Replacement referees fared no better in the third week of the NFL’s lockout of the regular officials. They faced criticism in a number of games for their botched calls, particularly the Sunday night matchup between Baltimore and New England. Michael Rosenberg of Sports Illustrated, continuing a trend of sports reporters showing an integrity and independent [...]

Before moving on to Arizona, let’s note that Indiana will soon become the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state, after the state Senate passed a revised bill to that effect. The bill now can go to Governor Mitch Daniels for his signature. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Indiana the Rust Belt’s first right-to-work state, passing legislation that [...]

Most Indiana Democratic House members stayed out of session for a second day yesterday to protest a right-to-work bill Republicans want to pass. Today becomes a point of reckoning, because after the third day of missed sessions, the majority Republicans, under a law passed last year when the Democrats went out of state to protest [...]