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  • Past Snow Storms

    Charlie Averill

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 11:17am EST
  • Heal this planet now!

    Opening Arguments

    Number of comments: 1

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 9:45am EST
    by Leo Morris
  • Arrivederci!

    Opening Arguments

    Number of comments: 1

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 9:26am EST
    by Leo Morris
  • The Battlefield of Ideas

    We The People

    There are those in this community that abhor contested primaries. They claim it takes away necessary resources from the "real" campaign. They dislike conflict in the party ranks. To them I say "compete on the battlefield of ideas." I have worked on several campaigns, but never on my own. I [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 9:22am EST
    by Daniel Short
  • Get Ready...Get Set...Snow...

    The PA-IN Erudition

    Get Ready...Get Set...Snow...
    That's right, the Midwest is not immune to Old Man Winter. What the East coast "enjoyed" a few days ago is coming to a city near US. Actually, it IS us.
    Weather prognosticators are still watching their models, tracking this winter weather, and' [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 7:56am EST
  • (IN-Sen) And you thought Yemen was bad...

    Blue Indiana

    Call Indiana a "red" state or a "blue" state, there's one thing that most of the country has agreed on for a while: Dick Cheney was a terrifying presence in political process for far too long.

    Which for an embattled Dan Coats, is worth remembering as he reads headlines like "[...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 7:45am EST
  • Legislative Halftime

    Masson's Blog

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 7:37am EST
    by Doug
  • Labor Pains

    Indiana Barrister

    Number of comments: 10

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 7:06am EST
    by Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
  • January Jobs Report

    Charlie Averill


    Click on the graph above to enlarge it
    Pelosi Statement on January Jobs Report

    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 [...]

    Posted: February 08, 2010, 7:35pm EST
  • Massa Makes It Official

    Advance Indiana

    Mark Massa, chief legal counsel to Gov. Mitch Daniels, has made official his decision to run as a Republican for Marion County Prosecutor. Massa will ask Republican committeepersons to slate him as the party's official candidate at this Saturday's slating convention. Massa will resign his job with the governor if [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 3:58pm EST
  • Undefeated Norwell girls to play at Wayne

    Sevens

    If the weather allows, the 20-0 Lady Knights will face the 14-6 Peru Tigers on Tuesday and then the 16-4 Elmhurst Trojans on Friday.  The Norwell girls won previous sectionals in 2005, 1996, 1984, 1982 and, of course, in 1976 and 1977 (which is and always was as it should [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 3:34pm EST
  • We're Hard to Govern -- on Purpose

    Sevens

    America is Not Ungovernable, our founding fathers designed our nation this way The solution the country ultimately settled on had five important features: checks and balances so that the branches would police one another; a large republic so that majority sentiment was fleeting and not intensely felt; a Senate where [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 3:27pm EST
  • a bet where both sides lose

    stAllio!'s way

    Number of comments: 1
    gambling is a super bowl tradition. even though it's technically illegal, various organizations and even elected officials bet on the game... including mayors and governors.

    i'd heard some grumbling that part of indy's wager against new orleans was shrimp cocktail from st elmo's. people were like, hey it's pretty [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 3:00pm EST
    by stAllio!

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