Brian Howey
Abortion restrictions loom in patriarchal Indiana
Next week, 150 Hoosier legislators, including 110 men, will convene in special session to determine the most restrictive abortion laws in state history that stand to change the lives of…
Read MoreThe Likely ‘Model’ For Looming Indiana Abortion Restrictions
With the Indiana General Assembly and Gov. Eric Holcomb on the precipice of historic abortion restrictions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court rendering Roe v. Wade moot with…
Read MoreThe Saga of Diego Morales, Destiny Wells and Judge J. Michael Luttig
Two days before the Indiana Republican Convention gathered, we heard conservative retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig tell the U.S. House Jan. 6 Select Committee what would have happened if…
Read MoreIndiana’s Mitch envy
Call it Mitch envy. Shortly after the university announced last Friday he was stepping away from the job he truly loved for the past decade, Purdue President Mitch Daniels’s various…
Read MoreEvery Teacher You Know . . . .
“Every teacher you know has thought about it. Every teacher you know has a plan for an active shooter. Every teacher you know has weighed their point of fight or…
Read MoreOur American Atrocity Dilemma
Merriam-Webster defines “atrocity” as a “a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation.” In a different era, the word “atrocity” was used mostly in wartime situations, be it Babyn…
Read More‘Any’ Abortion Restriction Bill Poised for General Assembly Passage
When the Indiana General Assembly reconvenes on Tuesday for “Technical Corrections Day” it will almost certainly override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of HEA1041, the transgender sports bill. But the subplot…
Read More‘Liberty Defense’ GOP Insurgency Was a Dud
This “trend” bubbled up in the homestretch leading into the May 3 Indiana primary in several media quarters: A slate of “Liberty Defense” candidates was poised to pull the Republican…
Read MoreBiblical Scenarios Surrounding the Despot Putin
Are you losing sleep at night as Russian despot Vladimir Putin continues to rattle his nuclear saber? It’s a question I’ve been posing to Hoosier Members of Congress these past…
Read MoreA Hoosier 4/20 Day Like No Other
When the 2012 gubernatorial debate turned to the topic of marijuana reform, Libertarian nominee Rupert Boneham decried decades of prohibition that resulted in the jailing of about 10,000 Hoosiers a…
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