Indy Star profiles 9th-district Democrats
The Indy Star’s Jon Murray has a report today on the Democratic candidates in the 9th District primary. Several Democrats bring attention-grabbing backgrounds. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Jonathan George most recently served as a national security adviser to President…
Mitch Daniels loses track of half a billion dollars in 4 months
In just 4 months, the state of Indiana has discovered $526 million in taxpayer funds that had been mishandled by the Daniels administration. On Thursday, news broke that Indiana had discovered more than $206 million dollars that should have been…
Juxtaposition: Catholics vs Bishops
Offered without comment: Occupy Catholics & Catholics United protest the Ryan budget: “Were you there when they crucified the poor?” Bishops don’t have time to discuss poverty “Archbishop Charles Chaput told me in early November, along with an audience at…
Juxtaposition: Micro-targeting in retail and politics
Several weeks back, the New York Times Magazine ran an adapted excerpt from Charles Duhigg’s new book, The Power of Habit. Duhigg’s book focuses on the emerging science about habits, and how companies (along with individuals) are using that knowledge…
Juxtaposition: NOM’s anti-gay strategy revealed
Here’s a quick compare and contrast exercise for you. First, an excerpt from a slobberingly fawning profile of Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage. Second, highlights from the newly-unsealed internal NOM strategy documents, marked confidential. Note…
Trayvon Martin and the progressive Christian response to violence
“We have become a nation in which children have become expendable. Trayvon Martin is just the most recent example.” – Charles Pierce, “Trayvon Martin and the End of Excuses” The murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26 by George…
Indiana GOP supports taxpayer funds for private highways
Last month, I noted that taxpayer funds from Indiana were being used to hire a lobbyist for a foreign oil company. Now, the Indiana GOP is again supporting redistributing taxpayer money to private, foreign corporations. Last week, the Senate finally…
Outside groups starting to spend on Indiana’s 2012 elections
Indiana’s primary elections are still a few months away, but we’re already starting to see some outside groups start buying airtime. In Indiana’s 8th District, the American Conservative Union is up with a cookie-cutter radio ad supporting incumbent Republican Larry…
Dick Lugar threatens to hold national security hostage
Threatening to hold the entire government hostage to his whims has been a go-to strategy for Indiana Congressman Mike Pence. Just a few months ago, Pence threatened to shut own the government over a small percentage of the budget that…