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Refiner Profits and Indiana Gas Prices
Indiana Writers Group column for June 13 and thereafter Digital mug shot available on request 438 wordsBy Dr. Cecil Bohanon It is inevitable. As soon as Indiana gasoline prices rise the protest begins: “Big oil interests are ripping us off.” This time it is the gasoline refiners who are the villains. Refiner mark-ups are currently…
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Immigration: Senator Lugar Owes Us an Accounting
Immigration: Our Tenured Representatives Owe Us an Accounting Indiana Writers Group column for June 6 and thereafter 639 wordsBy Craig LadwigThe problem seemed simple — or at least when we were young and callow fellows. A few of us staffers met in a Senate cafeteria to hear representatives of a group, now forgotten, express their…
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Civic Education Scores Remain Stagnant
Indiana Writers Group column for May 30 and thereafter 700 words By Andrea Neal In 1998, right after tests revealed what one expert called “gross deficiencies” in civic knowledge of students, political leaders and educators called for immediate reform of K-12 civic education. The latest test results are in, and nobody’s cheering. “Civics scores have…