Helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson speaks with reporters at the Pentagon on Dec. 4, 1969, after testifying about the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam. (Associated Press) We're one year out from the end of Donald Trump's presidency and it might benefit us all to reflect on how it has changed our nation. Some people might … Continue reading Hugh Thompson’s Legacy: Political Honesty Post-Trump
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A Vision Barred
Originally posted August 15, 2018 Last night Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing stood before the County Council and presented newspaper articles from 1980 when an 80 bed jail was built, and 2001 when a 270 bed jail was built. He did this, not to prove how broken our justice system is, but to persuade our … Continue reading A Vision Barred
Something Stinks: A Lack of Police Accountability
Correction: According to an article of fine print in the Indiana State code, city's were allowed to adhere to the State's old Merit System by ordinance of the local legislature, so it appears the city is not in direct violation of a state statute. We're a year and a half out from what many considered … Continue reading Something Stinks: A Lack of Police Accountability
Something Stinks: A Concerning Pattern in Education
If you get the majority of your information about the performance of our local schools from the newspaper, then you might think things are going pretty well. Here's a handful of quotes the paper has printed about school corporation test results over the past few years, Vigo County School Corp. third-graders outperformed the state and … Continue reading Something Stinks: A Concerning Pattern in Education
A Possible Case of Local Extremism
Photo courtesy of Dustin Milligan at Terre Haute Vice News If you’ve been following the events in Terre Haute over the past 48 hours, like I have, you probably still have more questions than answers. I was on vacation with my family in Michigan when I first heard the reports that there had been a … Continue reading A Possible Case of Local Extremism