Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Sweetheart Plea Deals (& A**hole Prosecutors who Get Them)

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Certainly I'm not the only one who noticed that the Johnson County Prosecutor has pled guilty to a number of crimes, including felonies,...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Why Judicial Appointments Matter

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From Slate today : Before Donald Trump nominated him to the federal bench, John K. Bush was perhaps best known as  an anti-gay blogger  w...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

My Favorite Punching Bag

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Our esteemed statewide shame joke of an attorney attorney general Curtis Hill, as both of my readers know, is rather far down my list of es...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

More on Conservative Snowflakes

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I wrote previously about how so-called conservatives seemingly can't get enough of the preferential treatment from the government that t...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Indiana - Where Bad Ideas Never Die

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So, the nation's worst legislature is at it again. Just today, the Indiana Lawyer (as well as NPR, which I listened to this morning on ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Today's Sign of the Apocalypse

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While the salary information for teachers is publicly posted, generally, salary information for private sector workers is not. Nonetheless...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Sen. Mike Young & Hate Crime Legislation

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Maybe you are OK with Indiana being one of 5 states without a hate crimes law. That's your right. Maybe you like that Indiana gets lumpe...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Quidam Stultus non Sulvit

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Being a lawyer, I have probably heard a majority of the lawyer jokes out there. Most of them revolve around lawyers being greedy. (Ever hear...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Read THIS, if nothing else today

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By which, I mean this piece that ran in Slate recently about the state of American education. It was written by a guy who was a finalist for...

Sen. Young - The National Version

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So, in my haste to express my opinion re. our state Senator Mike Young, I have neglected to express my opinion regarding U.S. Senator Todd Y...
Friday, February 15, 2019

Why Young People With Options Go Elsewhere (and what we can do to stop it)

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Ah, my "hometown." Fort Wayne, IN. I have lived there four (4) separate times in my life. The first time, I moved there in 1985....
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Thoughts on Expanding Medicare

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I'll say it up front: I am a supporter of single-payer healthcare. My support derives from my actual lived  experience in Canada, where ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

For Those Who Missed It

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WTHR Reports : SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WTHR) — A former town executive of Speedway is taking a plea deal after being accused of misusing the town...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Musings on Libertarianism

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I am not a libertarian, though I understand the draw of the ideology. In simple terms, libertarians believe that government and freedom exis...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

"Workforce Quality" - per the Indiana Chamber of Commerce

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I wasn't going to go on a rant today, but I just can't help myself. I am so tired of Chamber of Commerce types talking about how the...