politics

“In this polarized age, I don’t suspect a Republican or Democrat would lend the other a hand, let alone a printing press. But it was different back then, before talk radio gave the least stable among us a microphone.”

In some ways, the recent furor over Indiana’s RFRA echoed a heated discrimination debate from three decades ago, when the state was previously a battleground in the national culture wars.

United State of Indiana flies its colors.

On Saturday Indianapolis protestors (“thousands,” according to some estimates) marched from Monument Circle to the Statehouse. Photographer Darryl Smith was on hand to capture the rally.

A lauded performer soon to appear in Indy took direct aim at the state’s CEO.

Indiana became the first state to enact an energy-savings plan and then slash it.

“The rhetoric of the NRA has created an extremist group terrified their guns are going to be taken away.”

“Yes, I’ve carried a gun into the Statehouse in the past. Why? Because I can. It’s America.”

This week’s episodes truly feel like the beginning of the end for the show.

Via @GoIndyGo: “You know Indy is a world class city when we can handle the President of the United States and @DaveCoulier on the same day.”

It might not generate the same headlines as some other policy issues, but this understated 2015 legislative item is hardly the least important.

His apparent lack of presidential planning at this stage puts him behind where his predecessor, Mitch Daniels, was in 2010.

Via @timothygrimes: “The news of the #JustIN news service makes me happy. Not because it’s a good idea—it’s terrible. But b/c it shows you can’t parody Mike Pence”

A prop from a new episode could revive interest in a long-lost bit of Indiana history.

Delicious smack-talk: “#Colts will shred the Pats, so just for fun we’ll wager some pulled @IndianaPork. #GameOn”