This is the second installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. When I was a young boy growing up, my grandmother used to have a saying.  She used to say “you don’t believe fat meat is greasy.”  To […]

I hadn’t planned to start posting again until tomorrow, but I didn’t want to wait and thought this was a topic definitely worth discussing. So here is part one. This week I’m focusing my blog posts to education and the likelihood the Indiana Department of Education will intervene and take over several failing Indianapolis Public […]

As you can imagine, I’m taking a couple days off to commemorate Memorial Day.  There are the family cookout traditions, but of course Memorial Day is about remembering the men and women who died serving this country so we can enjoy our freedoms.  I’ll be back on Tuesday.   I’m going to spend a lot of […]

With the news that Nordstrom is leaving Circle Center Mall, I am going to exercise a point of personal privilege and encourage the movers and shakers of this town to see if Target can fill the void. I’ve always felt that a store like Target is the one thing downtown Indy was missing. It’s worked […]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is suing to block parts of the state’s new immigration law.  I’ve embedded a copy of the suit for your reading pleasure.  Enjoy. ACLU Complaint View more documents from IndianaBarrister.

Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy Wednesday unveiled her “education” plan. Since I’m not on their media distribution list, I can say she and staff were surprised to see me there.  She outlined her proposal and took questions.   I know you all expecting some snide comments and criticism but I’m going to surprise all of […]

Dr. Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction has the show Thursday morning from 6-9.  You can listen in here.  Of course he’ll be talking about education reform.  You can call in at 317-228-1430.  Enjoy!

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels spent some time with the news media today speaking on a number of issues; his decision to not run for the Presidency, the current crop of Presidential candidates, the recent Supreme Court ruling that there is no right to reasonably defend yourself from police if they enter your home illegally and […]

The only thing better than getting more than 900 birthday wishes (Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, text messages, phones calls) is the political gossip, rumor and innuendo that comes along with it.   So without further delay, here we go… Governor Mitch Daniels’ mood was described to me Monday as “majorly bummed” because he is not running […]

Today is your favorite political pundit’s birthday.  So I’m going to spend the day doing what I love to do, talking (we’ll be discussing Mitch Daniels’ decision not to run for President; easiest three hours of radio in the Universe), smoke a good cigar, have a few good cocktails, play a few video games, and […]