There is an old saying in politics that if you stick around long enough, you will eventually see just about everything.  I have been writing about the Indianapolis City-County Council for nearly eight years now and I think this year I have finally seen things come full circle, particularly in the area of public safety [...]

Both incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and Republican primary challenger Richard Mourdock declared victory in tonight’s GOP debate. In the debate sponsored by the Indiana Debate Commission and broadcast all over the state incumbent Richard Lugar and challenger State Treasurer Richard Mourdock both said felt the debate put the campaign momentum in their direction. The [...]

Political gadfly Paul Ogden is running for Judge in Marion County.  I’m all for individuals participating in democracy but they may want to do a few things first. Don’t be accused of stalking. Take Employment law 101 before suing a former employer. Have more than four people show up for your Saturday night fundraiser. That’s [...]

Let me start this by saying the state finding this week more than $200 million in local option income taxes is a little embarrassing, but it is not the end of the world, in fact, if you look at it from a bigger picture, it’s actually a positive.  Allow me to explain. Although I write [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been relatively quiet about the new smoking ban proposal making it’s way through the Indianapolis City-County Council.  Part of the reason has been taking care of the Lovely Mrs. Shabazz  who was injured a month or so ago in a car accident, she is recovering slowly and painfully,  but [...]

I hate to be the bearer of bad legal news for some of you, but the only way Public Safety Director Frank Straub is going to leave is if the Mayor fires him or he decides he has had enough of Indianapolis and chooses to go somewhere else, and note the latter is a lot [...]

The Indiana Historical Society Press book Fair Culture: Images from Indiana Fairs by Harold Lee Miller, with text by Gerald E. Waite, is a finalist in the photography category in ForeWord Review’s annual Book of the Year Contest.

Awards were established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to books from independent houses.

First, second, and third place winners will be awarded in each category. A $1,500 cash prize will also be awarded to Best Fiction and Best Nonfiction as determined by the editors of ForeWord Reviews. Winners in each category and overall fiction and nonfiction prize winners will be announced at the American Library Association annual conference and on ForeWord Review’s website in June of 2012.

In August 2005 Harold Lee Miller, a nationally known photographer with offices in Indianapolis and New York, started a series of photographs of 4-H participants at the poultry and rabbit barns of the Indiana State Fair. Over the past few years, Miller expanded his project to include people and activity from fairs held in Jackson, Elkhart, Dubois, Delaware, Washington, Owen, Monroe, Knox, Jay, and Marion counties. In addition to Miller’s more than one hundred photographs, the book includes an essay by Gerald Waite exploring the history of fairs from the Middle Ages to modern times, the growth of the institution in Indiana, and what fair culture says about those who participate in this annual ritual of midwestern life. The book also features an introduction by noted Indiana author Philip Gulley.

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