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Here I am standing in line at the grocery store. The sign above the cashier says, “Twelve items or less.” The woman in front of me has a basket with at least 20 items. Should I ask her if she can count? I am on foot waiting for the traffic light to turn green. There are other pedestrians also waiting. Should I step off the curb and cross the street if there are no cars coming? A child is sticking…

“They” have gone home. “They” are the neighbors we asked to serve in the Indiana General Assembly. They are reasonable, pleasant, well-intentioned people who act like irresponsible, ignorant and fearful children when organized into caucuses. Legislators in a caucus are similar to slaves in a galley ship, coerced to move to the beat of a single drum, rowing in unison, not knowing where their efforts will lead. Our legislators spent months chanting old sea ditties about property tax reform. Now…

“I don’t believe you,” Carolyn Cornpone laughed. “It’s true,” I said. “Some members of the Indiana General Assembly have proposed tying property taxes to the income tax.” “But,” she said, “that makes no sense. They already intend to raise state and local income taxes just to pay for the property-tax relief they are currently considering.” “Who said Hoosier legislators have to make sense?” I asked. “All they think they have to do is posture for votes.” “Whatever happened to the…