"Although the influence powerhouses that line Washington's K Street are just a few miles from the U.S. Capitol building, the most direct path between the two doesn't necessarily involve public transportation. Instead, it's through a door—a revolving door that shuffles former federal employees into jobs as lobbyists, consultants and strategists just as the door pulls former hired guns into government careers. While members of the executive branch, Congress and senior congressional staffers spin in and out of the private and public sectors, so too does privilege, power, access and, of course, money."
Teachers are the Tip of the Spear
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Casey Smith, writing for the Indiana Capital Chronicle, has an excellent
account of a recent meeting of the General Assembly’s interim study
committee on...
“Forever GI Bill” - Things You Should Know
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*"MILITARY TIMES"** By Natalie Gross*
*"[An updated law brought] significant changes to education benefits for
service members, veterans and their f...
Leading the Future PAC: Scandals And Controversies
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Leading the Future is a political super PAC meant to promote artificial
intelligence (AI) and to prevent legislation regulating AI. It is
bankrolled by tec...
The Southwest Airlines Debacle
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A good technical explanation and a refreshing suggestion: that the remedy
is removing the liability shield and allowing the threat of serious
financial con...
[12+] Dance Moms Abby
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Created by Collins Avenue Productions the show follows the training and
careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby
Lee Mil...
Broken Links Corrected
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I did a design theme update to the site, so it looks a bit different these
days. There will be some more tweaks as I customize the theme a bit more,
but it...
Bank accounts
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They're where the money is. Right? Today we want to compare a couple of
public accounts and the relationship between them. One is Indianapolis
public schoo...
Let Bannon and Trump talk. We’ll report.
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*When a top White House* aide called *The New York Times* on Wednesday to
offer up the sort of cartoonish, press-hating invective that has
characterized Pr...
The Real Motivation of the Pain Caucus
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Above: Publication Appearing in 3 Weeks At Your Dentist’s Office Insults
Your Intelligence Time Magazine made the smart decision to put its dumb
cover stor...
How did Wisconsin become a cesspool?
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Well, there's "Anything Goes" with the judges. These writings have
far-reaching implications, not just for the John Doe investigation
underlying the instan...
The Return!
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Stay tuned...what was once Indy's Painfully Objective Political Analysis
(iPOPA) is undergoing a transformation, but it will be back soon!
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Trouble with the CIB
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Well folks your friendly neighborhood Capitol Improvement Board
("CIB")needs some help.
You might recall that the CIB is the quasi-government agency that r...
Dartmouth Law Journal calling for papers
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The Dartmouth Law Journal (DLJ) is a scholarly law review published three
times a year by undergraduate students under the auspices of the
Rockefeller Cent...
Malala Yousafzai Thought She’d Never Fall in Love
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The global activist gets candid in her new memoir. She spoke with us about
struggling with panic attacks, finding her personal style and changing her
mind ...