November 3, 2012
Politics is an amazing, yet perplexing, profession. I have often wondered why President Obama trails Mitt Romney by a large
margin in rural areas.
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September 29, 2012
On Nov. 6, all eyes will be on several battleground states. Unfortunately, the pundits will miss one of the most important
states that will contribute to an Obama victory—Indiana. While some will debate whether the president will win Indiana
(I still contend that he can), keep in mind that several Indiana-related items will play a role in the fall campaign and will
have an impact in other parts of the country.
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September 1, 2012
I am the parent of a seventh-grader who looks forward to this school year with excitement, hope and a sense of optimism. Unfortunately,
many of her peers do not share those thoughts. I am particularly concerned about African-American males.
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August 4, 2012
Here in central Indiana, we have the perfect opportunity to make improvements to our mass transit system.
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June 30, 2012
Labor learned valuable lessons from Wisconsin.
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June 2, 2012
African-American voters are proud of this president.
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May 5, 2012
Thirty percent of Hispanics proclaim to be liberal. Only 21 percent of the general population self identify as liberal.
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March 31, 2012
Would your business consistently do things to alienate 54 percent of its customers?
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March 3, 2012
Mays’ efforts at community involvement saved The Indianapolis Recorder.
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February 4, 2012
If you are going to go after an incumbent who already has online traction, then the order of the day is “Tweet early, tweet
often.”
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January 7, 2012
In 2011, we witnessed what happens when Republicans cut into the Democratic margin in Marion County.
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December 10, 2011
Goodnight combines the attributes of Obama and Vice President Biden.
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November 12, 2011
When President Obama proposes the same type of legislation, his detractors claim that he is a socialist and a practitioner
of class warfare.
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October 8, 2011
Religion has a role in politics. It can provide the civility that is missing from today’s campaigns.
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September 10, 2011
We don’t need a statue of a slave to remind us of our history.
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January 8, 2011
Many voters I talked with wanted to send a wakeup call to politicians of both parties that they should heed the words of Jim
Carville to then-candidate Bill Clinton in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.