March 26, 2011
Bruce HetrickJapan’s crisis could enlightens us on ways to avoid mutually assured destruction.
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March 12, 2011
Bruce HetrickWhen it comes to individual liberties, we’re among the most fortunate citizens on Earth that our government guarantees
that the majority will not always prevail.
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February 26, 2011
Bruce HetrickForeigners and unions and gays, oh my!
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February 12, 2011
Bruce HetrickIndiana legislators, once again, have voted to deny some citizens the blessing of marriage.
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January 22, 2011
Bruce HetrickThe biggest killer of all—cigarette smoke—knocks off 450,000 Americans a year—400,000 of those smokers themselves,
50,000 innocent bystanders.
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January 8, 2011
Bruce HetrickI am a product of the public school system in Fort Wayne. Not charter schools. Not parochial schools. Not private schools.
Not home schooling.
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December 25, 2010
Bruce Hetrick
When I was 53, it was not a very good year. Then again...
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December 11, 2010
Bruce HetrickLike Donner, we find ourselves advocating lies and abetting coverups of our good soldiers'; true identities, rather than celebrating
the unique talents of every American willing to serve
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November 20, 2010
Bruce HetrickWhat are you thankful for this holiday season?
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November 6, 2010
Bruce HetrickOur ship of state sails not on a straight and steady course. Rather, it tacks and stalls.
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October 23, 2010
Bruce HetrickEtiquette at Eagles concert in short supply.
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September 25, 2010
Bruce Hetrick
We learned that if anyone in the group moved too slowly or too quickly—or stopped altogether—the ball would fall.
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August 21, 2010
Bruce HetrickToday’s and tomorrow’s jobs are increasingly dependent upon more and better education
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August 7, 2010
Bruce HetrickAsking for donations—like any sales pitch—is often met with dead stares, lack of interest, rejection, procrastination
or even anger.
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July 24, 2010
Bruce HetrickReading Indiana crime fiction is great for vacation. Learning of true Indiana crime isn't.
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July 10, 2010
Bruce HetrickThroughout our 234 years, each wave of immigrants feared the one arriving before it.
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June 26, 2010
Bruce HetrickIf a crisis leaves you on the receiving
end of Wisconsin football fans’ favorite chant, every detail of your response matters.
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June 12, 2010
Bruce HetrickWe're all quick to say we want lower taxes, but we're slow to sacrifice services that affect us.
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May 22, 2010
Bruce HetrickOne hurdle is that too few people understand what constitutes hazing.
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May 8, 2010
Bruce HetrickSome on the left now want a total and forever ban on offshore oil drilling. Others on the right want to kill an energy and
climate bill they didn't want to support, anyway.
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April 24, 2010
Bruce HetrickMy advice has undergone a course correction to adapt to these challenging times.
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April 10, 2010
Bruce HetrickThis year's events delivered a return on investment far more powerful than the estimated economic impact.
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March 20, 2010
Bruce HetrickContrary to popular-but-uninformed belief, religion is a matter of civil liberties, not majority rule.
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March 6, 2010
Bruce HetrickFive years ago this week, I took figurative bullets to the head and heart. My personal Richter scale was shaken more violently
than by any tremor ever measured on any anthill, or Port-au-Prince or Concepción.
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February 20, 2010
Bruce HetrickAfter Sen. Evan Bayh's bombshell announcement, I'm even less likely to ever run for office.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.