Not too long ago, I had a conversation with a librarian involved professionally with issues of intellectual freedom. "Sometimes," she said, "I get so tired of it. I wonder why I continue to fight." I’ve thought about that conversation…
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Remember the Bill of rights?
There I was, in a rocking chair at the nursing home, where one of my grandsons had come to visit me. The discussion turned nostalgic, as we discussed those years, long past, when I had taught college students about the Bill of Rights.
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LETTERS TO THE NEXT MAYOR 4
Mayors these days do more than fill chuckholes and provide police and fire protection. They direct highly sophisticated economic development efforts, based on the recognition that a healthy economy is critically important to a healthy and successful city.
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LETTERS TO THE NEXT MAYOR 5
How does a candidate for Mayor respond to environmental issues? By promising to erect an air filter at the city limits? By forbidding pollution of White River by Hamilton county residents? Most environmental problems just don’t lend themselves to local solutions. To make matters worse, scientific debate rages over the causes…
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LETTERS TO THE NEXT MAYOR 6
If you doubt that economists are cynical and cranky folks, a glance at Morton’s column on neighborhood organizations should prove the point.
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