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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Politics Blog Posts
Prepare for a (good) schools arms race
November 11, 2010
Comments(8)Imagine a future in which Indiana school districts bid up salaries for star teachers to $100,000 or more to develop a district
specialty in a field like science or math, and cause students to excel.
MoreElections encourage an arch-conservative
November 3, 2010
Comments(2)Bill Styring, whose long, wonkish career includes analyzing health reform for Mike Pence, cried last night.
MoreShould journalists contribute to politicians?
September 16, 2010
Comments(4)A survey reveals Indiana newspaper execs chipping in to campaign war chests.
MoreMusings on a Daniels presidential bid
September 14, 2010
Comments(9)Terms Daniels uses a lot—"statism" and "adult conversation"—could be revealing about his intentions.
MoreIndiana GOP candidates for U.S. House unanimously pledge to repeal health reform
September 8, 2010
Comments(6)All nine Republicans—count 'em—have signed a pledge. What is that telling us?
MoreBayh likely to run for governor, party official says
September 7, 2010
Comments(14)Marion County Democratic chief Ed Treacy expects an announcement after the first of the year.
MoreIs Baron Hill high and dry?
July 28, 2010
Comments(5)The congressman was the only one from the Indiana delegation to vote for cap and trade. Now, with the Senate having gotten
cold feet on the legislation, Hill might have been left to twist in the wind.
MoreWas Daniels right about the Court of Appeals?
June 30, 2010
Comments(5)The state Supreme Court rammed an appeals court decision on Indiana’s voter ID bill down its throat. Was the appellate
decision “judicial arrogance?”
MoreAssessing Daniels' record on the environment
April 26, 2010
Comments(4)A leading Hoosier environmentalist thinks the governor isn’t living up to his conservative reputation.
MoreAre teachers unions the new UAW?
April 15, 2010
Comments(18)The Indiana State Teachers Association might shoot itself in the foot in its standoff with the state’s school chief.
MoreAssessing George W. Bush's presidency
April 13, 2010
Comments(14)Bush will be among friends when he speaks in Indianapolis on Thursday. But how will history treat his term in office?
MoreIs Indiana northern or southern?
April 7, 2010
Comments(35)Many Hoosiers would recoil at the Confederate History Month declaration by Virginia’s new governor. Others, though,
might not, and the reaction would likely depend on where in Indiana the reaction came from.
MoreCity Securities chief likes Tea Party
March 30, 2010
Comments(10)You know times have changed when the head of Indianapolis’ main investment bank can identify with the Tea Party movement.
MoreWhat's next for guns at work
March 19, 2010
Comments(6)Beginning July 1, employees will be able to bring guns to work. A labor lawyer says employers will need to get creative.
MoreThe local impact of gendercide
March 8, 2010
Comments(2)Baby girls are being aborted at higher and higher rates around the world. Does that affect how you do business in countries
where this form of gendercide is prevalent?
MoreAngry at Indiana politicians
March 5, 2010
Comments(13)An observer says Hoosiers are really honked at incumbents. Except for Daniels.
MoreLocal government reform still sputtering
March 4, 2010
Comments(0)The second legislative session since the Kernan-Shepard report on local government reform is about to end. Joe Kernan and
Randall Shepard can still say, “We’ve got to stop governing like this.”
MoreA Daniels presidential strategy
February 26, 2010
Comments(0)Attorney, lobbyist and long-time Republican fundraiser John Hammond thinks Daniels should go to cognoscenti before early states
and tea parties.
MorePondering an Evan Bayh redux
February 22, 2010
Comments(9)Some observers think Bayh will run for governor again to springboard to the presidency. But to stand out to national, and
possibly even Hoosier, voters, he might be forced outside his cautious comfort zone.
MoreCultural Trail pork?
February 18, 2010
Comments(17)The finished trail will be great. But the federal government is on a trajectory toward fiscal oblivion.
MorePuzzling over why Evan Bayh waited until the last minute to retire
February 15, 2010
Comments(10)Bayh might have been sly as a fox by waiting to the last minute to announce he's leaving the Senate.
MoreGun bills on fast track
February 11, 2010
Comments(9)Want to leave a gun in your car at work? Your employer's policy may become irrelevant.
MoreIndiana and climate change
January 22, 2010
Comments(5)A report by an influential Republican pollster could send a disruptive ripple through Indiana.
MoreComparing Coakley, Bayh
January 20, 2010
Comments(19)Evan Bayh is no Martha Coakley. But on the outside chance Bayh could be beat in this year's senate race, an opponent might
do best to paint him as an elitist.
MoreIndianapolis resentment
January 18, 2010
Comments(2)Jealousy toward Indianapolis in the Statehouse shows no sign of letting up, one legislator says.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!