May 11, 2013
Early this month saw the passing of Otis Bowen, among the most admired, respected governors in Indiana history. Tributes following
his death have been gratifying and well-deserved.
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April 13, 2013
Indiana’s new senator, Joe Donnelly, made news April 5 announcing he had changed his mind and now supported gay marriage.
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March 30, 2013
Mike Pence has been governor almost three months, so The Indianapolis Star’s Matt Tully has decided it’s
time to quit stalling and simply declare Pence a failure.
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March 16, 2013
In the first block of South Meridian, a few paces north of Maryland, you will find next to the parking garage entrance a modest
establishment called Cento Shoes. It’s been there for over four decades, founded when L.S. Ayres was flourishing just
across the street and no one dreamed of a Circle Centre mall.
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March 2, 2013
If our president is right—and who doubts a word he utters?—writing this is wasting time, as it is scheduled for
publication that day after the “sequester” takes effect and life comes to an end. But on the off chance the world
survives, let’s soldier on for the fraction of readers who might not always find this column a waste of time.
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February 16, 2013
Among American liberals, coverage of Pope Benedict’s decision to resign and speculation about his successor take a
predictable line. The Washington Post’s editorial is typical. The challenge facing the Roman Catholic Church,
we are told, is “how to remain relevant to an increasingly secular world and to its own changing membership.”
Benedict was a “conservative,” at times “reactionary,” who believed “only uncompromising adherence
to past doctrine could preserve the faith.
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February 2, 2013
Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson recently observed that our “best Democratic politician”
would be sworn in again as president of the United States as our “best Republican politician” was becoming
president of Purdue University.
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January 19, 2013
Like many conservatives, I am struck by the liberal media double standard on issues involving Israel. Two recent events bring
this to the forefront.
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January 5, 2013
Folks on the left tend to view themselves as intellectually superior to most on the right, especially blue-collar sorts who
follow NASCAR and (to quote our president) “cling to their guns and religion” to deal with “their frustrations."
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December 22, 2012
Ben Franklin said nothing is certain but death and taxes. One could add a third item: If there is surplus revenue, legislators
will spend it.
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December 8, 2012
Indiana’s just-elected governor and the nation’s just re-elected president take markedly different approaches
to current economic issues.
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November 24, 2012
Republicans can ignore the standard Democratic line that voters now reject conservatives and Republicans must “change,”
meaning “become Democrats.”
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November 10, 2012
Mike Pence’s victory in our gubernatorial contest was the highlight for Hoosier Republicans on Tuesday, and among the
few bright spots nationally on a largely dismal night for the GOP.
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October 26, 2012
A few weeks back, Missouri GOP Senate nominee Todd Akin, channeling his frustrated inner M.D., said that when women are raped,
their bodies react to prevent pregnancy.
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October 13, 2012
One of the left’s conceits is believing its own caricature of conservatives. Hence, the reflexive liberal reaction is
that a conservative who belies the caricature must be lying.
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September 29, 2012
John Gregg is at it again. In a gubernatorial campaign marked by dishonest attacks on GOP nominee Mike Pence, Gregg’s
newest ad shows him under an umbrella with water running off it. Gregg, speaking in Mr. Folksy mode, tells us Pence wants
to spend Indiana’s entire “rainy day” fund. Citing his experience as former Vincennes University president,
Mr. Folksy warns this is a bad idea, one more way Pence threatens education.
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September 15, 2012
The most revealing Democratic National Convention speeches were by Presidents Obama and Clinton. Let’s start with the
incumbent.
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September 1, 2012
Whatever else Planned Parenthood does, it is the nation’s largest abortion provider.
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August 18, 2012
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate is a superb decision, from a governance
as well as a political perspective.
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August 4, 2012
GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence is proposing a 10-percent state income tax cut, a growth-spurring step that would benefit
more than 90 percent of Hoosier businesses that pay individual income tax, and would give Indiana the lowest combined tax
burden in our region.
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July 7, 2012
Ours is a government of limited powers.
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June 9, 2012
Here’s the kicker—the “he” isn’t Mike Pence.
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May 26, 2012
Don’t get involved in politics unless you’re prepared at times to have your heart broken.
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April 14, 2012
Indiana is one of 26 states challenging ObamaCare, with Attorney General Greg Zoeller attending the first day of Supreme Court
argument.
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March 31, 2012
The distorted attacks on Sen. Dick Lugar typify what most Americans now despise about today’s politics.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.