The Indianapolis City-County Council Monday approved the creation of two new charter schools.   The charters  are being created at the former St. Andrew /St. Rita & St. Anthony Catholic schools on the east side. The schools decided to convert to charters following a $2 million shortfall.   They both serve minority populations who are free and […]

Although they lost to Duke, 61-59, these guys are still champions and you have to give them the credit they’re due!  And like my Cubs friends say, “there’s always next year.”

I think this might be the first Indiana GOP U.S. Senate primary attack ad.   John Hostettler goes after Dan Coats.

Now this is something you don’t hear about everyday.  Not one, but two incidents involving tasing, local law enforcement and pre-teens. Two Martinsville police officers are on administrative leave for using a taser on an out-of-control 10-year old.  Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is defending an officer’s use of a taser to subdue an […]

On Thursday I’ll be moderating a debate for the Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate at the Indiana War Memorial.  You can hear it live on WXNT-AM or www.wxnt.com. The pre-debate show starts at 3 p.m. and the actual debate is from 4-5:30 p.m.  We’re soliciting questions from our radio audience and also doing the […]

This question has nothing to do with politics or local government, but it does raise a question we have all faced at sometime. I got a into a friendly debate with my lovely wife last night at dinner. My parents were in town and they love buffet-style food.  I personally can’t stand it because it’s […]

I’m in transit today, heading back to Indy from St. Louis.  No, I was not looking for another job!  However I did get a lot of calls because of yesterday’s April Fool’s Day post. Since I’ll be on the road, I won’t be writing much of anything, so feel free to use this as an […]

This is something that has been a long time coming and it’s finally here.  This is my last post for Indiana Barrister.  In fact, this is my last comment for a lot of things.  I’ve recently taken a position back home playing lawyer and political consultant for a firm back in Springfield, IL. I can […]

With the nice weather we had on Wednesday some friends and I decided to hang out downtown for drinks and getting caught up.  As we were sitting outside at a restaurant  on Washington street we were approached several times by people begging for money.  In addition, while walking over to meet my friends I had […]