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Michael J. Hicks

6 years

The ideals of the Enlightenment returned to an enslaved French beach by the wretched refuse of her teeming shores. June 6, 1944.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

My youngest received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point today. He is the newest member of the class of 2026. I am overwhelmed with respect for the path he has chosen and the man he has become.

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I’m staying at a hotel in Bloomington Indiana, which has this illustration on the wall. If you know, you know.

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1/ A few graphics for Baby Boomers who have kids home over the holidays. I start with mortgage rates . . .

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3 months

I am angry and sad that tonight, somewhere in eastern Ukraine a 20 year old, fighting fascists will spend his last night terribly tired, cold, wet, scared and hungry. Tommorrow he’ll be killed. The world robbed of his intellect and imagination. Pass the Ukraine Bill.

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@finneganLAT @Popehat @jpanzar I expect he’s gonna have to start stripping.

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@neontaster @HJWallEcon My simple Suzanna Walters rule again. "When writing about a particular group, if you can substitute any other group into that writing and it sounds bigoted. It is."

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@primalpoly @Harvard My simple Suzanna Walters rule again. "When writing about a particular group, if you can substitute any other group into that writing and it sounds bigoted. It is."

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Michael J. Hicks

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8/ Plenty of problems we can address today, but the world (and especially the USA) is so vastly better off today than it was in the Boomers came of age, that suggesting otherwise should attract considerable derision.

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Michael J. Hicks

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I’m a 13th generation American, combat veteran, whose family has served in every conflict from King Phillip’s War to current operations . . . That makes me no more an American than a child born to an illegal immigrant this morning. That’s why we are a great Republic.

Gary Winslett 🌐🇺🇸

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2 months

Tell me you don’t understand America without telling me you don’t understand America.

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Michael J. Hicks

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16 days

I’m reading lots of criticisms of prosecutors, jurors and witnesses. What I haven’t heard is anyone denying that DJT banged a pornstar while his wife was pregnant then used campaign funds to buy her silence.

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

My wife’s major post-chemo goal was to climb the Manitou Incline. We did so today. This is her at the summit with our youngest. Time for some new goals! #livestrong

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Michael J. Hicks

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8 months

Deeply disappointed in my introductory economics class today. I discussed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and noted that its author was the older brother of the famous architect of Atlanta's urban renewal, and no one even blinked. That's the funniest this economist gets.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

Commissioning day @vmi1839 gave me the chance to recreate a photo from 30 years ago. Welcome to the newest 2LT in the army, Nathan Hicks ‘23.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Here I explain that Indiana's poor and declining educational attainment, not our tax rates makes us unfit for the type of advanced manufacturing firm just announced in Ohio. Ohio didn't beat Indiana in the bid for 3,000 @intel jobs that pay $125,000 each. Indiana beat itself.

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2 years

If I were a politician in #Indiana (or elsewhere), I'd be asking why Intel didn't pick my state. Good insight from @HicksCBER Intel’s choice of #Ohio for its $20 bln factory shows what matters at least as much as low taxes -- and it costs money $INTC

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

@MacFarlaneNews @ps9714 We must take stock of where we are as a nation. Instead of building walls around our capital, we must hunt down and imprison domestic terrorists. This is the fault of those who have embraced domestic terrorists as a political base. Have courage to confront them or resign.

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Michael J. Hicks

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5 years

@colvinj @TerryTeachout1 I'll give $1,000 for a similarly autographed letter of resignation.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Hilarious. Indiana GOP slates a guy who hasn't held a grown up job for more than a year, lied about his military service, is credibly accused of sexual harassment, and almost surely committed voter fraud. Now they have a plan to make sure he cannot do anything while in office.

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Indiana Republicans have a plan to "Diego proof" the secretary of state's office by installing a former Holcomb appointee as chief deputy secretary of state. Bob Grand will co-chair the transition.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 years

@sundae_bb @neontaster that dog barked at a school replacing a blackboard with a whiteboard.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 months

@br4s1d4s @polapetit Public pressure from women forced the United States to created places for them in our armed forces. Women ran to the front as hard as men, and when denied the chance to kill Nazi’s, instead built planes, ships and tanks, buried their husbands and boyfriends and brought victory.

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Michael J. Hicks

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I don’t listen to SOTU or SOTS addresses. I read the text, so no emotion, just policy and emphasis. I say this guardedly, but it was was as good as I’ve read. Clear and optimistic. Truman or Reagan would’ve been happy with this. Helluva start to a general election campaign.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 months

I’m an old guy, who’s seen a surprising share of the natural wonders of the world, and that eclipse was easily in the top 10 natural things I’ve seen.

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

@MacFarlaneNews @TerryTeachout1 Fortunately, the literacy level of most of the insurrectionists will reduce the risk.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

2/ The time at work it takes to buy a gallon of gas (it doesn't include increased fuel efficiency).

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 years

@RadioFreeTom That‘s funny. I worked in an infantry command post under indirect fire and with nerve agent gas alarms going off and didn’t see anything this discombobulated.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Something about these data caught my eye, but I just don't know what it is.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

It requires little self-reflection to know that being born American is an unparalleled privilege. It is morally bankrupt to demonize someone who would walk from Central America to secure a very tiny slice of that blessing for themselves and their children.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 years

Roughly 1/3 of Jobs created in Indiana last year were attributable to FDI from France. It is crucial that Hoosier citizens understand how important global trade and investment is to our state (and Midwest). France is Indiana’s oldest trading partner and America’s first ally.

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Our economic network met today at @franceintheus . French companies were the largest source of job creation in the U.S. in 2017. High numbers in the #Midwest , with progressions across the States. We will keep supporting the 2-way street business btw 🇫🇷🇺🇸

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 months

Who’s gonna tell him?

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As someone with an extreme fear of nuclear war, I've made the decision to move the family to somewhere safer--rural North Dakota. About as far as you can get from population centers. If nothing else, we'll be safe from the warheads.

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Michael J. Hicks

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9 months

It’s September 1939. An objectively evil force is invading peaceful nations in Europe. They can be stopped with 5-7% of your military budget, or O.O47% of your GDP. This is where we are now. Choosing Putin is morally equivalent to choosing Hitler in 1939.

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Michael J. Hicks

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5 years

Just heard a perhaps apocryphal story about @ATabarrok at a cocktail party here in Muncie, when an English prof asked him if there were any Marxist economists in the department, he replied "No, we let the English department teach Marxist economics." Plausibly undeniable.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

4/ The risk of dying in an automobile accident has halved since the Boomers came of age.

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

Make no mistake. What is happening in Washington, D.C. is not a trial of Mr. Trump. His guilt is not in question. The courage of our Senators is on trial. Do not forget your oath of office or fail in your duty. @SenToddYoung @SenatorBraun

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Happy to report that as of tomorrow, the U.S. Army is going to start paying me to do nothing, for the rest of my life.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

3/ The home size index -- for newly build homes. Close to doubling in size.

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

@DanCrenshawTX If no voter would notice, why pass the reforms?

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 years

@INChick @marybschneider @ewarren Actually he introduced the first rural needle exchange in the nation, while expanding Medicaid (HIP 2.0). But hey, don’t let a few facts cloud your popular opinions.

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Michael J. Hicks

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9 months

1/ If you are considering a career in education in Indiana, let's put aside the promises, and take a look at what has happened to wages. This is cumulative wage growth for all private sector workers and all educational workers (K-12, and post secondary, private and public).

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

@JeremyTate41 @Culture_Crit The abandonment of symmetry in this piece represents the dialectic of the crayon and the arm, combining as one, providing metaphor for empowerment of an artist in tension with what Ernst called Die Kindergarten.

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

Welp, the data is in and Indiana lost 4,000 jobs in April, despite 53,000 workers coming off unemployment benefits. Maybe, and I'm just spitballing here, maybe the problem ain't benefits.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

5/ Average lifespan is today 10% higher than in 1970, even with the deaths of despair that have infected the bottom 10% of the educational distribution.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

@JeffSharlet @MikeyWeinstein This incident is worse than described here. Fortunately @RepWeinstein and @ProfWeinstein are an unflappable couple. In speaking with them both the day after this, they still had no idea what these 'protestors' want. It just smells too much like targeted intimidation.

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Michael J. Hicks

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5 years

Eva Kor was deeply generous with her time and experiences. She visited schools across Indiana to share her story with a generation of kids. We should remember her with deep gratitude and awe.

Holocaust survivor and beloved Hoosier Eva Kor dies at 85

Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor died Thursday morning in Poland, just miles from the Auschwitz concentration camp, while leading an educational trip.

www.indystar.com

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

Nice piece, I especially like the funding discussion. It’s precisely correct. Few Hoosiers really know how heavily education budgets have been cut. The reason is simple—they’ve been misled by so many elected leaders.

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"Indiana short-changes rural schools." Highlights from @nrea1 report "Why Rural Matters 2023."

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

Yes, @usaa , I’ve been a member for 35 years as is my 2LT daughter and cadet son. I don’t know how you can advertise on a network that derides active duty soldiers, whose biggest news celebrity just called the Chairman of the JCS a pig. Advertise elsewhere.

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I’m sorry @USAA This is where I draw the line. You have 30 days. I see one more ad after 8.1.21 on Fox News, I’m taking my business elsewhere.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Whole lot of thinking going on in Indiana.

Kansas Abortion Amendment Election Results (Published 2022)

See full results and maps from the Kansas primary elections.

www.nytimes.com

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

The world remains awash in challenges for young people to address, with the vigor and passion that is granted to youth. if you begin with the premise that the world is worse in any meaningful way than a half century ago, you’ve failed the first challenge of problem solving.

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

The world cannot get much weirder. Just saw this today in Muncie. These are the divisional insignia of two Waffen SS divisions. Dude, why?

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 months

Happy to be refreshing a home after raising three kids. Bittersweet to be painting over this doorframe.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

7/ Real wealth growth.

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 months

Truly bizarre to hear gubernatorial candidates talk about 'fixing' Indiana's skyrocketing property taxes. We have among the lowest effective property tax rates in the nation. I suppose exploiting money illusion is as good an electoral approach as anything else.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 months

6/ The current dip in educational attainment is anomalous (and geographically concentrated). We are sending far more people to higher education than we were in the 1970's.

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but local media has performed brilliantly during this Covid-19 crisis. Many of them have faced furloughs, all are in an industry in deep financial crisis. casting doubt on someone’s journalistic ethics without evidence is chickenshit behavior.

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Michael J. Hicks

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5 months

Got this note from a a student well after grades were turned in. Not an Econ major, just someone saying thanks. The opportunity to be a professor has been a lasting gift. I’ll be forever grateful.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Michael Hicks: Abortion ban will be deeply damaging to Indiana’s economy

SB1 was passed with just a few days of testimony and signed hurriedly on a Friday evening. This shows GOP leaders are nervous about economic fallout.

www.thestarpress.com

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 month

Just a reminder that we have a special name for the child of an illegal immigrant born here last night AND a decorated combat veteran whose family has been here for 350 years. We are both Americans.

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 months

I don’t know which politicians need to hear this. But, if your comms team is struggling about how to respond to Putin’s murder of Navalny, maybe both of you should exit public life.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Did someone say teacher shortage?

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Michael J. Hicks

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10 months

I don't know who needs to hear this, but every university should make it a habit to open up all academic buildings on the Sunday before the first day of class. There are literally hundreds of kids looking for classrooms before tomorrow's rush.

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

1/ Quick thread on Indiana state budget. The first thing to notice is that under basic growth assumptions (GDP at last' year's nominal rate, and inflation 4.5% in FY24, 2.5% in FY25), the state is spending much less on public services than in past.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 years

Great piece. Those of us who serve, especially as field grade or general officers ought to be more aware of our responsibility to do so with the highest level of integrity. We sometimes fail, as did LTG Flynn. Past service might mitigate consequences, but not culpability.

David French

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Gen. Flynn deserves immense credit for his military service. He deserves credit for accepting responsibility. He is not, however, a victim of federal law enforcement. He did wrong and is paying his debt to society. That’s not exploitation. It’s justice.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

In which I deliver the math about college grads and the trades in Indiana. The numbers should surprise and shock those who think Indiana’s schools are ‘alright.’

Michael Hicks: The undersupply of college graduates is clobbering Indiana’s economy

Indiana oversupplies the market for non-college-educated workers by about 15,000 kids each year, and undersupplies college graduates by about 6,000.

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Michael J. Hicks

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4 months

In 20 years, think how history will view Alexi Navalny. Then imagine how history will view Trump/Carlson/Vance/Hawley and the other piddling Putin fluffers. A gaping chasm of character and courage.

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Michael J. Hicks

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7 months

This Amazon Warehouse received $16 million in tax incentives. That is $16,000 per worker of taxpayer subsidies. When one of those workers dies in an accident, the state charges $7,000 max penalty. Something's out of whack, and its not with Amazon.

A 20-year-old Amazon employee died at work. Indiana issued a $7,000 fine.

Amazon’s safety record is under unprecedented scrutiny, but state and federal regulators often have limited ability to enforce policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” Congratulations, 2nd Lieutenant Morgan G. Hicks

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 months

60 minutes now reporting what everyone even tangentially connected to NATSEC world has known for almost three decades. Russia has been targeting American military, state department and their families here and overseas. Everyone in the Trump Admin knew this.

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Michael J. Hicks

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5 years

@BreeNewsome Harriet Tubman is a fine choice for our currency. My sole complaint is that the portrait figure on the bill will be a bit understated. Dignified yes, but my aesthetics run more to her in action . . . as with this version.

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Michael J. Hicks

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6 years

@MCAmselem @MZHemingway Everyone’s

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

Anyone hazard a guess as to what is going on here?

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

@robbysoave This way, only the children of affluent parents will have access to accelerated classes. Brilliant method of addressing inequality. Truly brilliant.

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3 years

This is a superb column by ⁦ @JamesEBriggs ⁩. Indiana’s focus on low wage employment, through tax incentives, reduced funding for education and a focus on non-college careers is now yielding a bitter fruit.

Briggs: Indiana's work fetish won't help in this post-pandemic economy

It's up to Indiana employers to convince Hoosiers to work for them, metro columnist James Briggs writes.

www.indystar.com

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Michael J. Hicks

@HicksCBER

2 years

1/ Indiana has a $1.1 Bill budget surplus. We also have a shocking decline in college attendance. This will reshape prospects for economic growth in the state for decades. Left unaddressed it will palpably worsen the state's already lagging economic growth.

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Michael J. Hicks

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24 days

@Cpl_Dont_Know I just think it is funny anyone is just now discovering that there are gay sailors. Here’s a concise list of US Navy battles in which gay sailors and officers participated:

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Michael J. Hicks

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1 year

My daughter was promoted to Air Force First Lieutenant at the summit of Mount Ranier yesterday. She planned the trip that included a superb group of officers and NCO’s! I could not be more in awe of her, and proud of my country and her Air Force! #AimHigh #USAFA

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Michael J. Hicks

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8 months

@mccaffreyr3 This is an example of a 500 lb bomb crater. Yes, it is in a field, not a road. The second pic is a 500kg RUS bomb in a Ukraine road (roughly twice the size).

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Michael J. Hicks

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3 years

If you aren't happy about the way your school is handling COVID then attend a school board meeting. Nationalizing local issues is like calling the White House about snow on your sidewalk. If we all worried more about local gov't and less about the Fed's we'd be better off.

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Michael J. Hicks

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19 days

How the hell does anyone think this guy should be president?

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Who wouldn’t be moved to tears by this stirring tribute to our fallen heroes?

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

Michael Hicks: Abortion ban will be deeply damaging to Indiana’s economy

SB1 was passed with just a few days of testimony and signed hurriedly on a Friday evening. This shows GOP leaders are nervous about economic fallout.

www.thestarpress.com

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Michael J. Hicks

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7 months

This is frankly remarkable. Real GDP growth since 2021 has averaged 3.1 percent, and 3.0 percent over the last year. This is the best 11 quarter stretch since 2006 (a bubble year). Could we really be heading into the type of robust expansion we haven't seen since the 90's?

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8 months

An inconvenient fact to think about over the weekend. I'm not sure it is fair to hold Presidents accountable for this (wars, pandemics, etc.). But if you do, you must get the facts right.

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7 months

This is anti-American lunacy.

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2 years

“It matters that Republicans nominate unqualified people for office, at a much higher rate than Democrats these days, and it matters that party leaders bear character witness to those who lack character.” ⁦ @JamesEBriggs ⁩

Briggs: Indiana Republicans should dump Diego Morales

Republicans are sacrificing their integrity to pretend Diego Morales is up for the job of secretary of state, columnist James Briggs writes.

www.indystar.com

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2 years

Bookmark this video for those times when you might feel like complaining about high gasoline prices. #ukraine

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6 years

@Oil_Guns_Merica @GFVAHiker @politico Enacting laws that require children to somewhat approach the age of consent before marriage is a real dogwhistle from the right. The next thing ya know, those rightist thugs will let women to learn to read, own property and vote.

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I don't get it. Is being in the House or Senate such a great job that you NEED to keep doing it well into the twilight of your life (Feinstein, McConnell) or entirely debase yourself, and toss away any values you once held (Vance, Graham). Is the job actually that great?

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5 years

The ghosts of Smoot-Hawley laugh at stock futures on thenotherwise glorious Sunday evening. It’s been 90 years since American trade policy helped push the world in to an economic downturn. We need longer memories and more gumption. Both seem in short supply tonight.

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For every angry, mouth foaming condemnation of the legal process you’ve seen from GOP leaders, there is another draft statement that praised the wisdom of those same juries had DJT not been convicted. Think on that.

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2 years

Yes, Indiana's personal income has grown slowly relative to the nation as a whole. That's not what is causing the school's funding problems. This is the pay of elementary and secondary workers relative to the median worker in Indiana. That's 97% to 70% in 21 years . . .

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3 months

Hardest things I've done, in order: Help tell my adult kids their mom had cancer. Tell my kids their grandfather died. Clear Iraqi bunkers with grenades. Guide convoys through an unmarked minefield. Write a doctoral dissertation. Hope the royals can be left alone for a bit.

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Michael J. Hicks

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2 years

I dunno what they're talking about. I've been to lots of places with worse roads than Indiana. Iraq, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Liberia . . .

Study: Indiana ranks 2nd in worst potholes in US list

According to the study, the average repair costs for an accident regarding potholes are $306.

www.wane.com

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5 years

I’d like to say I am clever enough to have crafted this treat from twinkies, peeps, Oreos and pretzels. Alas, I am not.

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3 years

I keep coming back to this sentence by @mikejason73 “We didn’t fight a 20-year war in Afghanistan; we fought 20 incoherent wars, one year at a time, without a sense of direction.” May end up being the best thing written on the war.

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1 year

This young man should face prison, a fine and a Bad Conduct Discharge for his role in the January 6, insurrection. Now let's prosecute those who planned this event, assembled the insurrectionists and tried to rob every American of their freedom.

Muncie Marine charged in U.S. Capitol riot enters guilty plea

Coomer and two other active-duty Marines were each charged with four related crimes in January, more than two years after the uprising at the Capitol.

www.thestarpress.com

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1 month

Nearly every highway improves after cross state lines out of Indiana. It is a remarkably visible testament to preserving a low tax environment. The less visible issues are more worrisome.

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Drove to St. Louis en route to Branson. A couple of observations: 1. I-70 is in noticeably better shape in Illinois vs Indiana. It’s very nice through basically all of Illinois until you get close to St Louis 2. Traffic drops off west of Terre Haute, though it picks up again

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Michael J. Hicks

@HicksCBER

2 years

1/ My quick review of the @HigherEdIN college readiness report. This is a MUST READ for everyone in Indiana. Let me begin by saying that this is a very clear and unvarnished piece of analysis. It also stuns the senses. @sftierney @ChrisLoweryIN

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Michael J. Hicks

@HicksCBER

3 years

Indiana’s biggest economic challenge in this decade, and the next is education. It is not tax rates or infrastructure or the regulatory climate. It’s not housing supply, business attraction, high tech or venture capital. Far and away it is schooling.

Hicks: Our biggest economic challenge is school funding

Among the most repeatedly demonstrated facts in the social sciences is the link between educational attainment and economic performance.

www.thestarpress.com

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Michael J. Hicks

@HicksCBER

11 months

If I have any Indiana followers with someone at Ball State, please let them know we've opened up more seats in my Economics 116 class. I'm trying to make this a fun class for students who want to understand economics, but aren't currently econ majors. Great guest speakers!

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Michael J. Hicks

@HicksCBER

1 year

I'm of the opinion that Juneteenth should be elevated to a much higher position among US holidays. This was the day MG Granger enforced the Emancipation Proclamation in the last corner of the Confederacy. It should be third behind July 4th and Thanksgiving.