For many years, my family lived in a house built in 1874 by the first mayor of Indianola, Lewis Todhunter, and his wife Elizabeth. Todhunter — who helped found the Republican Party in Iowa — served in the Civil War, represented Warren County at Iowa’s 1857 constitutional convention, and was elected county prosecutor. In 1877, […]
The Indianapolis police union is a malignant force. It capitalizes on tragedies to warn of more, escalating tragedies unless the union gets what it wants. Every year, the city gives the union what it wants. The union’s response? It trashes Indianapolis as an uninhabitable wasteland where criminals rule, aided by sympathetic judges, and where police […]
Florida needs a better deterrent to littering, given the worldwide reaction to a disturbing video that came out of the recent Boca Bash event. The current punishment for dumping less than 15 pounds or 27 cubic feet of trash and garbage is a civil penalty of up to $150. For a state that prides itself on […]