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A Short History of Health Care: Let Doctors Be Doctors
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 17 and thereafter 673 words By Andrew Horning Healthcare is an odd business in that it has always been both expensive and unpleasant. Until the 1920s, the average doctor couldn’t even help with the average ailment. While medicine then included a range of arts like phrenology, acupuncture, homeopathy and…
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The Strange Politics of the 2007 Legislature
Indiana Writers Group column for Jan. 10 and thereafter 735 words By Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS – A visitor passing through Indianapolis this week would be hard-pressed to decide if Indiana is a red state or a blue one, if it’s dominated by Republicans or Democrats, and what exactly those two labels mean here. As the…
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When Cities Get Into the Hotel Business: A Labor Ultimatum
719 Words For release May 23 and thereafter Digital mug shot available on request By Dr. Eric Schansberg A hotel and clothing union is pressuring the Indianapolis City Council to require workers at a municipally subsidized convention complex there to vote on whether they want to belong to a union. Otherwise, the union will not…