Three years ago Indiana “leased” The Northern Indiana Toll Road to a huge international company for 3.8 billion dollars. The long debate over the lease was tense in the legislature. The Democrats did not want it, the Republicans stuck with Governor Mitch Daniels (a former Bush Budget Director) and it barely passed. [...]

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Sebastian Barry’s The Secret Scripture is the best novel I have read this year.  In fact it is the best novel I have read since Sebastian Barry’s A Long,Long Way several years ago.  So I guess that tells you something about what I think of Sebastian Barry.Barry is not a household name and, as near [...]

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As you can see I have been brushing up on my Arabic recently. Okay maybe that is a bit of a stretch because the above is the only phrase I know and I had to google it. And that is no more cheating than everyone who googled an answer to 26 down in [...]

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I have been a subscriber to The New Yorker for five years but a regular reader since college.  I am not an Upper East Side snooty New York City liberal.  I am liberal but in the Midwest.  And out here in the middle the left is often on the right (apologies to James McMurtry).
So what [...]

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What’s up Lionel?

Lionel is a chow and he was found as a stray. He’s neutered and has been living at the Human Society since November 2007. It’s time Lionel got the home he deserves. Call us today.

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I am not a cartoon kind of guy and all of these “other” movies that are nothing but fake animation are driving me nuts.  No I am a manly movie kind of guy.  I go to see “There Will Be Blood” three times and then buy it so I can watch it every six months.  [...]

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As I wrote in several posts leading up to Indiana’s knockout punch Democratic Primary, the main reason the state’s entrenched Democrats supported Hillary is their firm belief she would select our Senator Evan Bayh as her running mate. We may never know for sure but I think they were right. With their offices [...]

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As far as I know Indiana has never been in the forefront of anything. I am not saying we are all a bunch of rubes but we just don’t take the lead in anything. We do have one of the most liberal fireworks laws in the country. You can buy everything short [...]

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