boy are they gonna miss us when we’re gone:
State legislators didn’t waste much time this [...]
This Indiana University professor doesn’t think much of the democratic process:
“No matter how often President Obama pleads for it, bipartisanship has become a joke. So, while the two sides continue this ridiculous game, Rome — read: the planet — is burning.”
Reuveny said it’s imperative that President Obama bypass this [...]
The hits just keep coming on my side of town. Hartley’s, then Lambro’s, now Casa D’Angelo’s. Pretty soon my only choices will be the Wendy’s at the end of the street and the Hall’s and the Chinese and Mexican places across the Bluffton Road Bridge. If [...]
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*4-8 inches by Wednesday morning Indy and southward, up to 10 inches north of Indy...highest totals will be in northern 1/3 of state*The Evansville Courier Press offers its opinion on this session of the General Assembly at the half way mark.
The editorial suggests that, without any extra money to fight over, prospects of a special session are limited. Legislators have agreed on some lobbying limitations – most prominently a year [...]
Although things have quieted down over at the Indiana General Assembly, there are still some bills of interest worth paying attention to, one of which deals with the start of school.
Last week the Senate approved a bill that would push the start of school back to after Labor Day [...]
The billboard in question. (via The Right Perspective)
A Wyoming, Minnesota billboard of former US President George W. Bush asking “Miss Me Yet?” has caused an Internet sensation, putting liberals on the hunt for whomever put it up.
Snapshots of the board swept through [...]
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that the Federal Government in DC will be closed Tuesday as it was Monday. Snowpocalypse is doing an excellent job of making sure that nothing gets accomplished in Washington this week. And personally, I consider the government shutdown and inability to get anything [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the January jobs report issued today by the Department [...]
Puppy Bowl > vapid pregame. [xtrarant]
Published Daily Digest for February 7th.
The team that receives the ball to start the 2nd half wins ~2% more [...] 
Did you notice a familiar face in the Indiana Farm Bureau commercial during last night's Super Bowl? The male lead in the commercial was acted by Sean Harshey. Sean, a local Indianapolis attorney, was the 2000 Libertarian candidate for Indiana Attorney General. [...] 
The complaints most conservatives across Indiana have regarding Dan Coats throwing his hat into the ring is simple. They feel the Republican party is astroturfing Coats down their throats, and they do not want another beltway insider in Washington. Coats did a stellar job during [...]
Maybe abortion supporters should wait to see Super Bowl commercials before criticizing them? Just maybe?
