HETRICK: A funny thing happened on the way to the sorority
I spent last weekend in a hotel with 950 sorority women learning about sex. How’s that for an opening line? Are your fantasies afire? Curiosity aroused?
Bruce Hetrick
Articles
HETRICK: Maybe it’s time to think like ‘Mad Men’ and sell everything
The Rs and the Ds could fight over ad space in voter registration.
HETRICK: How far would and should you go to forgive?
Moral questions abound, from Poland to Penn State.
HETRICK: Thomas Jefferson on education
Jefferson’s simple grave marker is notable for what it says and what it does not.
HETRICK: Parental responsibility and the high cost of higher ed
I’m old-fashion on this one: It’s parents who choose to bring children into the world.
HETRICK: Thoughts on losing Lugar and his legacy of leadership
Dick Lugar inspired good people and whetted their appetite for public service.
HETRICK: Our daily diet of misinformation leads to bad decisions
Some stories aren’t reported on network news because they simply didn’t happen.
HETRICK: Mega Millions and taxes inspire daydream believers
In the midst of Mega Millions mania, statisticians were telling would-be bettors that the odds of winning the big jackpot were far lower than the odds of being struck by lighting.
HETRICK: All the news that’s fit to tweet, post and petition
Ever the junkie for news, behind-the-scenes details, snarky comments and additional perspective—and increasingly unwilling to wait for an evening newscast or morning paper to get my fix—I often sit with my iPhone close at hand, checking feeds from Twitter and Facebook.
HETRICK: How we can avoid a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in the making
For the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected from a dramatic comedy dripping with sex, religion, government and health insurance.
How we can avoid a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in the making
“There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.” —Margaret Atwood, “The Handmaid’s Tale” For the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected […]
HETRICK: Playing Pontius Pilate with the public’s health
Private clubs and private businesses are subject to all kinds of reasonable government measures. Why exclude smoking?
HETRICK: Biggest Super Bowl perk was a dose of civic pride
As one commentator said, Indianapolis “crushed it.”
HETRICK: Here’s a little ditty ’bout health insurance reform
Just before Christmas, I received a nasty-gram in the mail from a firm called ORS.
HETRICK: O say, can you see, by democracy’s dimming light?
Had we applied Sen. Vaneta Becker's rules to “America the Beautiful” in 1976, George Carlin and I would, presumably, have owed the piper.
HETRICK: Closing a door, opening a window in the New Year
But has a liberal arts education instilled the ability to adapt well past mid-career?
Closing a door, opening a window in the New Year
Former Butler University President Bobby Fong once told me the average undergraduate on his campus would experience six different careers—not jobs, but careers—during his or her working life. He also said many of those careers had not yet been invented. Bobby used this story to underscore the value of combining professional study with liberal arts […]
HETRICK: You gotta stay bright to be the light of the world
When you take center stage, expect your blemishes to show…and be discussed.
HETRICK: Super Committee fails Constitutional test
Are we providing for the common defense when parents have to supplement their sons’ and daughters’ military equipment?
HETRICK: Thank God the election’s over, but what now?
Insight into the aftermath of campaign 2011.