Which for an embattled Dan Coats, is worth remembering as he reads headlines like "
*4-8 inches by Wednesday morning Indy and southward, up to 10 inches north of Indy...highest totals will be in northern 1/3 of state*The Evansville Courier Press offers its opinion on this session of the General Assembly at the half way mark.
The editorial suggests that, without any extra money to fight over, prospects of a special session are limited. Legislators have agreed on some lobbying limitations – most prominently a year [...]
Although things have quieted down over at the Indiana General Assembly, there are still some bills of interest worth paying attention to, one of which deals with the start of school.
Last week the Senate approved a bill that would push the start of school back to after Labor Day [...]
The billboard in question. (via The Right Perspective)
A Wyoming, Minnesota billboard of former US President George W. Bush asking “Miss Me Yet?” has caused an Internet sensation, putting liberals on the hunt for whomever put it up.
Snapshots of the board swept through [...]
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that the Federal Government in DC will be closed Tuesday as it was Monday. Snowpocalypse is doing an excellent job of making sure that nothing gets accomplished in Washington this week. And personally, I consider the government shutdown and inability to get anything [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the January jobs report issued today by the Department [...]
Puppy Bowl > vapid pregame. [xtrarant]
Published Daily Digest for February 7th.
The team that receives the ball to start the 2nd half wins ~2% more [...] 
Did you notice a familiar face in the Indiana Farm Bureau commercial during last night's Super Bowl? The male lead in the commercial was acted by Sean Harshey. Sean, a local Indianapolis attorney, was the 2000 Libertarian candidate for Indiana Attorney General. [...] 
The complaints most conservatives across Indiana have regarding Dan Coats throwing his hat into the ring is simple. They feel the Republican party is astroturfing Coats down their throats, and they do not want another beltway insider in Washington. Coats did a stellar job during [...]
So long to the Brooklyn accent:
The first thing theatergoers will notice about the revival of “A View of the Bridge,” Arthur Miller’s 1950s drama about a working-class Italian-American family in Red Hook, is that the characters are speaking a different language: Brooklynese. You got a problem with that!?
You [...]
Indiana is a leader!
Indiana has about 6,000 public pedestrian and highway railroad grade crossings, which is more than all but four other states. Because of the high number of highway-rail conflict points, Indiana is consistently among the top states with the most railroad crossing crashes. During 2008, there were [...]
If you send me an e-mail on the weekend and I don’t respond immediately, please to forgive. I’ve started trying to make at least 36 hours of the weekend internet-free. It’s an intention that doesn’t always work out, but when it does, I’m able to go almost a day without [...]
According to a short piece in The Hill, Coats didn't content himself with lobbying for the big banks [...]
I’ve figured out why the Colts lost the Super Bowl. It’s amazingly simple when you think about it, and it all goes back to this one play:
The Saints coach made all the right moves, most notably calling for an onside kick to start the second half, depriving the Colts [...]
I am hearing rumors that Indianapolis City-County Councilman, local businessman, and community leader Jeff Cardwell is looking at jumping into the 4th Congressional District race. Cardwell was first elected to represent District 23 on the City-County Council in 2007, and he has been active in Republican politics for some time. [...]
I’ve liked The Who a long time, but I must respectfully disagree with this:
The Super Bowl finally found its soundtrack with The Who, whose halftime show provided music as big and loud as the game itself.
From guitarist Pete Townshend’s famous windmill strumming to Roger Daltrey’s pained vocals [...]
Maybe abortion supporters should wait to see Super Bowl commercials before criticizing them? Just maybe?
