Morton Marcus is a retired IU economics professor who writes a column that appears weekly in the Evansville Courier. On Sunday, October 4th, he focused his column on mayors. “Give me an Indiana mayor who tackles the mundane,” he wrote. He characterized the campaigns of most candidates for mayor as touting their family history and…
During my 68 years as a citizen of Jasper, I have seen many mayors, Democrat and Republican, serving the city of Jasper. In my mind, our current mayor, Terry Seitz, is different than any of Jasper’s previous mayors in that he has a vision for the future growth of the City of Jasper – the…
The Freedom Makers of Dubois County would like the invite everyone to our October 13th meeting, at the Shoney’s in Jasper from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., as we are hosting a town hall for local candidates who are running for elected positions. This will allow you to interact with those running for office directly…
Obama has long nursed a hatred of Israel as reflects his early indoctrination by leftist parents and grandparents and later in the church of anti-Semite Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and PLO mouthpiece Rashid Khalidi were also important influences in his formative years. Obama has demonstrated his contempt for the Jewish people from…
We at Freedom Makers of Dubois County wish to point out a very important issue which we strongly believe in, fiscal conservatism. How should city and county government taxes be spent? Recently, there has been a lot of public discussion regarding Jasper’s Library-Arts complex, Jasper Cabinet Building potential uses, and The Parklands. Huntingburg has the…
August 11 is the one year anniversary of Robin Williams’ death by suicide. The effects of his death will continue to impact suicide loss survivors. Anniversaries are often a difficult time bringing us back to the day he died, the day our loved one died, asking why and what could have been done different, and…
I am regularly asked where I am from and what the people are like that live in my hometown. I find myself proudly saying that I represent one of the most dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking “small towns” in Indiana. One that stands for and advances nearly every cause that is important to us as a…
Mr. Fithian suggested in a letter published July 20th, that gay and lesbian citizens who are refused service at a bakery: “If one baker will not bake a cake for you, go to another baker.” His advice is precisely the same advice that racists in the 1950s would have suggested to an interracial couple seeking…
Recently the State of Indiana passed into law The Religious Freedom Act. Both supporters and opponents of the bill said it would allow a Christian baker, for example, to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, if providing service to such an event violated the baker’s religious convictions. Religious freedom hads been upheld…
A few of your readers have written lengthy diatribes decrying the current state of politics in America. One of the disturbing aspects of these letters, to me, is the lengths to which these readers have gone to deify the founding fathers. A recent example is Mr. Lewinsky’s letter which refers, glowingly, to both the “intent…
