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Franke: Major League Baseball, If You Can Afford It
by Mark Franke Now that the patriotic observances are past, it’s time to turn to another pillar of Americanism—baseball. Despite the combined efforts of the Commissioner, the club owners and the players union to price Major League Baseball (MLB) games beyond the financial wherewithal of middle-class Americans, there are those idealists like me who just…
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Leo Morris: Rest in Peace
Leo Morris, columnist for The Indiana Policy Review these last six years, died yesterday the owner of a distinguished 50-year career in journalism, most of it with the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. His honors included the Hoosier Press Association’s award for Best Editorial Writer and being named a finalist in editorial writing by the Pulitzer Prize committee. There was talk…
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Franke: July 4 — Freedom Is a Risky Business
by Mark Franke “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” These concluding words to the Declaration of Independence are not as recognizable as “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” but…