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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Public Policy and Governance</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>Good Question</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/good-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Henry Waxman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend has shared with me a letter written by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman to one Deborah Holt. The crux of the inquiry is in the following paragraphs: &#8220;According to lobbying disclosure documents filed with the U.S. Senate, you were retained by the State of Indiana to lobby regarding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Monster Under the Bed</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/2373/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/2373/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agenda 21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paranoia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political trade-offs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents of small children are familiar with the phenomenon. A few minutes after turning the lights out, a fearful cry comes from the bedroom: there’s a monster under my bed! That is typically followed by a parental “sweep” of the under-bed real estate and assurances that the room is safe for “night-night.” But what do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with the Embarrassment</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/dealing-with-the-embarrassment/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/dealing-with-the-embarrassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Tully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SuperBowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I logged onto the Star&#8217;s front page this morning, only to discover that Matt Tully had already written my intended post. It&#8217;s embarrassing. Even those of us who hate football have to be impressed with the skill and energy and sheer hard work that has gone into SuperBowl preparations. Even those of us who disagree with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Trying Not to Cry&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/im-trying-not-to-cry/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/im-trying-not-to-cry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun silencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polluted drinking water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A student who is interning at the General Assembly sent me this description of legislation working its way through the process: &#8220;Silencers when hunting. Repeals the law that prohibits the possession or use of a silencer while in the act of hunting. Provides that a person who takes or possesses a deer or wild turkey: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Ballard Smoking?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-is-ballard-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-is-ballard-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divided government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking ban]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the dust cleared after the November elections, Indianapolis was left with divided city government. The Mayor is Republican. The Council majority is Democrat. The challenge for the next four years will be to get along&#8211;to make decent policy despite partisan divisions. An article in this morning&#8217;s Star suggests we&#8217;re not getting off to an auspicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Individual&#8221; Achievement</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/individual-achievement/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/individual-achievement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social support]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s New York Times had a story about a Long Island teenager named Samantha who made a scientific breakthrough important enough to land her on the list of semi-finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search. The young woman is impressive&#8211;very bright, very hard-working, exactly the sort of youngster most parents want to produce. It is likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Despicable State Legislature</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-despicable-state-legislature/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-despicable-state-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World's Worst Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What can anyone say about Indiana&#8217;s legislature that adequately captures the perversity, the stupidity and the venality of the place? It is hard to believe the sheer amount of embarrassing antics they have managed to cram into a short session. From the patently unconstitutional (teaching creationism, really? Every court that has ever considered the matter has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What He Said</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOTU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A relatively simple statement from the President&#8217;s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported &#8220;In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ll Never Get Your Hair Cut in this Town Again</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/youll-never-get-your-hair-cut-in-this-town-again/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/youll-never-get-your-hair-cut-in-this-town-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hairdressers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interior decorators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[licensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a colleague of mine was asked to research the impact of professional licensing laws and to report her findings to a legislative study committee. Licensing laws have steadily proliferated—in1970, about 10% of the American workforce required a license of some sort in order to earn a living; by 2000, that percentage had doubled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crushing Their Dreams</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/crushing-their-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/crushing-their-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dream Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undocumented]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In last night&#8217;s GOP debate in South Carolina, Mitt Romney once again promised that, as President, he would veto the Dream Act.  I&#8217;ll admit that I find opposition to the Dream Act incomprehensible. I was really disappointed when Dick Lugar responded to the rightwing challenge from Richard Mourdock by withdrawing his long-time sponsorship of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not-So-Private Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/not-so-private-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/not-so-private-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraudulent marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private colleges]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s New York Times has a story about Mitt Romney&#8217;s campaign-trail praise for a &#8220;private&#8221; enterprise that&#8211;just coincidentally&#8211;happens to be owned by one of his largest contributors. It&#8217;s a story that could undoubtedly be written about several of the other candidates in an era when money makes the political world go around, and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Money, Our Information</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-money-our-information/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/our-money-our-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax dollars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a very interesting op ed in this morning&#8217;s New York Times from an academic who does medical research, opposing a bill that has been introduced in Congress that would &#8220;protect&#8221; academic medical journals. Protect them from what, you ask? Under current practice, when the NIH or other tax-supported government agency funds research, the peer-reviewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excuse Me??</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/excuse-me-2/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/excuse-me-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Jury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Delph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proposed legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lobbyist friend sent me a new legislative proposal by Mike Delph to abolish Grand Juries in Indiana. My considered response was: huh?? In prior sessions, with his not-too-coherent animus against immigrants, Delph established himself as not the sharpest knife in the drawer&#8211;proposing measures that (as he should have learned in law school) would not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Framing</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-power-of-framing/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-power-of-framing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["Right to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[framing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misleading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During one hour of television tonight, I heard four repetitions of an ad in which Mitch Daniels explains that &#8220;this one simple law&#8221;&#8211;the deceptively named Right to Work law&#8211;will bring jobs to Indiana, and keep people from being forced to pay union dues. It was extremely well done.  Once during that hour,  I saw a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Least It&#8217;s A Short Session&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/at-least-its-a-short-session/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/at-least-its-a-short-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharia law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My own children weren&#8217;t among those who feared monsters under the bed, but I had friends who regularly had to assure their toddlers that the room had been cleared of things that go bump in the night. Those children evidently grew up to populate the Indiana General Assembly. Senator Kruse has filed Senate Bill 90, [...]]]></description>
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